{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-403.7527","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 403.7527","heading":"Filing of foreign protective order and affidavit -- Certification by issuing","body":"court official -- Entry into Law Information Network of Kentucky.\n(1) A copy of a foreign protective order may be filed in the office of the clerk of any\ncourt of competent jurisdiction of this state. A foreign protective order so filed shall\nhave the same effect and shall be enforced in the same manner as an order of\nprotection issued by a court of this state.\n(2) (a) At the time of the filing of the foreign protective ord er, the person filing the\norder shall file with the clerk of the court an affidavit on a form prescribed\nand provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts. The affidavit shall\nset forth the name, city, county, and state or other jurisdiction of the i ssuing\ncourt. The person shall certify in the affidavit the validity and status of the\nforeign protective order, and attest to the person's belief that the order has not\nbeen amended, rescinded, or superseded by any orders from a court of\ncompetent jurisdi ction. All foreign protective orders presented with a\ncompleted and signed affidavit shall be accepted and filed.\n(b) The affidavit signed by the applicant shall have space where the reviewing\njudge shall place information necessary to allow the order's entry into the Law\nInformation Network of Kentucky in the same manner as a Kentucky order.\n(3) (a) If the person seeking to file the order presents a copy of the foreign order\nwhich is current by the terms of the order and has been certified by the clerk\nor other authorized officer of the court which issued it, the circuit clerk shall\npresent it to the District Judge or Circuit Judge, who shall read the order and\nenter on the affidavit the information necessary to allow the order's entry into\nthe Law Information Network of Kentucky. The order shall not be subject to\nfurther verification and shall be accepted as authentic, current, and subject to\nfull faith and credit.\n(b) If the order presented is current by the terms of the order but is not certified in\nthe manner specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the circuit clerk shall\npresent the order and the affidavit to the District Judge or Circuit Judge, who\nshall read the order and enter on the affidavit the information necessary to\nallow the order's entr y into the Law Information Network of Kentucky. The\norder shall be subject to full faith and credit in the same manner as a Kentucky\norder of protection, but shall be subject to verification by the circuit clerk. The\norder shall be valid for a period of fo urteen (14) days and may be renewed\nonce for a period of fourteen (14) days if the circuit clerk has not received a\ncertified copy of the order from the issuing jurisdiction. The clerk shall treat\nthe foreign protective order in the same manner as an order  of protection\nissued pursuant to KRS 403.740, except that no service on the adverse party\nshall be required pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 2265.\n(c) Upon the filing of an uncertified foreign protective order, the circuit clerk\nshall, within two (2) business d ays, contact the issuing court to request a\ncertified copy of the order. If the certified copy of the order is received by the\ncircuit clerk within the initial fourteen (14) day period, the clerk shall cause\nthe information that certification has been rece ived to be entered into the Law\nInformation Network of Kentucky and shall notify the applicant for the order\nof the fact of its certification. A facsimile copy of a certified foreign protective\norder shall be grounds for the issuance of an order of protection.\n(d) If the clerk has not received a certified copy of the foreign protective order\nwithin ten (10) days, the clerk shall notify the court and the applicant that the\norder has not been received. The notice to the applicant, on a form prepared by\nthe Administrative Office of the Courts, shall state that the foreign protective\norder will be extended for another fourteen (14) days, but will be dismissed at\nthe expiration of that time. If the clerk informs the judge in writing that the\ncertified foreign pro tective order has been requested but has not yet been\nreceived, the judge shall extend the foreign protective order for a period of\nfourteen (14) days. If certification of the foreign protective order is not\nreceived within twenty -eight (28) days, the fore ign protective order shall\nexpire and shall not be reissued. If the applicant meets the qualifications for\nthe issuance of a Kentucky domestic violence order, the court may, upon\nproper application and showing of evidence, issue a Kentucky order in\naccordance with this chapter.\n(4) The right of a person filing a foreign protective order to bring an action to enforce\nthe order instead of proceeding under this chapter remains unimpaired.","path":["KRS Chapter 403"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44760","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:30Z","sha256":"6903660bd5fae550c27720384a416ee8684504c4bf13a47bbb98907f39fe95ac","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-403.7524","next":"us-ky/krs-403.7529"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}