                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CARRYING WEAPON INTO COURTHOUSE (§ 18.2-283.1)

It is unlawful for any person to possess in or transport into any courthouse in
this Commonwealth any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a
missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer,
missile, projectile, or ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon; or
(iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives, stun weapons as defined in
§ 18.2-308.1, and those weapons specified in subsection A of § 18.2-308. Any
such weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer. A
violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
		The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff,
law-enforcement agent or official, conservation police officer, conservator of
the peace, magistrate, court officer, judge, city or county treasurer, or
commissioner or deputy commissioner of the Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation
Commission while in the conduct of such person&#8217;s official duties.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 615; 2004, c. 995; 2007, cc. 87, 519; 2012, c. 295; 2017, c.
761.