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2021 Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Chapter 77. Lethal Violence Protective Order
§ 7707. Limitation on liability.
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§ 7707. Limitation on liability.
(a) Nothing in this chapter precludes a petitioner or law-enforcement officer from removing firearms under other authority or filing criminal charges when probable cause exists.
(b) A law-enforcement officer, who in good faith does not seek a lethal violence protective order under this chapter, is immune from civil liability.
(c) A law-enforcement agency is immune from civil or criminal liability for any damage or deterioration of firearms stored or transported under this section. This subsection does not apply if the damage or deterioration occurred as a result of recklessness, gross negligence, or intentional misconduct by the law-enforcement agency or federally-licensed firearms dealer.
81 Del. Laws, c. 274, § 1;
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