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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 467<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2004, chapter 995<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":351796,"section_number":"19.2-386.29","catch_line":"Forfeiture of certain weapons used in commission of criminal offense","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.29\/"},{"id":372709,"section_number":"59.1-148.3","catch_line":"Purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-148.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1486643,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372710,"identifier":"59.1-148.4","token":"59.1\/11.1\/59.1-148.4","url":"\/59.1-148.4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-148.4\/","token":"59.1\/11.1\/59.1-148.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sale of firearms by law-enforcement agencies prohibited; exception","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-148.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A law<\/span>-enforcement agency of this Commonwealth shall not sell or trade any firearm owned and used or otherwise lawfully in its possession<\/span> except (i) to another law<\/span>-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth, (ii) to a licensed firearms dealer, (iii) to the persons as provided in \u00a7 59.1-148.3<\/a> or (iv) as authorized by a court<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7 19.2-386.29<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALE OF FIREARMS BY LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION (\u00a7\n59.1-148.4)\n\nA law-enforcement agency of this Commonwealth shall not sell or trade any\nfirearm owned and used or otherwise lawfully in its possession except (i) to\nanother law-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth, (ii) to a licensed firearms\ndealer, (iii) to the persons as provided in \u00a7 59.1-148.3 or (iv) as authorized\nby a court in accordance with \u00a7 19.2-386.29.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 467; 2004, c. 995.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}