60-31b05. Registration of order.

60-31b05

Chapter 60.--PROCEDURE, CIVIL
Article 31b.--UNIFORM INTERSTATE ENFORCEMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS ACT

      60-31b05.   Registration of order.(a) Any individual may, but is not required, to register aforeign protection order in this state. To register a foreign protection order,an individual shall present a certified copy of the order to the sheriff in thecounty where the protection order will be enforced. Pursuant to K.S.A. 60-3112,and amendments thereto, the sheriff shall contact the issuing jurisdiction toverify the order and request that such jurisdiction enter the order, if it hasnot already been entered, into the national criminal information center andother appropriate databases.

      (b)   A fee shall not be charged for the registration of a foreign protectionorder.

      (c)   No sheriff's department accepting or registering a foreign protectionorder under this section may notify or require notification of the partyagainst whom the protection order was filed of its filing or registrationunless the individual protected by the protection order requests that thesheriff's department do so and the respondent has not already been notified ofsuch filing or registration.

      History:   L. 2005, ch. 146, § 5; July 1.