Notice of firearm prohibition when served with notice of an injunction hearing and process for surrendering firearms following the granting of certain injunctions

The bill also creates a procedure for surrendering firearms if the court grants an injunction. If the person who is subject to the injunction (respondent) is present at the injunction hearing, he or she may provide the court with a completed firearm possession form, which is a form that requests information such as the quantity and the make and model of any firearms he or she owns or possesses or has owned or possessed in the previous six months. If the respondent is not present at the injunctive hearing, the court must provide the petitioner with the opportunity to state if the respondent possesses a firearm and, if so, the quantity and make and model of any firearm. If the court is not satisfied that the respondent does not possess a firearm, a firearm surrender hearing must take place within one week of the injunction hearing. If, subject to certain conditions, the respondent surrenders all firearms to the sheriff or to a third party within 48 hours, the court must dismiss the firearm surrender hearing unless the court has a reason related to the surrender of firearms not to dismiss the hearing.

If the court does not dismiss the hearing, a respondent must attend a firearm surrender hearing if the respondent did not appear at the injunction hearing and the court is not satisfied that the respondent does not possess a firearm or the respondent wants to surrender a firearm to a third party that did not appear at the injunction hearing. If a respondent is required to attend the hearing but does not, the court must issue an arrest warrant for the respondent.

At a firearm surrender hearing, if the respondent wants to surrender a firearm to a third party who attends the firearm surrender hearing, the court shall, subject to certain conditions, permit the surrender. If the third party is not at the firearm surrender hearing or the conditions are not met, or the respondent does not want to surrender a firearm to a third party, the court must order the respondent to surrender his or her firearm to the sheriff within 48 hours of the order. If the respondent fails to comply with the order, the court must issue an arrest warrant for the respondent.