CHAPTER 393
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.2-1208 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal Chapter 297 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, relating to permits to sell or purchase pistols or revolvers in counties.
Approved April 12, 2004
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-1208 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-1208. Same; in certain counties.
Chapter 297 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved March 29, 1944, requiring
permits to sell or purchase pistols or revolvers in any county having a density of
population of more than 1,000 a square mile, is continued in effect repealed.
Any records or copies thereof that were created pursuant to this section that are in the custody of any
county shall be destroyed no later than July 31, 2004. Upon destroying the records, the county shall
certify to the circuit court that such destruction has been completed.
2. That Chapter 297 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944 is repealed.