§48-28A-108. Confidentiality
A program participant's application and supporting materials are not a public record and shall be kept confidential by the Secretary of State. Any employee of any agency or court who willfully breaches the confidentiality of these records or willfully discloses the name, residential or mailing address both addresses of a program participant in violation of […]
§48-28-3. Judicial Enforcement of Order
(a) A person authorized by the law of this state to seek enforcement of a West Virginia protective order may seek enforcement of a valid foreign protection order in a court of this state. The court shall enforce the terms of the order, including terms that provide relief that a court of this state would […]
§48-28-4. Nonjudicial Enforcement of Order
(a) A law-enforcement officer of this state, upon determining that there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists and that the order has been violated, shall enforce the order as if it were a West Virginia protective order. Presentation of a foreign protection order that identifies both the protected individual […]
§48-28-5. Registration of Order
(a) Any individual may register a foreign protection order in this state by: Presenting a certified copy of the order to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for registration in accordance with the provisions of section eight hundred two, article twenty-seven of this chapter. (b) An individual registering a foreign protection order shall file […]
§48-27-902. Violations of Protective Orders; Criminal Complaints
(a) Any person authorized to file a petition pursuant to section three hundred five of this article, and any person authorized to file a petition for civil contempt pursuant to section nine hundred one of this article may file a criminal complaint: (1) Against a respondent who knowingly and willfully violates a provision of an […]
§48-28-6. Immunity
This state or a local governmental agency, or a law-enforcement officer, prosecuting attorney, clerk of court or any state or local governmental official acting in an official capacity, is immune from civil and criminal liability for an act or omission arising out of the registration or enforcement of a foreign protection order or the detention […]
§48-27-903. Misdemeanor Offenses for Violation of Protective Order; Repeat Offenses; Penalties
(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person knowingly and willfully violates: (1) A provision of an emergency or final protective order entered pursuant to:
§48-28-7. Criminal Offenses and Penalties
(a) A respondent who abuses, as that term is defined in section two hundred two, article twenty-seven of this chapter, a protected individual or who is physically present at any location in knowing and willful violation of the terms of: (1) A valid foreign protection order; (2) a protection order entered in any pending foreign […]
§48-27-1001. Arrest for Violations of Protective Orders
(a) When a law-enforcement officer observes any respondent abuse the petitioner or minor children or the respondent's physical presence at any location in knowing and willful violation of the terms of an emergency or final protective order issued under the provisions of this article or section 5-509 or 5-608 of this chapter granting the relief […]
§48-28-8. Other Remedies
A protected individual who pursues remedies under this article is not precluded from pursuing other legal or equitable remedies against the respondent.