Section 530.14. Suspension and revocation of a license to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm or firearms pursuant to section 400  


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                   a license; order to surrender firearms.
        1.  Mandatory  and  permissive  suspension  of  firearms  license  and
      ineligibility  for  such  a  license upon issuance of temporary order of
      protection.  Whenever a temporary order of protection is issued pursuant
      to subdivision one of section  530.12  or  subdivision  one  of  section
      530.13 of this article:
        (a) the court shall suspend any such existing license possessed by the
      defendant,  order  the defendant ineligible for such a license and order
      the immediate surrender of any or all firearms owned or possessed  where
      the  court  receives  information  that  gives  the  court good cause to
      believe that (i) the defendant has a prior  conviction  of  any  violent
      felony  offense  as  defined in section 70.02 of the penal law; (ii) the
      defendant has previously been found to have willfully failed to  obey  a
      prior  order  of  protection  and  such willful failure involved (A) the
      infliction of physical injury, as defined in subdivision nine of section
      10.00 of the penal law, (B) the use or threatened use of a deadly weapon
      or dangerous instrument as  those  terms  are  defined  in  subdivisions
      twelve  and  thirteen of section 10.00 of the penal law, or (C) behavior
      constituting any violent felony offense as defined in section  70.02  of
      the  penal  law;  or  (iii)  the  defendant  has  a prior conviction for
      stalking in the first degree as defined in section 120.60 of  the  penal
      law,  stalking  in the second degree as defined in section 120.55 of the
      penal law, stalking in the third degree as defined in section 120.50  of
      the  penal  law  or  stalking in the fourth degree as defined in section
      120.45 of such law; and
        (b) the court may where the court finds a substantial  risk  that  the
      defendant  may  use  or threaten to use a firearm unlawfully against the
      person or persons for whose protection the temporary order of protection
      is issued, suspend any such existing license possessed by the defendant,
      order the  defendant  ineligible  for  such  a  license  and  order  the
      immediate surrender of any or all firearms owned or possessed.
        2.  Mandatory  and  permissive  revocation  or  suspension of firearms
      license and ineligibility for such a license upon issuance of  an  order
      of  protection.  Whenever  an  order of protection is issued pursuant to
      subdivision five of section 530.12 or subdivision four of section 530.13
      of this article:
        (a) the court shall revoke any such existing license possessed by  the
      defendant,  order  the defendant ineligible for such a license and order
      the immediate surrender of any or all firearms owned or possessed  where
      such action is required by section 400.00 of the penal law; and
        (b)  the  court  may where the court finds a substantial risk that the
      defendant may use or threaten to use a firearm  unlawfully  against  the
      person  or  persons  for  whose  protection  the  order of protection is
      issued, (i) revoke any such existing license possessed by the defendant,
      order the  defendant  ineligible  for  such  a  license  and  order  the
      immediate  surrender  of  any or all firearms owned or possessed or (ii)
      suspend or continue to suspend any such existing  license  possessed  by
      the  defendant,  order  the  defendant ineligible for such a license and
      order the immediate surrender of any or all firearms owned or possessed.
        3. Mandatory and  permissive  revocation  or  suspension  of  firearms
      license and ineligibility for such a license upon a finding of a willful
      failure  to  obey  an order of protection. Whenever a defendant has been
      found pursuant to subdivision eleven of section  530.12  or  subdivision
      eight of section 530.13 of this article to have willfully failed to obey
      an  order  of  protection issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in
    
