Section 25-10-12 – Delivery of order to law enforcement agencies.
25-10-12. Delivery of order to law enforcement agencies. The petitioner may deliver an order for protection granted pursuant to this chapter within twenty-four hours to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the residence of the petitioner. Each appropriate law enforcement agency shall make available to other law enforcement officers information as to the […]
Section 25-10-12.1 – Enforcement of foreign protection orders–Requirements.
25-10-12.1. Enforcement of foreign protection orders–Requirements. Any domestic abuse protection order, or any stalking or physical violence protection order, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction of another state, Indian tribe, the District of Columbia, or a commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States is enforceable as if the order was issued by a […]
Section 25-10-12.2 – Filing of foreign violence protection order–Affidavit–Entry in database–Fee.
25-10-12.2. Filing of foreign violence protection order–Affidavit–Entry in database–Fee. Any person entitled to protection under a foreign domestic violence protection order may file the foreign order in the office of any clerk of a circuit court in this state. The person filing the foreign order shall also file with the clerk of a circuit court […]
Section 25-10-12.3 – Reliance on foreign order–Immunity from liability.
25-10-12.3. Reliance on foreign order–Immunity from liability. A law enforcement officer may rely upon any foreign domestic violence protection order that has been provided to the officer by any source. The officer may make an arrest pursuant to §25-10-13 for any violation of the foreign order in the same manner as for violation of a […]
Section 25-10-12.4 – Presentment of false order or denial of service a misdemeanor.
25-10-12.4. Presentment of false order or denial of service a misdemeanor. Any person who intentionally provides a law enforcement officer with a copy of a foreign domestic violence protection order known by that person to be false, invalid, or not in compliance with the requirements of §25-10-12.1, or who, if served with such a protection […]
Section 25-10-12.5 – Affirmative defense.
25-10-12.5. Affirmative defense. Failure to satisfy any of the requirements of §25-10-12.1 is an affirmative defense to any prosecution for a violation of the foreign domestic violence protection order or any process filed seeking enforcement of the order in this state. Source: SL 2003, ch 148, §5.
Section 25-10-13 – Protection order–Violation–Penalty
25-10-13. Protection order–Violation–Penalty. If a temporary protection order or a protection order is granted pursuant to this chapter, if a foreign protection order is recognized pursuant to §25-10-12.1 or 25-10-25, or if a no contact order is issued pursuant to §25-10-23 or 25-10-25, and if the respondent or person restrained knows of the order, a […]
Section 25-10-14 – Citation of chapter.
25-10-14. Citation of chapter. This chapter may be cited as the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act. Source: SL 1981, ch 198, §14.
Section 25-10-16 – Award of domestic violence program funds–Recipients–Restricted use–Administrative costs.
25-10-16. Award of domestic violence program funds–Recipients–Restricted use–Administrative costs. The board of county commissioners shall award domestic violence program funds to domestic violence programs that are locally controlled and situated in the state. The funds may be awarded to either local governmental or nongovernmental agencies or organizations, and may not be used for anything other […]
Section 25-10-17.1 – Persons convicted of crimes involving domestic abuse required to support domestic violence programs.
25-10-17.1. Persons convicted of crimes involving domestic abuse required to support domestic violence programs. In addition to any other penalty, assessment, or fine provided by law, the court shall order any person convicted of a crime involving domestic violence or domestic abuse to remit costs in the amount of twenty-five dollars to the clerk of […]