{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-456.120","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 456.120","heading":"Foreign protective orders.","body":"(1) All foreign protective orders shall have the rebuttable presumption of validity. The\nvalidity of a foreign protective order shall only be determined by a court of\ncompetent jurisdiction. Until a foreign protective order is declared to be invalid by a\ncourt of competent jurisdiction, it shall be given full faith and credit by all peace\nofficers and courts in the Commonwealth.\n(2) All peace officers shall treat a foreign protective order as a legal document valid in\nKentucky, and shall make arrests for a violation thereof in the same manner as for a\nviolation of an order of protection issued in Kentucky.\n(3) The fact that a foreign protective order has not been entered into the Law\nInformation Network of Kentucky shall not be grounds for a peace officer not to\nenforce the provisions of the order unless it is readily apparent to the peace officer\nto whom the order is presented that the order has either expired according to a date\nshown on the order, or that the order's provisions clearly do not prohibit the conduct\nbeing complained of. Officers acting in good faith shall be immune from criminal\nand civil liability.\n(4) If the order has expired or its provisions do not prohibit the conduct being\ncomplained of, the officer shall not make an arrest unless the provis ions of a\nKentucky statute have been violated, in which case the peace officer shall take the\naction required by Kentucky law.\n(5) Civil proceedings and criminal proceedings for violation of a foreign protective\norder for the same violation of the protecti ve order shall be mutually exclusive.\nOnce either proceeding has been initiated, the other shall not be undertaken,\nregardless of the outcome of the original proceeding.","path":["KRS Chapter 456"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44778","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:59Z","sha256":"2da4d6e1ad14200a6c619c255a1e8862487ed2ef37bf633d2089ffe1f1b107c6","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-456.110","next":"us-ky/krs-456.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}