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Reporting and return of firearms confiscated or recovered by law-enforcement agencies [19 VAC 30 ‑ 115]
Guidance Documents
Chapter Information
Description To establish a procedure within the Department of State Police to obtain information regarding all firearms seized, forfeited, found, or otherwise coming into the possession of any state or local law-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth. All law-enforcement agencies of the Commonwealth and of political subdivisions of the Commonwealth shall share with other Virginia law-enforcement agencies all information regarding firearms seized, forfeited, found, or otherwise coming into the agency's possession that are believed to have been used in the commission of a crime and shall enter such information into a firearms tracing system maintained by the U.S. Department of Justice.
State Authority 52-25.1
Federal Authority Pub Law 90-618
Exempt from APA No, changes to this chapter are subject to the Administrative Process Act.
Text of Regulation Link to Virginia Administrative Code
Goals of Regulation To set forth the method for law enforcement agency reporting of information regarding the confiscation or recovery of firearms by that agency and the time and manner of submission of the information to a firearms tracing system maintained by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Meetings

Contact Information
Name / Title: Lieutenant Colonel Keenon Hook  / Director, Bureau of Strategic Governance
Address: 7700 Midlothian TPKE
N Chesterfield, VA 23235
Email Address: keenon.hook@vsp.virginia.gov
Telephone: (804)674-2239    FAX: ()-    TDD: ()-
Current Actions
Action Title Latest Stage Status
None

Past Actions
Action Title Latest Stage Status
Reporting and return of firearms confiscated or recovered by law-enforcement agencies - FINAL
Action is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
Final Stage complete. This regulation became effective on 11/15/2016.

Periodic Reviews
Last Activity Status
10/19/2023 Filed Pending