                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POSSESSION OR TRANSPORTATION OF CERTAIN FIREARMS BY CERTAIN PERSONS (§
18.2-308.2:01)

A. It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a citizen of the United States
or who is not a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence to knowingly
and intentionally possess or transport any assault firearm or to knowingly and
intentionally carry about his person, hidden from common observation, an assault
firearm.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a citizen of the United States
and who is not lawfully present in the United States to knowingly and
intentionally possess or transport any firearm or to knowingly and intentionally
carry about his person, hidden from common observation, any firearm. A violation
of this section shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony.

C. For purposes of this section, &#8220;assault firearm&#8221; means any
semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple
projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material and is equipped
at the time of the offense with a magazine which will hold more than 20 rounds
of ammunition or designed by the manufacturer to accommodate a silencer or
equipped with a folding stock.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 674; 2003, c. 976; 2004, cc. 347, 995; 2008, c. 408.