Category Archives: AG Opinions

What happens when the trustee that registered a machine gun in Virginia dies?

Following last week’s series of updates concerning whether or not a machine gun may be registered to a trust in Virginia, a client asked me a question that I did not have an immediate answer for. “Since the Virginia State … Continue reading

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The VSP has clarified the machine gun registration issue

Last week I wrote about a recent Attorney General’s opinion which stated that machine guns could not be registered to trusts in Virginia. At the end of that article, I noted that I was waiting for a callback from both the Virginia … Continue reading

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Currently machine guns cannot be registered to trusts in Virginia

** There is an update to this article ** In December of last year, I received several calls from NFA dealers who had been told by ATF employees that there was a change upcoming regarding the use of trusts to … Continue reading

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