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Updated: 
December 15, 2023

What is an extreme risk protection order?

An extreme risk protection order is a civil court order prohibiting an individual (the respondent) from controlling, purchasing, possessing, accessing, or receiving firearms, or attempting to do so. Extreme risk protection orders are used to prevent the respondent from using a firearm to harm him/herself or others.1

1 R.C.W. § 7.105.100(1)(e)