{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/52-52.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/52-52.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/52-52.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/52-52.html"}],"law_id":367466,"edition_id":2,"section_id":367466,"structure_id":52377,"section_number":"52-52","catch_line":"Prohibited conduct; penalty","history":"2020, c. 1173.","full_text":"A\n\nIt is unlawful for any person to inquire as to whether another person has been enrolled into the List for any purpose other than to determine such person’s eligibility to purchase, possess, or transport a firearm.\n\nB\n\nIt is unlawful for any person to knowingly give any false information or to make any false statement with the intent of enrolling or removing any other person into or from the List.\n\nC\n\nIt is unlawful for any person to discriminate against a person with respect to his health care services, employment, education, housing, insurance, governmental benefits, or contracting because that person is not on the List, is on the List, or has previously been on the List.\n\nD\n\nA violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1368006,"text":"It is unlawful for any person to inquire as to whether another person has been enrolled into the List for any purpose other than to determine such person’s eligibility to purchase, possess, or transport a firearm.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1368007,"text":"It is unlawful for any person to knowingly give any false information or to make any false statement with the intent of enrolling or removing any other person into or from the List.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":1368008,"text":"It is unlawful for any person to discriminate against a person with respect to his health care services, employment, education, housing, insurance, governmental benefits, or contracting because that person is not on the List, is on the List, or has previously been on the List.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":1368009,"text":"A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":52377,"edition_id":2,"name":"Virginia Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List","identifier":"12","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":11,"parent_id":52357,"metadata":{"child_laws":3,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:58:06","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:43","permalink":{"id":1464297,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52377,"identifier":"12","token":"52\/12","url":"\/52\/12\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52357,"edition_id":2,"name":"Police (State)","identifier":"52","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":114,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":105,"child_structures":21},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:57:57","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:41","permalink":{"id":1464129,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52357,"identifier":"52","token":"52","url":"\/52\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":367464,"structure_id":52377,"section_number":"52-50","catch_line":"Establishment of the Virginia Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List","url":"\/52-50\/","token":"52\/12\/52-50","metadata":false},{"id":367465,"structure_id":52377,"section_number":"52-51","catch_line":"Voluntary enrollment and removal","url":"\/52-51\/","token":"52\/12\/52-51","metadata":false},{"id":367466,"structure_id":52377,"section_number":"52-52","catch_line":"Prohibited conduct; penalty","url":"\/52-52\/","token":"52\/12\/52-52","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":367465,"structure_id":52377,"section_number":"52-51","catch_line":"Voluntary enrollment and removal","url":"\/52-51\/","token":"52\/12\/52-51","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/52-52\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1173<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1464307,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367466,"identifier":"52-52","token":"52\/12\/52-52","url":"\/52-52\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-52\/","token":"52\/12\/52-52","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibited conduct; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-52","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It is unlawful for any person to inquire as to whether another person has been enrolled into the List for any purpose other than to determine such person’s eligibility to purchase, possess, or transport a firearm. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> It is unlawful for any person to knowingly give any false information or to make any false statement with the intent<\/span> of enrolling or removing any other person into or from the List. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> It is unlawful for any person to discriminate against a person with respect to his health care services, employment, education, housing, insurance, governmental benefits, or contracting because that person is not on the List, is on the List, or has previously been on the List. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED CONDUCT; PENALTY (\u00a7 52-52)\n\nA. It is unlawful for any person to inquire as to whether another person has\nbeen enrolled into the List for any purpose other than to determine such\nperson’s eligibility to purchase, possess, or transport a firearm.\n\nB. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly give any false information or to\nmake any false statement with the intent of enrolling or removing any other\nperson into or from the List.\n\nC. It is unlawful for any person to discriminate against a person with respect\nto his health care services, employment, education, housing, insurance,\ngovernmental benefits, or contracting because that person is not on the List, is\non the List, or has previously been on the List.\n\nD. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 1173.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}