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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="4-511" title_number="4" title_name="Spouses" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Domestic Violence">
  <level label="a">
    <text>When responding to the scene of an alleged act of domestic violence, as described in this subtitle, a law enforcement officer may remove a firearm from the scene if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that an act of domestic violence has occurred; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the law enforcement officer has observed the firearm on the scene during the response.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a firearm is removed from the scene under subsection (a) of this section, the law enforcement officer shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provide to the owner of the firearm information on the process for retaking possession of the firearm; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide for the safe storage of the firearm during the pendency of any proceeding related to the alleged act of domestic violence.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>At the conclusion of a proceeding on the alleged act of domestic violence, the owner of the firearm may retake possession of the firearm unless ordered to surrender the firearm under § 4-506 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
