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Virginia Resident Concealed Handgun Permits are issued by the circuit court of the county or city in which the applicant resides.
Please contact the applicable court for specific instruction on the application process.
Virginia Code Section 18.2-308 - Prohibits the carrying of 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; any dirk, bowie knife, switchblade
knife, ballistic knife, machete, razor, slingshot, spring stick, metal knucks, or blackjack; 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; 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 any weapon
of like kind by any person hidden from common observance about his person. Any of the enumerated weapons shall be seized and
forfeited to the Commonwealth. 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.
Based on the statute and decisions rendered by the Supreme Court, a weapon is considered to be concealed at any time it
is placed in a location as to be within reach of the person, without the person being required to make an overt act to retrieve
such weapon, when such weapon is hidden from common observation. Placing a weapon under the seat, on the seat hidden from
common observation, or at any location from which the weapon can readily be retrieved is considered to be concealed. A person
carrying a weapon in the unlocked glove compartment of an automobile, if the person does not have a permit or otherwise fall
within any statutory exemption, is a violation of § 18.2-308(A), unless some particular fact or circumstance renders the
weapon inaccessible.
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Places Where Carrying Concealed is Prohibited
NOTE: In most, but not all, locations where concealed carry is prohibited, open carry is also prohibited.
· Federal Property (concealed carry with CHP and hunting exempted in National Forests) (18USC § 930)
· General Assembly Building & property (open or concealed carry OK for CHP holders only) (JRC Rule)
· State Parks (concealed carry w/CHP legal but open carry prohibited)
· Virginia Commonwealth University (8VAC90-10-50)
· Courthouses (§18.2-283.1)
· Detention Facilities (§15.2-915)
· K-12 school property (unless unloaded in a closed container). CHP holders may possess a loaded concealed handgun while
in a vehicle. (§18.2-308.1)
· K-12 school buses. (§18.2-308.1)
· Property used exclusively for K-12 school-sponsored functions (§18.2-308.1)
· Air carrier airport terminal buildings (§18.2-287.01)
· Places of worship while a meeting for religious purposes is being held "without good and sufficient reason"
(§18.2-283)
· Restaurants & clubs serving on-premises alcohol (concealed carry prohibited, open carry NOT prohibited; owners &
employees exempted) (§18.2-308.J3)
· Private property when prohibited by owner (§18.2-308.O)
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