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1994 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 52-25.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 52-25.1. Reporting of confiscated firearms.
The Superintendent shall establish and maintain within the Department of State Police a Criminal Firearms Clearinghouse as a central repository of information regarding all firearms seized, forfeited, found or otherwise coming into the possession of any state or local law-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth which are believed to have been used in the commission of a crime. The Superintendent shall adopt and promulgate regulations prescribing the form for reporting this information and the time and manner of submission of the form.
In addition to any other information which the Superintendent may require, the form shall require (i) the serial number or other identifying information on the firearm, if available, (ii) a brief description of the circumstances under which the firearm came into the possession of the law-enforcement agency, including the crime which was or may have been committed with the firearm, (iii) the name of or other identifying information on the person from whom the firearm was taken, (iv) the original place of sale and, if known, the chain of possession of the firearm, and (v) the disposition of the firearm.