§12410 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

§12410 Definitions

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Comprehensive Acts › Chapter CHAPTER 121— - VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN › Part Part F— - National Stalker and Domestic Violence Reduction › § 12410

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines two terms used in this part. "National crime information databases" means the National Crime Information Center and the criminal-history databases it includes, such as the Interstate Identification Index. "Protection order" means an injunction or other court order to stop violence, threats, harassment, contact, or being near someone. It covers temporary and final civil or criminal orders (but not support or child custody orders) and counts only if a complaint, petition, or motion was filed by or for the person needing protection, whether as a separate case or as a temporary order during another case.

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As used in this part—

(1)the term “national crime information databases” refers to the National Crime Information Center and its incorporated criminal history databases, including the Interstate Identification Index; and

(2)the term “protection order” includes an injunction or any 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 and final orders issued by civil or criminal courts (other than support or child custody orders) whether obtained by filing an independent action or as a pendente lite order in another proceeding so long as any civil order was issued in response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of a person seeking protection.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14040 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§12410 Definitions

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