2005 West Virginia Code - §48-27-802. — Maintenance of registry by state police.

§48-27-802. Maintenance of registry by state police.
(a) The West Virginia state police shall maintain a registry in which it shall enter certified copies of protective orders entered by courts from every county in this state pursuant to the provisions of this article and of protection orders issued by another jurisdiction pursuant to its law: Provided, That the provisions of this subsection are not effective until a central automated state law-enforcement information system is developed.
(b) A petitioner who obtains a protective order pursuant to this article, or a protection order from another jurisdiction pursuant to its law, may register that order in any county within this state where the petitioner believes enforcement may be necessary.
(c) A West Virginia protective order may be registered by the petitioner in a county other than the issuing county by obtaining a copy of the order of the issuing court, certified by the clerk of that court, and presenting that certified order to the local office of the West Virginia state police where the order is to be registered.
(d) Upon receipt of a certified order for registration, the local office of the West Virginia state police shall provide certified copies to any law-enforcement agency within its jurisdiction, including any municipal police office and the office of the sheriff.
(e) Nothing in this section precludes the enforcement of an order in a county other than the county or jurisdiction in which the order was issued if the petitioner has not registered the order in the county in which an alleged violation of the order occurs.