Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-296 — Search warrants for machine guns
Virginia § 18.2-296
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Ch. 7CRIMES INVOLVING HEALTH AND SAFETY
Art. 5UNIFORM MACHINE GUN ACT
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-296 (2026).
Text
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.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 18.1-266; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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Virginia § 18.2-296, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/18.2/18.2-296.