                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INSPECTION OF RECORDS (§ 54.1-4201)

A. Every dealer in firearms shall keep at his place of business, for not less
than a period of two years, the original consent form required to be completed
by &#xA7; 18.2-308.2:2 for each firearm sale.

B. Every dealer in firearms shall admit to his place of business during regular
business hours the chief law-enforcement officer, or his designee, of the
jurisdiction in which the dealer is located, or any law-enforcement official of
the Commonwealth, and shall permit such law-enforcement officer, in the course
of a bona fide criminal investigation, to examine and copy those federal and
state records related to the acquisition or disposition of a particular firearm
required by this section. This section shall not be construed to authorize the
seizure of any records.

HISTORY: 1989, c. 490; 1993, cc. 461, 493; 2005, c. 859.