Enforcement of protection order - duties of peace officer.

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(1) A person failing to comply with any order of the court issued pursuant to this article is in contempt of court or may be prosecuted for violation of a civil protection order pursuant to section 18-6803.5, C.R.S.

  1. The duties of peace officers enforcing a civil protection order shall be in accordancewith section 18-6-803.5, C.R.S., and any rules adopted by the Colorado supreme court pursuant to that section.

  2. If a respondent has not been personally served with a protection order, a peace officer responding to a call for assistance shall serve a copy of the protection order on the respondent named in the protection order, shall write the time, date, and manner of service on the protected person's copy of the order, and shall sign the statement.

Source: L. 2013: Entire section added with relocations, (HB 13-1259), ch. 218, p. 1011, § 13, effective July 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 13-14-102 (11), (12), and (13) as they existed prior to 2013.


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