Tennessee Code Title 39. Criminal Offenses § 39-17-1329

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) As used in this section, “extreme risk protection order”:

(1) Means an executive order or a written order or warrant issued by a judge, magistrate, or other judicial officer, with the primary purpose of reducing the risk of firearm-related death or injury by doing one (1) or more of the following:

(A) Prohibiting a named individual from having under the individual's custody or control, owning, possessing, or receiving a firearm; or

(B) Removing a firearm from or requiring the surrender of a firearm by a named individual; and

(2) Does not include an order of protection issued pursuant to title 36, chapter 3, part 6.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by state law, the general assembly preempts the entire field of legislation regarding extreme risk protection orders to the exclusion of all county, city, town, municipality, or metropolitan government law, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulation.

(c) A political subdivision of this state is prohibited from accepting a grant or other source of funding for the purpose of implementing an ordinance, rule, executive order, judicial order, or judicial finding that would have the effect of enforcing an extreme risk protection order against a resident of this state.

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