What does it mean to provide full faith and credit to domestic violence protection orders?
All valid domestic violence protection orders, regardless of where they were issued, must be enforced whenever they are violated. Even if an order of protection was issued in another county or even in another State, if it’s a valid order, it must be enforced in our jurisdiction. In determining the validity of the order, NC General Statute states that a law enforcement officer may rely upon a copy of the protective order issued by another state or the courts of an Indian tribe, that is provided to the officer and on the statement of the person protected by that order and that the order remains in effect. A protection order does not have to be filed with a North Carolina Court to be valid. What law provides that a protection order must be enforced by other jurisdictions? According to federal law (18 USCA §2265), each state is required to enforce valid protection orders that are issued by other states when the terms of the order are violated in its jurisdiction. North Carolina General Sta
