§ 15-5-19.1 - Restraining orders – Notification of local authorities – Notice of penalty. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 15-5-19.1

   § 15-5-19.1  Restraining orders –Notification of local authorities – Notice of penalty. – (a) The clerk of the family court may, if requested by the prevailing party'sattorney, immediately forward a certified copy of any restraining order issuedpursuant to § 15-5-19(a) to the police department of the municipality inwhich the prevailing party is domiciled, and the police department shall retainthe restraining order on file for at least one year.

   (2) The clerk shall also provide the prevailing party and/orhis or her attorney with two (2) certified copies of any restraining orderissued pursuant to § 15-5-19.

   (b) Each restraining order issued under this chapter,including a temporary ex parte order, shall be set out on a separate piece ofpaper and shall have the following statement printed in bold faced type or incapital letters:

   A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS ORDER MAY BE GUILTY OF AMISDEMEANOR AND MAY BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF AS MUCH AS ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS($1,000) OR BY CONFINEMENT IN JAIL FOR AS LONG AS ONE YEAR AND MAY BE ORDEREDTO ATTEND COUNSELING.

   (c) The clerk of the family court may have a certified copyof any order issued under this chapter forwarded immediately to the lawenforcement agency designated by the plaintiff. The clerk shall also providethe plaintiff with two (2) certified copies of any order issued under thischapter.