Restraining Orders

In an extreme risk protection order, the judge can:

1. order that the respondent cannot do any of the following things with “deadly weapons”:

• have them in his/her custody or control;
• own them;
• purchase them;
• possess them;
• receive them; or
• attempt to purchase or receive them;

2. require the respondent to give up any concealed handgun licenses to a law enforcement agency; and

3. order that the respondent immediately surrender all “deadly weapons” within 24 hours of being served with the order. The respondent can give the deadly weapons to:

• a law enforcement agency;
• a gun dealer; or
• a third party who can legally have the weapons.¹

“Deadly weapons” include:

• any items or substances that are meant to cause, and are capable of causing, death or serious physical injury; and
• firearms, even if unloaded.²

¹ O.R.S. §§ 166.527(1), 166.537(1)
² O.R.S. § 166.525(1)