2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › CIVIL PROTECTION ORDERS (§§ 13-14-100.2 — 13-14.5-116) › Article 14 - CIVIL PROTECTION ORDERS (§§ 13-14-100.2 — 13-14-111) › Section 13-14-110 - Foreign protection orders

(1)
Definitions.
As used in this section, "foreign protection order" means any protection or restraining order, injunction, or other order issued for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, or contact or communication with or physical proximity to, another person, including temporary or final orders, other than child support or custody orders, issued by a civil or criminal court of another state, an Indian tribe, or a United States territory or commonwealth.
(2)
Full faith and credit.
Courts of this state shall accord full faith and credit to a foreign protection order as if the order were an order of this state, notwithstanding section
14-11-101
, C.R.S., and article
53
of this title, if the order meets all of the following conditions:
(a)
The foreign protection order was obtained after providing the person against whom the protection order was sought reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard sufficient to protect his or her due process rights. If the foreign protection order is an ex parte injunction or order, the person against whom it was obtained must have been given notice and an opportunity to be heard within a reasonable time after the order was issued sufficient to protect his or her due process rights.
(b)
The court that issued the order had jurisdiction over the parties and over the subject matter; and
(c)
The order complies with section
13-14-106(3)
.
(3)
Process.
A person entitled to protection under a foreign protection order may, but is not required to, file such order in the district or county court by filing with such court a certified copy of such order, which must be entered into the central registry of protection orders created in section
18-6-803.7
, C.R.S. The certified order must be accompanied by an affidavit in which the protected person affirms to the best of his or her knowledge that the order has not been changed or modified since it was issued. There shall be no filing fee charged. It is the responsibility of the protected person to notify the court if the protection order is subsequently modified.
(4)
Enforcement.
Filing of the foreign protection order in the central registry or otherwise domesticating or registering the order pursuant to article
53
of this title or section
14-11-101
, C.R.S., is not a prerequisite to enforcement of the foreign protection order. A peace officer shall presume the validity of, and enforce in accordance with the provisions of this article, a foreign protection order that appears to be an authentic court order that has been provided to the peace officer by any source. If the protected party does not have a copy of the foreign protection order on his or her person and the peace officer determines that a protection order exists through the central registry, the national crime information center as described in
28 U.S.C. sec. 534
, or through communication with appropriate authorities, the peace officer shall enforce the order. A peace officer may rely upon the statement of any person protected by a foreign protection order that it remains in effect. A peace officer who is acting in good faith when enforcing a foreign protection order is not civilly liable or criminally liable pursuant to section
18-6-803.5(5)
, C.R.S.
Added with relocated provisions by 2013 Ch. 218,§ 16, eff. 7/1/2013.
This section is similar to former § 13-14-104 as it existed prior to 2013.