PART 5. UNIFORM INTERSTATE ENFORCEMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS ACT [6400. - 6409.]

Part 5 added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 816, Sec. 3.

§§ 6400–6409 · 10 sections

• § 6400 This part may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.
• § 6401 In this part: (1) “Foreign protection order” means a protection order issued by a tribunal of another state. (2) “Issuing state” means the state whose tribunal…
• § 6402 (a) A person authorized by the law of this state to seek enforcement of a protection order may seek enforcement of a valid foreign protection order in a…
• § 6403 (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…
• § 6404 (a) A foreign protection order shall, upon request of the person in possession of the order, be registered with a court of this state in order to be entered in…
• § 6405 (a) There shall be no civil liability on the part of, and no cause of action for false arrest or false imprisonment against, a peace officer who makes an…
• § 6406 A protected individual who pursues remedies under this part is not precluded from pursuing other legal or equitable remedies against the respondent.
• § 6407 In applying and construing this part, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states…
• § 6408 If any provision of this part or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications…
• § 6409 This part applies to protection orders issued before January 1, 2002, and to continuing actions for enforcement of foreign protection orders commenced before…