                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

THIRD CONVICTION OF FIREARM OFFENSES; PENALTY (§ 18.2-311.2)

On a third or subsequent conviction of any offense contained in Article 4 (§
18.2-279 et seq.), 5 (§ 18.2-288 et seq.), 6 (§ 18.2-299 et seq.), or 7 (§
18.2-308.1 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2, which would ordinarily be
punished as a Class 1 misdemeanor, where it is alleged in the information or
indictment on which the person is convicted, that (i) such person has been twice
previously convicted of a violation of any Class 1 misdemeanor or felony offense
contained in either Article 4, 5, 6, or 7 of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 or §
18.2-53.1, or of a substantially similar offense under the law of any other
jurisdiction of the United States, and (ii) each such violation occurred on a
different date, such person is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 731.