NC S406

Creates new Chapter 50E establishing Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) allowing courts to temporarily restrict a person's access to firearms when clear and convincing evidence shows they pose a danger of physical harm to themselves or others

Authorizes family members, household members, current/former spouses or dating partners, law enforcement, and health care providers to petition for an ERPO in district court

Ex parte ERPOs may be issued without notice for up to 10 days when imminent danger exists; final ERPOs last up to one year and may be renewed multiple times

Requires respondents to immediately surrender all firearms, ammunition, and firearm permits to the sheriff upon service of an ERPO; violation is a Class A1 misdemeanor

Requires courts to order seizure of firearms when defendants fail to surrender them after issuance of emergency or ex parte domestic violence protective orders under existing Chapter 50B