§ 7701. Definitions.
§ 7701. Definitions. 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 […]
§ 7702. Commencement of action; procedure.
§ 7702. Commencement of action; procedure. (a) A petitioner may request relief under § 7703 or § 7704 of this title by filing an affidavit or verified petition. (b) A petition for a lethal violence protective order must be filed in the county where the respondent resides. (c) Forms and instructions for initiating a proceeding […]
§ 7703. Emergency hearings.
§ 7703. Emergency hearings. (a) A law-enforcement officer may request an emergency lethal violence protective order by filing an affidavit or verified petition in Justice of the Peace Court that does both of the following: (1) Alleges that respondent poses an immediate and present danger of causing physical injury to self or others by controlling, […]
§ 7704. Nonemergency hearings.
§ 7704. Nonemergency hearings. (a) A petitioner may request a lethal violence protective order by filing an affidavit or verified petition in the Superior Court that does both of the following: (1) Alleges that the respondent poses a danger of causing physical injury to self or others by controlling, owning, purchasing, possessing, having access to, […]
§ 7705. Termination and renewal.
§ 7705. Termination and renewal. (a) A respondent subject to a lethal violence protective order issued under § 7704 of this title, or renewed under subsection (b) of this section, may submit 1 written request at any time during the effective period of the order for a hearing to terminate the order. (1) The Superior […]
§ 7508. Applicability of §§ 7501-7507 to judgments on warrant of attorney.
§ 7508. Applicability of §§ 7501-7507 to judgments on warrant of attorney. None of the provisions of §§ 7501-7507 of this title shall extend to a warrant of attorney to confess judgment, nor to any action or judgment entered or confessed in pursuance of such warrant of attorney. Code 1852, § 2585; Code 1915, § […]
§ 7706. Return and disposal of firearms.
§ 7706. Return and disposal of firearms. If an order issued under this chapter is vacated under § 7704 (e) of this title, terminated under § 7705(a) of this title, or expired and is not renewed, the law-enforcement agency shall return to the respondent any firearms or ammunition taken from the respondent under this chapter […]
§ 7509. Lien on lands of public officer as obligor.
§ 7509. Lien on lands of public officer as obligor. Every recognizance or obligation acknowledged for a penal sum, with condition for the performance, by an officer, of the duties of the officer’s office, or of any public trust, shall, from the caption of such recognizance, or from the time of the acknowledging and approving […]
§ 7707. Limitation on liability.
§ 7707. Limitation on liability. (a) Nothing in this chapter precludes a petitioner or law-enforcement officer from removing firearms under other authority or filing criminal charges when probable cause exists. (b) A law-enforcement officer, who in good faith does not seek a lethal violence protective order under this chapter, is immune from civil liability. (c) […]
§ 7510. Entry of satisfaction.
§ 7510. Entry of satisfaction. Every person to whom a sum is due by a recognizance taken in the Court of Chancery, receiving satisfaction of the same, shall, within 60 days thereafter, cause such satisfaction to be entered upon the record of such recognizance. Such satisfaction shall be entered by the Register in Chancery upon […]