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Involuntarily, like with going through the whole court process and a judge committing you and everything. If you're depressed and cops show up at your door and make you go to the hospital "voluntarily" under threat of being committed, that doesn't count. Even if you stay a while "voluntarily". If you get taken in for a 72 hour "observation" hold (5150) but then the doctors let you free, that doesn't count either. If you didn't have to go to court or at least face a judge, you weren't committed.
I've had a few grippy sock vacations when I was younger but it didn't impact my gun rights.
Mmmm i believe a court order was issued while i was in the ER. I vaguely remember seeing it and verifying that i was considered involuntary while in the institution
From the ER they can put you on a short hold without court approval, and they don't need to start it until you're medically stable.
The kind that disqualifies you is something you'd remember. You're given a chance to testify.
Probably the easiest is asking for the medical records for that period from the hospital. You can usually get them for free if it's a limited request, but you'll probably have to go in person.
The second option is going to the clerk at the courthouse that serves that hospital and have them search for a committal record. They might charge you for a copy of the record, but it's usually cheap.
The hospital being the mental hospital I was at, correct? Or should I be checking with the ER too
Yeah, whatever facility you believe you were committed to