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State restoration routes
What your state's own remedy is, who decides it, how long it takes, what it costs, and what it does — and does not — do about the separate federal bar. One row for each jurisdiction that we have checked, with its statute and the day we checked it.
DELAWARE · Mental-health relief programme (922(g)(4)) · on Oct 9, 2026
A route exists
- In short
- The Department lists the route in Delaware as: "Request relief from Disabilities Board". Where a programme exists and you are eligible for it, 28 CFR 107.60(b) presumptively denies a federal application both where you have NOT sought relief and where you sought it and WERE DENIED. While a state application is pending, or after a refusal, the Department says "You are presumptively disqualified from FFRR relief". After a grant, it says "You no longer have a prohibition under 922(g)(4)" if the program meets the requirements of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, and otherwise "You are eligible to apply for FFRR relief without any presumption".
- Route the Department names
- Request relief from Disabilities Board
- Must you use it before applying federally?
- Yes, where you are eligible for it (28 CFR 107.60(b))
- Does being refused by it clear the federal presumption?
- No. A refusal is itself a presumptive ground for denial.
- Effective
- —
- Next scheduled change
- None scheduled in the sources checked
- Statute / rule
- 28 CFR 107.60; 34 U.S.C. 40915 · DOJ — 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4) and Mental Health
- Checked
- Verified Oct 8, 2026
State law, with its statute and check date. We do not tell you whether your state's remedy cures your federal bar — that turns on your own facts and on federal case law, and it is the question to take to an attorney. Information only, not legal advice.
Sources
- 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(20) — official text — checked Oct 8, 2026
- 27 CFR 478.11 — definitions — checked Oct 8, 2026
- DOJ — 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4) and mental health — checked Oct 8, 2026
- DOJ — Frequently asked questions — checked Oct 8, 2026