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An Act to Amend Titles 10 and 11 of the Delaware Code Relating to Lethal Violence Protection Orders.

It became law on Jun 27, 2018.

DE HB 222 · House Bill · 149

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Latest action
Jun 27, 2018

What it does

This Substitute Act incorporates House Bill No. 222, and also makes the following changes to House Bill No. 222:\r (1) Creates a new Chapter of Title 10, which permits a family member or a law enforcement officer to obtain a lethal violence protective order.\r (2) Permits a family member or law enforcement officer to obtain an emergency lethal violence protective order in Justice of the Peace Court if the Court finds probable cause to believe that a respondent poses an immediate and present danger of causing physical injury to self or others by owning, possessing, controlling, purchasing, having access to, or receiving a firearm. The order requires the relinquishment of firearms to law…

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This bill passed and is now law.

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    Jun 27, 2018

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LETHAL VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS. | 52