District Of Columbia § 16-1043 - Nonjudicial enforcement of order.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 16-1043 — Nonjudicial enforcement of order., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-1043. Nonjudicial enforcement of order.
16-1043A law enforcement officer, 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 the order of a tribunal of the District. Presentation of a protection order that identifies both the protected individual and the respondent and, on its face, is currently in effect constitutes probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists. For the purposes of this section, the protection order may be inscribed on a tangible medium or may have been stored in an electronic or other medium if it is retrievable in perceivable form. Presentation of a certified copy of a protection order is not required for enforcement.
If a foreign protection order is not presented, a law enforcement officer may consider other information in determining whether there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists.
Registration or filing of an order in the District is not required for the enforcement of a valid foreign protection order pursuant to this subchapter.
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