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Legal Information: Rhode Island
Laws current as of July 19, 2024 Who can file for an extreme risk protection order?
Only a law enforcement agency can file for an extreme risk protection order. They can request the order if a person poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to himself/herself or others by having or getting a firearm.1
If you are concerned about someone else’s safety, you can tell law enforcement and ask them to file for an extreme risk protection order to remove the person’s guns.
1 R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 8-8.3-3(c); 8-8.3-1
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