CODE OF VIRGINIA

POSSESSION OR USE OF “SAWED-OFF” SHOTGUN OR RIFLE (§ 18.2-300)

A. Possession or use of a “sawed-off” shotgun or
“sawed-off” rifle in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a
crime of violence is a Class 2 felony.

B. Possession or use of a “sawed-off” shotgun or
“sawed-off” rifle for any other purpose, except as permitted by this
article and official use by those persons permitted possession by § 18.2-303,
is a Class 4 felony.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-268.2; 1968, c. 661; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1978, c. 710;
1992, c. 580.