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Laws current as of July 11, 2024

Can an extreme risk protection order be renewed?

If the judge decides that the respondent still poses an extreme risk of harm to himself/herself or others by possessing a dangerous weapon, the judge can renew the extreme risk protection order for another six months. The State’s Attorney or the Office of the Attorney General may request a renewal 14-30 days before the current order expires.1 If you originally filed the petition for this order, the law does not allow you to ask the court for a renewal because the prosecutor will be substituted as petitioner prior to the hearing to get the order.2 However, you could contact the State’s Attorney or Office of the Attorney General a few months before the order will expire to tell them if you still think the respondent poses a danger and to ask the lawyer in charge of the case to renew the order.

1 VT ST 13 § 4055(b)
2 VT ST 13 § 4053(b)(2)

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