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§2241
Title 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Part 5: PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 261: EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER ACT
§2243

§2242. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.   [IB 2025, c. 1, §6 (NEW).]
1.  Court.  "Court" means a District Court in this State.  
[IB 2025, c. 1, §6 (NEW).]
2.  Dangerous weapon.  "Dangerous weapon" has the same meaning as in Title 17‑A, section 2, subsection 9, paragraph C, including a firearm as defined in Title 17‑A, section 2, subsection 12‑A.  
[IB 2025, c. 1, §6 (NEW).]
3.  Extreme risk protection order.  "Extreme risk protection order" means a written order issued pursuant to this chapter that prohibits and enjoins an individual from purchasing, possessing or receiving a dangerous weapon or having or attempting to have custody or control of a dangerous weapon.  
[IB 2025, c. 1, §6 (NEW).]
4.  Family or household member.  "Family or household member" means a spouse or domestic partner of the respondent, a former spouse or former domestic partner of the respondent, an individual presently or formerly living with the respondent as a spouse of the respondent, a parent of a child of the respondent, an adult sibling of the respondent, an adult child of the respondent, a parent of the respondent or an adult presently living with the respondent.  
[IB 2025, c. 1, §6 (NEW).]
5.  Law enforcement agency.  "Law enforcement agency" means a state, county, tribal, municipal or University of Maine System law enforcement agency. "Law enforcement agency" does not include a federal law enforcement agency.  
[IB 2025, c. 1, §6 (NEW).]
6.  Law enforcement officer.  "Law enforcement officer" has the same meaning as in section 2801‑A, subsection 5. "Law enforcement officer" does not include a federal law enforcement officer.  
[IB 2025, c. 1, §6 (NEW).]
7.  Petition.  "Petition" means a petition for an extreme risk protection order filed pursuant to this chapter.  
[IB 2025, c. 1, §6 (NEW).]
8.  Petitioner.  "Petitioner" means a family or household member, a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer who files a petition for an extreme risk protection order pursuant to this chapter.  
[IB 2025, c. 1, §6 (NEW).]
9.  Respondent.  "Respondent" means an individual named in a petition for an extreme risk protection order filed pursuant to this chapter whose purchase, possession, receipt, custody or control of a dangerous weapon the petitioner seeks to restrain.  
[IB 2025, c. 1, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
IB 2025, c. 1, §6 (NEW).
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