2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order
Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition
- § 451. Definitions
- § 452. Applicability of chapter
- § 453. Persons who may lawfully carry firearms
- § 454. Persons who may be licensed to carry firearms
- § 454a. Persons who may be licensed to carry a concealed handgun on a 24-hour basis
- § 455. Application for license; form, oath; fees
- § 456. Qualifications of applicant
- § 456a. Persons ineligible to possess or carry firearms or ammunition
- § 457. Contents of license
- § 458. Grounds for refusing to issue license
- § 459. Cancellation or suspension of license
- § 459a. Relinquishment of firearm
- § 460. Reciprocal recognition of out-of-state licenses
- § 461. License to sell firearms and/or ammunition; gunsmiths; report of transactions; private transfer sales to minors or aliens
- § 462. Application for dealer's or gunsmith's license; form and content; term; fee; renewals
- § 463. Qualifications of dealer or gunsmith
- § 464. Corporation or partnership application for license
- § 465. Conditions for dealers' operations; records of transactions
- § 466. Sales of weapons and ammunition without licenses prohibited; sales slips
- § 467. Selling firearms and ammunition without a license
- § 467a. Importation of firearms without a license
- § 468. Cancellation of license
- § 469. Report by carrier, warehouseman or depositary; delivery to consignee
- § 470. Report of firearms purchased outside or brought into the Virgin Islands; fees; penalty
- § 470a. Port locations designated for registration of firearms and ammunition
- § 471. Report of loss of firearm
- § 472. Appeals
- § 473. Firearms Register
- § 474. Death of licensee
- § 475. Deposit of firearms in Department of Public Safety, disposition
- § 476. Collections of antique firearms; certificates of uselessness
- § 477. Repealed. May 16, 1974, No. 3566, § 5, Sess. L. 1974, p. 101.
- § 478. Report of treatment of wounded persons
- § 479. Discharging or aiming firearms
- § 480. False information forbidden in sale of weapons
- § 481. Alteration of identifying marks of weapons prohibited
- § 482. Illegal use of license; penalty
- § 483. Deposit of fees into General Fund
- § 484. General penalty section
- § 485. Regulations
- § 486. Police power reserved
- § 487. Seizure and forfeiture
- § 488. Limited search
- § 489. Registration of firearms upon purchase from dealer; registration of firearms transferred from non-dealer
- § 489a. Safe storage of firearms; penalties
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. US Virgin Islands may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy and
Terms of Service apply.