      this state or another state,  territorial  or  tribal  jurisdiction,  in
      addition  to any other remedies available pursuant to subdivision eleven
      of section 530.12  or  subdivision  eight  of  section  530.13  of  this
      article:
        (a)  the court shall revoke any such existing license possessed by the
      defendant, order the defendant ineligible for such a license  and  order
      the  immediate surrender of any or all firearms owned or possessed where
      the willful failure to obey such order involved (i)  the  infliction  of
      physical  injury, as defined in subdivision nine of section 10.00 of the
      penal law, (ii) the  use  or  threatened  use  of  a  deadly  weapon  or
      dangerous  instrument  as those terms are defined in subdivisions twelve
      and  thirteen  of  section  10.00  of  the  penal  law,  (iii)  behavior
      constituting  any  violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of
      the penal law; or (iv)  behavior  constituting  stalking  in  the  first
      degree  as  defined  in section 120.60 of the penal law, stalking in the
      second degree as defined in section 120.55 of the penal law, stalking in
      the third degree as defined in  section  120.50  of  the  penal  law  or
      stalking  in the fourth degree as defined in section 120.45 of such law;
      and
        (b) the court may where the court finds a substantial  risk  that  the
      defendant  may  use  or threaten to use a firearm unlawfully against the
      person or persons for whose  protection  the  order  of  protection  was
      issued, (i) revoke any such existing license possessed by the defendant,
      order  the  defendant  ineligible  for  such  a  license  and  order the
      immediate surrender of any or all firearms owned or  possessed  or  (ii)
      suspend  any such existing license possessed by the defendant, order the
      defendant  ineligible  for  such  a  license  and  order  the  immediate
      surrender of any or all firearms owned or possessed.
        4.  Suspension.  Any  suspension order issued pursuant to this section
      shall remain in effect for  the  duration  of  the  temporary  order  of
      protection  or  order  of  protection, unless modified or vacated by the
      court.
        5. Surrender. (a) Where an order to surrender one or more firearms has
      been issued, the temporary order of protection or  order  of  protection
      shall  specify the place where such firearms shall be surrendered, shall
      specify a date and time by which the surrender shall be  completed  and,
      to  the extent possible, shall describe such firearms to be surrendered,
      and shall direct the authority receiving such  surrendered  firearms  to
      immediately notify the court of such surrender.
        (b)  The  prompt surrender of one or more firearms pursuant to a court
      order issued pursuant to this section shall be  considered  a  voluntary
      surrender   for  purposes  of  subparagraph  (f)  of  paragraph  one  of
      subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law. The disposition of any
      such firearms shall be in accordance with the provisions of  subdivision
      six of section 400.05 of the penal law.
        (c)  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall not be deemed to limit,
      restrict or otherwise impair the authority of the  court  to  order  and
      direct  the surrender of any or all pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns
      or other firearms owned or possessed by a defendant pursuant to sections
      530.12 or 530.13 of this article.
        6.  Notice.  (a)  Where  an  order  of   revocation,   suspension   or
      ineligibility  has  been  issued pursuant to this section, any temporary
      order of protection or order of protection issued shall state that  such
      firearm  license  has been suspended or revoked or that the defendant is
      ineligible for such license, as the case may be.
        (b) The  court  revoking  or  suspending  the  license,  ordering  the
      defendant  ineligible  for  such a license, or ordering the surrender of
      any  firearm  shall  immediately  notify  the  duly  constituted  police
    
      authorities  of  the locality concerning such action and, in the case of
      orders of protection and temporary orders of protection issued  pursuant
      to  section  530.12  of  this  article,  shall  immediately  notify  the
      statewide registry of orders of protection.
        (c)  The  court  revoking  or  suspending  the license or ordering the
      defendant ineligible for  such  a  license  shall  give  written  notice
      thereof without unnecessary delay to the division of state police at its
      office in the city of Albany.
        (d)  Where  an  order  of  revocation,  suspension,  ineligibility  or
      surrender is modified or vacated, the court shall immediately notify the
      statewide registry of orders of  protection  and  the  duly  constituted
      police authorities of the locality concerning such action and shall give
      written  notice  thereof  without  unnecessary  delay to the division of
      state police at its office in the city of Albany.
        7. Hearing. The defendant shall have the right to a hearing before the
      court regarding any revocation, suspension, ineligibility  or  surrender
      order  issued  pursuant  to  this section, provided that nothing in this
      subdivision shall preclude the court from issuing any such  order  prior
      to  a  hearing.  Where  the  court  has  issued such an order prior to a
      hearing, it shall commence such hearing within fourteen days of the date
      such order was issued.
        8. Nothing in this section shall delay or otherwise interfere with the
      issuance of a temporary order of protection or the timely arraignment of
      a defendant in custody.