Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531
Section 7701 - [Effective Until 2/1/2025] Definitions(a) As used in this section: (1) "Firearm" means as defined in § 222 of Title 11.(2) "Law-enforcement officer" means as defined in § 222 of Title 11.(3) "Lethal violence protective order" means an order issued by the Justice of the Peace Court or Superior Court prohibiting and enjoining a person from controlling, owning, purchasing, possessing, having access to, or receiving a firearm.(4) "Petitioner" means either of the following: a. A family member of the respondent as defined in § 901 of Title 10 or a member of the class defined in § 1041(2)b. of Title 10.b. A law-enforcement officer who files a petition alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing physical injury to self or others by controlling, owning, purchasing, possessing, having access to or receiving a firearm.(5) "Physical injury" means as defined in § 222 of Title 11.(6) "Respondent" means the individual who is alleged to pose a danger of causing physical injury to self or others by controlling, owning, purchasing, possessing, having access to or receiving a firearm.Added by Laws 2017 , ch. 274, s 1, eff. 12/27/2018.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.