Louisiana · Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure + R.S. Title 15

La. C.Cr.P. § 871.1: Sentencing orders to be sent to Louisiana Protective Order Registry

What this law says, in plain English

When a sentence includes an order preventing violence, threats, harassment, or unwanted contact to stop domestic abuse or dating violence, the judge must prepare and file a Uniform Abuse Prevention Order with the court and Louisiana Protective Order Registry within one business day.

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