                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEARCH WARRANTS FOR MACHINE GUNS (§ 18.2-296)

Warrant to search any house or place and seize any machine gun possessed in
violation of this article may issue in the same manner and under the same
restrictions as provided by law for stolen property, and any court of record,
upon application of the attorney for the Commonwealth, a police officer or
conservator of the peace, may order any machine gun, thus or otherwise legally
seized, to be confiscated and either destroyed or delivered to a peace officer
of the Commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-266; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.