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9 verbatim requirements from 6th Circuit Administrative Order 2016-027.
Sixth Judicial Circuit (Pinellas/Pasco). Administrative orders change without notice; the court's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• PROCEDURES FOR RETURN OF FIREARMS – PASCO COUNTY Section 933.14(3), Florida Statutes, provides that no firearm seized by law enforcement with a search warrant or without a search warrant upon view by an officer of a breach of the peace shall be returned except upon court order. • Any person who seeks the return of a firearm seized by law enforcement under section 933.14(3), Florida Statutes, where no arrest was made and no case was filed must file a Petition for Return of Firearm(s) with the Clerk of Court. • All Petitions for Return of Firearm(s) must specifically identify the firearm(s) and/or ammunition sought to be returned and must further allege that (1) the firearm(s) and/or ammunition is/are the petitioner’s personal property; (2) the firearm(s) and/or ammunition is/are not the fruit of criminal activity and was/were not involved in criminal activity; (3) the firearm(s) and/or ammunition is/are not being held as evidence by the relevant law enforcement agency; (4) the petitioner is not prohibited from possessing a firearm under any provision of Florida or federal law, including 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9); (5) the petitioner has not been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, and has not had adjudication of guilt withheld or the imposition of a sentence suspended on any misdemeanor crime of domestic violence unless 3 years have elapsed since probation or any other conditions set by the relevant court have been fulfilled or expunction has occurred; (6) the petitioner is not prohibited from possessing a firearm and/or ammunition pursuant to the terms of any pretrial release, bond, probation, or any other type of community supervision or court program; (7) the petitioner has not been Baker Acted as a result of this incident or otherwise. • 2 Florida Statutes, or if the petitioner has been adjudicated mentally defective, the petitioner has had his or her capacity restored by a court for at least 5 years from the date of the Petition for Return of Firearm(s); and (10) the petitioner has not been committed to a mental institution as defined in section 790.065(2)(a)4.b., Florida Statutes, or if the petitioner has been committed to a mental institution, the petitioner possesses a certificate from a licensed psychiatrist that he or she has not suffered from a mental disability for at least 5 years since the commitment to a mental institution. • The petitioner must attach to the petition a copy of the agency report detailing the circumstances which led to the taking of the firearm(s). • To obtain a hearing on a petition, the petitioner must contact the Pasco Administrative Judge’s judicial assistant to be assigned a hearing date. • The notice shall be hand delivered or sent via certified mail to the law enforcement agency. • Should the petitioner and the law enforcement agency stipulate to the return of the firearm(s) without a hearing, a proposed order authorizing the release of the firearm(s) must accompany the stipulation. • If the petitioner has been Baker Acted, the petitioner must provide the Judge with a copy of the documents furnished to the petitioner or the petitioner’s representative by the facility, upon or after discharge of the petitioner from the facility, which contain any evaluations, diagnosis, prognoses, recommended course of treatment, and recommended or prescribed medications, and a letter from a licensed mental health professional stating that the person is of sound mind to possess a firearm.) 11.
PROCEDURES FOR RETURN OF FIREARMS – PASCO COUNTY Section 933.14(3), Florida Statutes, provides that no firearm seized by law enforcement with a search warrant or without a search warrant upon view by an officer of a breach of the peace shall be returned except upon court order.
Reviewer note: Composed from the court's own bytes during the 6th's ledger close 2026-08-03; scope from the court's numbering convention (PI-/PA-/PA⁄PI) or an exclusive county mention. Verbatim from the order, fetched live 2026-08-03; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14] [Corrected 2026-09-26: 1 bulleted sentence had been cut at a semicolon -- a list stem or item published without the rest of its sentence. 1 now reads through the end of the sentence, verbatim from the rule's own source document.]
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