AZ SB1414

Courts must inform persons convicted of domestic violence offenses that they are prohibited from owning or possessing firearms and order them to transfer all firearms to law enforcement or a federally licensed dealer within 24 hours of sentencing.

Persons subject to firearm transfer orders must attest to the court within 48 hours that they either never owned firearms or have transferred all firearms, with proof of transfer required.

Law enforcement agencies or firearms dealers receiving transferred firearms must provide proof of transfer to the owner and may dispose of firearms after notice, returning proceeds to the original owner minus storage and disposal costs.

Persons transporting firearms to law enforcement or dealers pursuant to a transfer order are immune from prosecution if they possess the written order, the firearm is unloaded, and they transport it directly to the designated recipient.

Courts may issue search warrants if probable cause exists that a person failed to comply with a firearm transfer order, and similar transfer requirements apply to defendants in orders of protection issued under domestic violence proceedings.