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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71329</law_id><section_number>52-11.3</section_number><catch_line>Acquisition of military property</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="52">Police (State)</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Department of State Police</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The Superintendent of State Police is authorized to apply for and accept grants or loans of personal property from the U.S. Department of Defense for use in the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement activities of the Department of State Police or any other <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions. In connection with the receipt of such property, the Department of State Police and any other <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency to which the property is transferred may agree to hold the United States government harmless against claims for <span class="dictionary">damages</span> arising out of the use of the property received. Such other <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agencies may also agree to hold the Commonwealth harmless against such claims. <a id="paragraph-257124" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/52-11.3/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, the Superintendent shall not acquire or purchase (i) weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles; (ii) aircraft that are configured for combat or are combat-coded and have no established commercial flight application; (iii) grenades or similar explosives or grenade launchers from a surplus program operated by the federal government; (iv) armored multi-wheeled vehicles that are mine-resistant, ambush-protected, and configured for combat, also known as MRAPs, from a surplus program operated by the federal government; (v) bayonets; (vi) rifles of .50 caliber or higher; (vii) rifle ammunition of .50 caliber or higher; or (viii) weaponized tracked armored vehicles.
			Nothing in this subsection shall restrict the acquisition or purchase of an armored high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle, also known as HMMWVs, or preclude the seizure of any prohibited item in connection with a criminal investigation or proceeding or subject to a civil forfeiture. Any property obtained by seizure shall be disposed of at the conclusion of any investigation or as otherwise provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-257125" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/52-11.3/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the acquisition, purchase, or otherwise acceptance of any personal protective equipment, naloxone or other lifesaving medication, or any personal property that is not specifically prohibited pursuant to subsection B from the federal government. <a id="paragraph-257126" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/52-11.3/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1995, c. 149; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 37, 55; 2022, cc. 375, 376.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
