SECOND REGULAR SESSION
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES JOHNSON (61) (Sponsor), JOLLY AND OXFORD (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time January 25, 2006 and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 455, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to orders of protection.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 455, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 455.007, to read as follows:
455.007. Every law enforcement agency responsible for serving ex parte orders of protection under this chapter shall notify the petitioner by telephone that an ex parte order of protection has been served on the respondent, or whether service on the respondent has been attempted and no more attempts are planned by the law enforcement agency. Such notification to the petitioner is required if the petitioner has provided the law enforcement agency with a telephone number where the petitioner may be contacted. The petitioner shall be informed of his or her right to receive notification of service of an ex parte order of protection on the respondent and shall be given an opportunity to provide contact information at the time the order of protection is being requested. The law enforcement agency and any officer of the law enforcement agency shall make a good faith effort to notify the petitioner in a manner consistent with this section.
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