Are Suppressors Legal in West Virginia?

ATF's West Virginia compendium lists the state's machine-gun provision at section 61-7-9 and municipal-preemption limits at section 8-12-5a without a suppressor-specific possession offense. Federal NFA registration remains the device-level compliance record.

Suppressors are federally legal to own under the NFA. As of January 1, 2026 the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (signed July 2025) zeroed the federal making and transfer tax on suppressors, formerly $200. Form 4 or Form 1, fingerprints, the NICS background check, and NFA registration are all still required; ATF eForm approvals currently run days to a couple of weeks.

Scope: Firearm suppressors (silencers) as defined by the NFA. Federal NFA compliance (Form 4 or Form 1, fingerprints, NICS, registration) is required everywhere they are legal.