Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-283.1 (2026)

Carrying weapon into courthouse

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It 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; or (iii) 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, 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.

1988, c. 615; 2004, c. 995; 2007, cc. 87, 519; 2012, c. 295; 2017, c. 761.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2008–2018 · leading case: Christopher Parris Cabral v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 815 S.E.2d 805 (Va. Ct. App. 2018).

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Christopher Parris Cabral v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 815 S.E.2d 805 (Va. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “1” are included as prohibited “dangerous weapons” in Code §§ 18.2-283.1 (making it “unlawful for any person to possess in or transport into any courthouse .”

Mark Page Lintz v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “Mark Page Lintz, appellant, was convicted, by a jury, of possessing or transporting a firearm into a courthouse, in violation of Code § 18.2-283.1. On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, contending he, in good faith, relied upon the advice of a deputy sheriff…”

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