{"data":{"id":"us-me/25-m.r.s.-2242","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"25 M.R.S. §2242","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.\n1.  Court.  \"Court\" means a District Court in this State.\n2.  Dangerous weapon.  \"Dangerous weapon\" has the same meaning as in Title 17‑A, section 2, subsection 9, paragraph C, including a firearm as defined in Title 17‑A, section 2, subsection 12‑A.\n3.  Extreme risk protection order.  \"Extreme risk protection order\" means a written order issued pursuant to this chapter that prohibits and enjoins an individual from purchasing, possessing or receiving a dangerous weapon or having or attempting to have custody or control of a dangerous weapon.\n4.  Family or household member.  \"Family or household member\" means a spouse or domestic partner of the respondent, a former spouse or former domestic partner of the respondent, an individual presently or formerly living with the respondent as a spouse of the respondent, a parent of a child of the respondent, an adult sibling of the respondent, an adult child of the respondent, a parent of the respondent or an adult presently living with the respondent.\n5.  Law enforcement agency.  \"Law enforcement agency\" means a state, county, tribal, municipal or University of Maine System law enforcement agency. \"Law enforcement agency\" does not include a federal law enforcement agency.\n6.  Law enforcement officer.  \"Law enforcement officer\" has the same meaning as in section 2801‑A, subsection 5.  \"Law enforcement officer\" does not include a federal law enforcement officer.\n7.  Petition.  \"Petition\" means a petition for an extreme risk protection order filed pursuant to this chapter.\n8.  Petitioner.  \"Petitioner\" means a family or household member, a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer who files a petition for an extreme risk protection order pursuant to this chapter.\n9.  Respondent.  \"Respondent\" means an individual named in a petition for an extreme risk protection order filed pursuant to this chapter whose purchase, possession, receipt, custody or control of a dangerous weapon the petitioner seeks to restrain.","path":["TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY","PART 5: PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 261: EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER ACT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/25/title25sec2242.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:34Z","sha256":"efbeac3e5f606e66b1f999e4adf0c75ef86226160249dcec0115b846bf646565","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/25-m.r.s.-2241","next":"us-me/25-m.r.s.-2243"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}