                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACQUISITION OF MILITARY PROPERTY (§ 52-11.3)

A. The Superintendent of State Police is authorized to apply for and accept
grants or loans of personal property from the U.S. Department of Defense for use
in the law-enforcement activities of the Department of State Police or any other
law-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions. In
connection with the receipt of such property, the Department of State Police and
any other law-enforcement agency to which the property is transferred may agree
to hold the United States government harmless against claims for damages arising
out of the use of the property received. Such other law-enforcement agencies may
also agree to hold the Commonwealth harmless against such claims.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, the Superintendent shall not
acquire or purchase (i) weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles; (ii) aircraft that
are configured for combat or are combat-coded and have no established commercial
flight application; (iii) grenades or similar explosives or grenade launchers
from a surplus program operated by the federal government; (iv) armored
multi-wheeled vehicles that are mine-resistant, ambush-protected, and configured
for combat, also known as MRAPs, from a surplus program operated by the federal
government; (v) bayonets; (vi) rifles of .50 caliber or higher; (vii) rifle
ammunition of .50 caliber or higher; or (viii) weaponized tracked armored
vehicles.
			Nothing in this subsection shall restrict the acquisition or purchase of an
armored high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle, also known as HMMWVs, or
preclude the seizure of any prohibited item in connection with a criminal
investigation or proceeding or subject to a civil forfeiture. Any property
obtained by seizure shall be disposed of at the conclusion of any investigation
or as otherwise provided by law.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the acquisition,
purchase, or otherwise acceptance of any personal protective equipment, naloxone
or other lifesaving medication, or any personal property that is not
specifically prohibited pursuant to subsection B from the federal government.

HISTORY: 1995, c. 149; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 37, 55; 2022, cc. 375, 376.