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Code · Massachusetts · Part I — ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT · Title XX — PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER · Chapter 140

Section 131U: Extreme risk protection orders; notice of order to state and federal authorities and systems

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Section 131U.
(a)On the same day that an extreme risk protection order is issued pursuant to section 131S or section 131T, the clerk magistrate of the court shall forward a copy of the order to:
(i)the licensing authority;
(ii)the commissioner of probation;
(iii)the department of criminal justice information services, which shall transmit the report, pursuant to paragraph
(h)of section 167A of chapter 6, to the Attorney General of the United States to be included in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and
(iv)any other federal or state computer-based systems used by law enforcement or others to identify prohibited purchasers of firearms. Upon the expiration or termination of an extreme risk protection order issued pursuant to said section 131S or said section 131T, the clerk magistrate of the court shall notify:
(i)the licensing authority;
(ii)the commissioner of probation;
(iii)the department of criminal justice information services, which shall transmit the report, pursuant to paragraph
(h)of section 167A of chapter 6, to the Attorney General of the United States to be included in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and
(iv)any other federal or state computer-based systems used by law enforcement or others to identify prohibited purchasers of firearms that the order has been terminated or has expired.
[There is no subsection (b).]
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