Bill Text: VA HB2281 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Firearms; failure to report those lost or stolen, penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-06 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety [HB2281 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2013-HB2281-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2281 Offered January 16, 2013 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-287.5, relating to lost or stolen firearms; failure to report; penalty. ---------- Patron-- Ward ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-287.5 as follows:

 §18.2-287.5. Failure to report lost or stolen firearms; false reports; penalty.

A. Any person who fails to report to the law-enforcement agency that serves the locality where the person resides the theft or loss of a firearm he owns or lawfully possesses within 24 hours of the time that he knew or reasonably should have known such firearm had been lost or stolen is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and for any second or subsequent violation is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. Any person who knowingly files a false report under subsection A is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.