Northumberland County, VA
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2023-09-14
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 72 Firearms
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Article III Firearms on Public Highways
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Elections
- Ch 10 Emergency Ambulance Service Revenue Recovery Board (EASRRB)
- Ch 18 Officers and Employees
- Ch 24 Volunteer Fire Fighters and Rescue Squad Members
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 31 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 34 Animals
- Ch 38 Beaches and Piers
- Ch 39 Biosolids
- Ch 42 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 45 Building Construction
- Ch 46 Buildings, Dangerous
- Ch 48 Businesses
- Ch 50 Cemeteries
- Ch 54 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area
- Ch 58 Dance Halls
- Ch 60 Drought Management
- Ch 61 Emergency Responses
- Ch 64 Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Ch 68 Fee Schedule
- Ch 72 Firearms
- Ch 72 Art III Firearms on Public Highways
- § 72-7 Unlawful possession.
- § 72-8 Exceptions.
- § 72-9 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 73 Fires, Making of
- Ch 74 Fireworks
- Ch 76 Floodplain Management
- Ch 79 Golf Carts
- Ch 83 Hunting
- Ch 88 Loitering
- Ch 92 Motor Vehicles
- Ch 96 Music Festivals and Concerts
- Ch 98 No Wake
- Ch 99 Noise
- Ch 105 Personal Property, Unclaimed
- Ch 109 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 114 Sand Dunes
- Ch 118 Septic Systems
- Ch 120 Sewer Service in Reedville Sanitary District
- Ch 124 Solid Waste
- Ch 126 Street Names and Building Numbers
- Ch 128 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 132 Taxation
- Ch 138 Vehicles, Inoperable
- Ch 144 Wetlands
- Ch 148 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A151 Franchises
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 8-13-1998]
[Amended 4-13-2023]
Pursuant to § 15.2-1209.1 of the Code
of Virginia, it shall be unlawful for any person to carry or have
in his or her possession, while on any part of a public highway within
Northumberland County, a loaded firearm when such person is not authorized
to hunt on private property on both sides of the highway along which
he or she is standing or walking.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to persons carrying loaded firearms in moving vehicles nor to persons
acting at the time in defense of persons or property.
Any violation of this article shall be punishable
by a fine not to exceed $100.
