Sec. 16-8. Carrying concealed weapons.

(a)       If any person carries about his person, hidden from common observation, (i) any pistol, revolver, or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile of any kind by action of an explosion of any combustible material, or (ii) any dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, razor, slingshot, spring stick, metal knucks, blackjack, or (iii) any flailing instrument consisting of two or more rigid parts connected in such a manner as to allow them to swing freely, which may be known as a nun chahka, nun chuck, nunchaku, shuriken, or fighting chain, or (iv) any disc, of whatever configuration, having at least two points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart, or (v) any weapon of like kind as those enumerated in this subsection, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.  Any weapon used in the commission of a violation of this section shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth and may be seized by an officer as forfeited, and such as may be needed for police officers, conservators of the peace, and the Division of Forensic Science shall be devoted to that purpose, subject to any registration requirements of federal law, and the remainder shall be disposed of as provided in § 18.2-310, Code of Virginia.  For the purpose of this section, a weapon shall be deemed to be hidden from common observation when it is observable but is of such deceptive appearance as to disguise the weapon’s true nature. 

(b)       This section shall not apply to those individuals exempted from its provisions by Section 18.2-308, B and C, Code of Virginia.

 (c)       Any person wishing to obtain a permit to carry a concealed handgun must apply pursuant to Section 18.2-308 (D), Code of Virginia, and shall be required to submit to fingerprinting for the purpose of obtaining the applicant's state or national criminal history record.  As a condition for the issuance of a concealed handgun permit, the applicant shall submit to fingerprinting by the York County Sheriff and provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded with the fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding the applicant, and obtaining fingerprint identification information from federal records pursuant to criminal investigations by state and local law enforcement agencies.  Upon completion of the criminal history records check and return of the fingerprint cards to the York County Sheriff by the Virginia State Police, the York County Sheriff shall promptly notify the applicant that he has 21 days from the date of the notice to request return of the fingerprint cards.  All fingerprint cards not claimed by the applicant within 21 days of notification by the York County Sheriff shall be destroyed.  Any optically scanned fingerprints shall be destroyed upon completion of the criminal history records check without requiring the applicant to be notified.  Fingerprints taken for the purposes described in this section shall not be copied, held, or used for any other purposes.

 (Ord. No. O97-2, 2/19/97; Ord. No. 03-16, 6/3/03)

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