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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 25-10-12.3 – 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 25-10-16 – 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 […]