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18150
. (a) (1) An immediate family member of a person or a law
enforcement officer may file a petition requesting that the court
issue an ex parte gun violence restraining order enjoining the
subject of the petition from having in his or her custody or control,
owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm or
ammunition.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "immediate family member"
has the same meaning as in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of
Section 422.4.
(b) A court may issue an ex parte gun violence restraining order
if the petition, supported by an affidavit made in writing and signed
by the petitioner under oath, or an oral statement taken pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 18155, and any additional information
provided to the court shows that there is a substantial likelihood
that both of the following are true:
(1) The subject of the petition poses a significant danger, in the
near future, of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or
another by having in his or her custody or control, owning,
purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm as determined by
considering the factors listed in Section 18155.
(2) An ex parte gun violence restraining order is necessary to
prevent personal injury to the subject of the petition or another
because less restrictive alternatives either have been tried and
found to be ineffective, or are inadequate or inappropriate for the
circumstances of the subject of the petition.
(c) An affidavit supporting a petition for the issuance of an ex
parte gun violence restraining order shall set forth the facts
tending to establish the grounds of the petition, or the reason for
believing that they exist.
(d) An ex parte order under this chapter shall be issued or denied
on the same day that the petition is submitted to the court, unless
the petition is filed too late in the day to permit effective review,
in which case the order shall be issued or denied on the next day of
judicial business in sufficient time for the order to be filed that
day with the clerk of the court.