                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RETURN OR DISPOSAL OF FIREARMS (§ 19.2-152.15)

A. Any firearm taken into custody pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-152.13 or 19.2-152.14
and held by a law-enforcement agency shall be returned by such agency to the
person from whom the firearm was taken upon a court order for the return of the
firearm issued pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-152.14 or the expiration or dissolution
of an order issued pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-152.13 or 19.2-152.14. Such agency
shall return the firearm within five days of receiving a written request for the
return of the firearm by the person from whom the firearm was taken and a copy
of the receipt provided to such person pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-152.13. Prior to
returning the firearm to such person, the law-enforcement agency holding the
firearm shall confirm that such person is no longer subject to an order issued
pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-152.13 or 19.2-152.14 and is not otherwise prohibited by
law from possessing a firearm.

B. A firearm taken into custody pursuant to pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-152.13 or
19.2-152.14 and held by a law-enforcement agency may be disposed of in
accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; 15.2-1721 if (i) the person from whom
the firearm was taken provides written authorization for such disposal to the
agency or (ii) the firearm remains in the possession of the agency more than 120
days after such person is no longer subject to an order issued pursuant to
&#xA7; 19.2-152.13 or 19.2-152.14 and such person has not submitted a request in
writing for the return of the firearm.

HISTORY: 2020, cc. 887, 888.