{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1048","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-1048","heading":"Transitional provision.","body":"This subchapter applies to protection orders issued before the effective date of this subchapter and to continuing actions for enforcement of foreign protection orders commenced before the effective date of this subchapter. A request for enforcement of a foreign protection order made on or after the effective date of this subchapter for violations of a foreign protection order occurring before the effective date of this subchapter is governed by this subchapter.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 10. Proceedings Regarding Intrafamily Offenses.","Subchapter IV. Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection; Uniform Law."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-1048","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"55c3024898820fa1b566f6cb4886c177fefe24cc2abc8772c85c530b7c934880","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1047","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}