Chapter 9.03B
VIOLATION OF PROTECTION ORDER

Sections:

9.03B.010    Violation of an order for protection.

9.03B.010 Violation of an order for protection.

A.    Whenever an order for protection is granted under RCW Chapter 26.50 and the respondent or person to be restrained knows of the order, a violation of the restraint provisions or of a provision excluding the person from a residence, workplace, school or daycare is a gross misdemeanor except as provided in RCW 26.50.110(4) and (5).

B.    A peace officer shall arrest without a warrant and take into custody a person whom the peace officer has probable cause to believe has violated an order issued under this chapter that restrains the person or excludes the person from a residence, workplace, school or daycare, if the person restrained knows of the order. Presence of the order in the law enforcement computer- based criminal intelligence information system is not the only means of establishing knowledge of the order.

C.    A violation of an order for protection shall also constitute contempt of court and is subject to the penalties prescribed by law.

D.    Upon the filing of an affidavit by the petitioner or any peace officer alleging that the respondent has violated an order for protection granted under RCW Chapter 26.50, the court may issue an order to the respondent, requiring the respondent to appear and show cause within fourteen days why the respondent should not be found in contempt of court and punished accordingly. The hearing may be held in the municipal court of Battle Ground if the petitioner or the respondent temporarily or permanently resides in Battle Ground at the time of the alleged violation. (Ord. 97-844 § 3, 1997)