Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§1567a Mandatory Notification of Issuance of Military Protective Order to Civilian Law Enforcement

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 80 — MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER DUTIES › § 1567a

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a military protective order is issued against a service member, the member’s unit commander must tell the proper civilian authorities within seven days that the order was issued and who is involved. If the member is transferred, the old unit must tell the new unit about the order and the people involved by the transfer date. Within seven days after the new unit gets that notice, the new unit must notify the civilian authorities. The unit commander must also notify civilian authorities if the order is changed or ends.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1567a

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(a)Initial Notification.—
In the event a military protective order is issued against a member of the armed forces, the commander of the unit to which the member is assigned shall, not later than seven days after the date of the issuance of the order, notify the appropriate civilian authorities of— (1)
(2)the individuals involved in the order.
(b)Notification in Event of Transfer.—
In the event that a member of the armed forces against whom a military protective order is issued is transferred to another unit—
(1)not later than the date of the transfer, the commander of the unit from which the member is transferred shall notify the commander of the unit to which the member is transferred of—
(A)the issuance of the protective order; and
(B)the individuals involved in the order; and
(2)not later than seven days after receiving the notice under paragraph (1), the commander of the unit to which the member is transferred shall provide notice of the order to the appropriate civilian authorities in accordance with subsection (a).
(c)Notification of Changes or Termination.—
The commander of the unit to which the member is assigned also shall notify the appropriate civilian authorities of— (1)
(2)the termination of the protective order.

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Amendments

2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–92, § 543(a)(1), substituted “, the commander of the unit to which the member is assigned shall, not later than seven days after the date of the issuance of the order, notify” for “and any individual involved in the order does not reside on a military installation at any time during the duration of the military protective order, the commander of the military installation shall notify” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–92, § 543(a)(3), added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–92, § 543(a)(2), (4), redesignated subsec. (b) as (c) and substituted “commander of the unit to which the member is assigned” for “commander of the military installation”. 2009—Pub. L. 111–84 made technical amendment to section catchline.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1567a

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110