§ 12-29-1.1 - Full faith and credit.
SECTION 12-29-1.1
§ 12-29-1.1 Full faith and credit. –(a) Any protective order issued by another jurisdiction, as defined in §12-29-2, shall be given full faith and credit throughout the state and enforcedas if it were issued in the state for as long as the order is in effect in theissuing jurisdiction.
(b) A person entitled to protection under a protective orderissued by another jurisdiction may file the order in the superior court, familycourt, or district court by filing with the court a certified copy of the orderwhich shall be entered into the restraining order, no contact order system(R.O.N.C.O.). The person shall swear under oath in an affidavit, to the best ofthe person's knowledge, that the order is presently in effect as written. A lawenforcement officer shall presume the validity of the order and enforce theorder issued by another jurisdiction which has been provided to the lawenforcement officer; provided, that the officer is also provided with astatement by the person protected by the order that the order remains ineffect. Law enforcement officers shall rely on the statement by the personprotected by the order.