PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 615

CHAPTER 615
(House Bill 334)

AN ACT concerning

Domestic Violence - Enforcement of Out-of-State Protection Protective Orders

FOR the purpose of requiring that certain protection orders a protective order issued by
courts of other states or Indian tribes a court of another state or Indian tribe be
accorded full faith and credit by a court of this State and enforced as orders an
order of this State under certain circumstances; providing certain exceptions;
defining a certain term; requiring a law enforcement officer to arrest and take into
custody a person whom the officer has probable cause to believe is in violation of a
protection protective order issued by a court of another state or an Indian tribe
under certain circumstances; authorizing certain protective orders issued by courts of
other states and Indian tribes to be entered in the Maryland Interagency Law
Enforcement System and accessed by any judge or law enforcement agency or officer;
and generally relating to enforcement of protection protective orders issued by
courts of other states and Indian tribes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 88B - Department of State Police
Section 7A

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to.:

Article - Family Law

Section 4-508.1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1991 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 88B - Department of State Police

7A.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) "Civil child support warrant" means any of the following, when issued for
the enforcement of a child support order:

(i) An arrest warrant;

(ii) A bench warrant;

(iii) A body attachment issued by a circuit court; or

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