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2017 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-283.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-283.1. Carrying weapon into courthouse.
It shall be is unlawful for any person to
possess in or transport into any courthouse in this Commonwealth any (i) gun or
other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind,;
(ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, missile, projectile, or
ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon and; or (iii)
any other dangerous weapon, including explosives, stun weapons as defined
in § 18.2-308.1, and those weapons specified in subsection A of § 18.2-308. Any
such weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer. A
violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police
officer, sheriff, law-enforcement agent or official, conservation police
officer, conservator of the peace, magistrate, court officer, judge, or
city or county treasurer, or commissioner or deputy commissioner of the
Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission while in the conduct of such
person's official duties.