§ 13-14.5-109 — Firearms - return - disposal

Colorado § 13-14.5-109

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 13: Courts
• Art.: Extreme Risk Protection Orders

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(1) If an extreme risk protection
order or temporary extreme risk protection order is terminated or expires without
renewal, a law enforcement agency holding any firearm that has been surrendered
pursuant to section 13-14.5-108 or taken custody of pursuant to section 16-3-301.5,
or a federally licensed firearms dealer described in 18 U.S.C. sec. 923, as amended,
with custody of a firearm, or a relative with custody of an antique firearm or curio or
relic pursuant to section 13-14.5-108 (1)(a)(III), must return the firearm requested by
a respondent within three days only after confirming, through a criminal history
record check performed pursuant to section 24-33.5-424, that the respondent is
currently eligible to own or possess a firearm under federal and state law and after
confirming with the court that the extreme risk protection order has terminated or
has expired without renewal.

(2) Any firearm surrendered by a respondent pursuant to section 13-14.5-108
or taken custody of pursuant to section 16-3-301.5 that remains unclaimed by the
lawful owner for at least one year from the date the temporary extreme risk
protection order or extreme risk protection order expired, whichever is later, shall
be disposed of in accordance with the law enforcement agency's policies and
procedures for the disposal of firearms in police custody.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2023: Entire article R&RE, (SB 23-170), ch. 124, p. 477, � 1, effective April 28.