§ 22-60.5. Access to protective orders by law enforcement agencies.

A.  Within twenty-four (24) hours of the return of service of any ex parte or final protective order, the clerk of the issuing court shall send certified copies thereof to all appropriate law enforcement agencies designated by the plaintiff.  A certified copy of any extension, modification, vacation, cancellation or consent agreement concerning a final protective order shall be sent within twenty-four (24) hours by the clerk of the issuing court to those law enforcement agencies receiving the original orders pursuant to this section and to any law enforcement agencies designated by the court.

B.  Any law enforcement agency receiving copies of the documents listed in subsection A of this section shall be required to ensure that other law enforcement agencies have access twenty-four (24) hours a day to the information contained in the documents which may include entry of information about the ex parte or final protective order in the National Crime Information Center database.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 255, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 1982.  Amended by Laws 1983, c. 290, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 1994, c. 290, § 58, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 368, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1999, c. 97, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 370, § 9, eff. July 1, 2000.