§ 842-a. Suspension and revocation of a license to carry, possess,\nrepair or dispose of a firearm or firearms pursuant to section 400.00 of\nthe penal law and ineligibility for such a license; order to surrender\nfirearms; order to seize firearms.\n 1. Suspension of firearms license and ineligibility for such a license\nupon the issuance of a temporary order of protection. Whenever a\ntemporary order of protection is issued pursuant to section eight\nhundred twenty-eight of this article, or pursuant to article four, five,\nsix, seven or ten of this act the court shall inquire of the respondent\nand, outside of the presence of the respondent, the petitioner or, if\nthe petitioner is not the protected party, any party protected by such\norder, if the court has reason to believe that such petitioner or\nprotected party would have actual knowledge or reason to know such\ninformation, as to the existence and location of any firearm, rifle or\nshotgun owned or possessed by the respondent and:\n (a) the court shall suspend any such existing license possessed by the\nrespondent, order the respondent ineligible for such a license, and\norder the immediate surrender pursuant to subparagraph (f) of paragraph\none of subdivision a of section 265.20 and subdivision six of section\n400.05 of the penal law, of any or all firearms, rifles and shotguns\nowned or possessed where the court receives information that gives the\ncourt good cause to believe that: (i) the respondent has a prior\nconviction of any violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of\nthe penal law; (ii) the respondent has previously been found to have\nwillfully failed to obey a prior order of protection and such willful\nfailure involved (A) the infliction of physical injury, as defined in\nsubdivision nine of section 10.00 of the penal law, (B) the use or\nthreatened use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument as those terms\nare defined in subdivisions twelve and thirteen of section 10.00 of the\npenal law, or (C) behavior constituting any violent felony offense as\ndefined in section 70.02 of the penal law; or (iii) the respondent has a\nprior conviction for stalking in the first degree as defined in section\n120.60 of the penal law, stalking in the second degree as defined in\nsection 120.55 of the penal law, stalking in the third degree as defined\nin section 120.50 of the penal law or stalking in the fourth degree as\ndefined in section 120.45 of such law;\n (b) the court shall where the court finds a substantial risk that the\nrespondent may use or threaten to use a firearm, rifle or shotgun\nunlawfully against the person or persons for whose protection the\ntemporary order of protection is issued, suspend any such existing\nlicense possessed by the respondent, order the respondent ineligible for\nsuch a license, and order the immediate surrender pursuant to\nsubparagraph (f) of paragraph one of subdivision a of section 265.20 and\nsubdivision six of section 400.05 of the penal law, of any or all\nfirearms, rifles and shotguns owned or possessed; and\n (c) the court shall where the defendant willfully refuses to surrender\nsuch firearm, rifle or shotgun pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of\nthis subdivision, or may for other good cause shown, order the immediate\nseizure of such firearm, rifle or shotgun, and search therefor, pursuant\nto an order issued in accordance with article six hundred ninety of the\ncriminal procedure law, consistent with such rights as the defendant may\nderive from this article or the constitution of this state or the United\nStates.\n 2. Revocation or suspension of firearms license and ineligibility for\nsuch a license upon the issuance of an order of protection. Whenever an\norder of protection is issued pursuant to section eight hundred\nforty-one of this part, or pursuant to article four, five, six, seven or\nten of this act the court shall inquire of the respondent and, outside\nof the presence of the respondent, the
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