HB1209: Machine guns; Superintendent of VSP to be notified in writing of change of address of registrant.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-295 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-295. Registration of machine guns.
Every machine gun in this Commonwealth shall be registered
with the Department of State Police within twenty-four 24
hours after its acquisition or, in the case of semi-automatic weapons which are
converted, modified or otherwise altered to become machine guns, within twenty-four 24 hours of the conversion,
modification or alteration. Blanks for registration shall be prepared by the
Superintendent of State Police, and furnished upon application. To comply with
this section the application as filed shall be notarized and shall show the
model and serial number of the gun, the name, address and occupation of the
person in possession, and from whom and the purpose for which, the gun was
acquired or altered. The Superintendent of State Police shall upon registration
required in this section forthwith furnish the registrant with a certificate of
registration, which shall be valid as long as the registrant remains the same.
Certificates of registration shall be retained by the registrant and produced
by him upon demand by any peace officer. Failure to keep or produce such
certificate for inspection shall be a Class 3 misdemeanor, and any peace officer,
may without warrant, seize the machine gun and apply for its confiscation as
provided in § 18.2-296. The registrant shall forthwith notify the Superintendent, in writing, of the
change of address of the registrant or the change
of the address of the permanent physical location of the machine gun. Upon
transferring a registered machine gun, the transferor shall forthwith notify
the Superintendent in writing, setting forth the date of transfer and name and
address of the transferee. Failure to give the required notification shall
constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor. Registration data shall not be subject to
inspection by the public.