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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82936</law_id><section_number>54.1-4201.1</section_number><catch_line>Notification by sponsor of firearms show to State Police and local law-enforcement authorities required; records; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>52-8.4:1</reference><reference>54.1-4201.2</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Occupations Regulated by Local Governing Bodies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="42">Dealers in Firearms</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">promoter</span> of a <span class="dictionary">firearms show</span> shall hold such show without giving notice at least 30 days prior to the show to the State Police and the sheriff or chief of police of the locality in which the <span class="dictionary">firearms show</span> will be held. The notice shall be given on a form provided by the State Police. A separate notice shall be required for each <span class="dictionary">firearms show</span>.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Promoter</span>&#x201D; means every person, firm, corporation, club, association, or organization holding a <span class="dictionary">firearms show</span> in the Commonwealth.
			The <span class="dictionary">promoter</span> shall maintain for the duration of the show a list of all vendors or exhibitors in the show for immediate inspection by any <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement authorities, and within five days after the conclusion of the show, by mail, by hand, by email, or by fax, transmit a copy of the complete vendor or exhibitor list to the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement authorities to which the 30-day prior notice was required. The vendor or exhibitor list shall contain the full name and residence address and the business name and address, if any, of the vendors or exhibitors. <a id="paragraph-297254" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-4201.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A willful violation of this section shall be a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-297255" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-4201.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The provisions of this section shall not apply to <span class="dictionary">firearms shows</span> held in any town with a population of not less than 1,995 and not more than 2,010, according to the 1990 United States census. <a id="paragraph-297256" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-4201.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1993, c. 477; 2005, c. 193.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
