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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76780</law_id><section_number>18.2-308.5:1</section_number><catch_line>Manufacture, importation, sale, possession, transfer, or transportation of auto sears and trigger activators prohibited; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-386.28</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Other Illegal Weapons</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section:
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Auto sear</span>&#x201D; means a device, other than a <span class="dictionary">trigger activator</span>, designed for use in converting a semi-automatic firearm to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Trigger activator</span>&#x201D; means a device designed to allow a semi-automatic firearm to shoot more than one shot with a single pull of the trigger by harnessing the recoil energy of any semi-automatic firearm to which it is affixed so that the trigger resets and continues firing without additional physical manipulation of the trigger by the shooter. <a id="paragraph-275700" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-308.5_1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale, possess, transfer, or transport an <span class="dictionary">auto sear</span> or a <span class="dictionary">trigger activator</span> in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-275701" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-308.5_1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-275702" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-308.5_1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a person from manufacturing, importing, selling, offering for sale, possessing, receiving, transferring, or transporting any item for which such person is in compliance with the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. &#xA7; 5801 et seq.). <a id="paragraph-275703" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-308.5_1/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 527; 2024, cc. 163, 164.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
