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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="5-603" title_number="5" title_name="Firearms" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Extreme Risk Protective Orders">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When a petition is filed with a District Court commissioner under § 5–602(b)(2) of this subtitle, the commissioner may enter an interim extreme risk protective order to prohibit the respondent from possessing a firearm if the commissioner finds that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the respondent poses an immediate and present danger of causing personal injury to the respondent, the petitioner, or another by possessing a firearm.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In determining whether to enter an interim extreme risk protective order under this section, the commissioner shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>all relevant evidence presented by the petitioner; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the amount of time that has elapsed since any of the events described in the petition.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The interim extreme risk protective order shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>order the respondent to surrender to law enforcement authorities any firearm and ammunition in the respondent’s possession; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>prohibit the respondent from purchasing or possessing any firearm or ammunition for the duration of the interim extreme risk protective order.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If, based on the petition, the commissioner finds probable cause to believe that the respondent meets the requirements for emergency evaluation under Title 10, Subtitle 6 of the Health – General Article, the commissioner shall refer the respondent to law enforcement for a determination of whether the respondent should be taken for an emergency evaluation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>An interim extreme risk protective order shall state the date, time, and location for a temporary extreme risk protective order hearing and a tentative date, time, and location for a final extreme risk protective order hearing.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, or unless the judge continues the hearing for good cause, a temporary extreme risk protective order hearing shall be held on the first or second day on which a District Court judge is sitting after issuance of the interim extreme risk protective order.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An interim extreme risk protective order shall include in at least 10 point bold type:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notice to the respondent that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the respondent must give the court written notice of each change of address;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>if the respondent fails to appear at the temporary extreme risk protective order hearing or any later hearing, the respondent may be served with any orders or notices in the case by first–class mail at the respondent’s last known address;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the date, time, and location of the final extreme risk protective order hearing is tentative only and subject to change;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>if the respondent does not attend the temporary extreme risk protective order hearing, the respondent may call the Office of the District Court Clerk at the number provided in the order to find out the actual date, time, and location of any final extreme risk protective order hearing; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>if the respondent fails to appear at the final extreme risk protective order hearing, a final extreme risk protective order may be entered in the respondent’s absence and served on the respondent by first–class mail;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a statement that the respondent may consult an attorney regarding any matter related to the order, and that an attorney should be contacted promptly so that the attorney may assist the respondent;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a statement specifying the contents and duration of a temporary extreme risk protective order;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>notice to the petitioner and respondent that, at the hearing, a judge may issue a temporary extreme risk protective order prohibiting the respondent from possessing a firearm or may deny the petition, whether or not the respondent is in court;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>notice of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the requirements for surrendering firearms and ammunition in the respondent’s possession to law enforcement authorities; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the process for reclaiming firearms and ammunition on the expiration or termination of the order;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a warning to the respondent that violation of an interim extreme risk protective order is a crime and that a law enforcement officer will arrest the respondent, with or without a warrant, and take the respondent into custody if the officer has probable cause to believe that the respondent has violated a provision of the interim extreme risk protective order; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the phone number of the Office of the District Court Clerk.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Whenever a commissioner issues an interim extreme risk protective order, the commissioner shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>immediately forward a copy of the petition and interim extreme risk protective order to the appropriate law enforcement agency for service on the respondent; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>before the hearing scheduled for the temporary extreme risk protective order, transfer the case file to the clerk of court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A law enforcement officer shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>immediately on receipt of an interim extreme risk protective order, serve it on the respondent named in the order;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>make a return of service to the clerk of court; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>within 2 hours after service of the order on the respondent, electronically notify the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services of the service using an electronic system approved and provided by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an interim extreme risk protective order shall be effective until the earlier of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the temporary extreme risk protective order hearing under § 5–604 of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the end of the second business day the Office of the District Court Clerk is open following the issuance of the interim extreme risk protective order.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the court is closed on the day on which the interim extreme risk protective order is due to expire, the interim extreme risk protective order shall be effective until the next day on which the court is open, at which time the court shall hold a temporary extreme risk protective order hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
