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§12410 Definitions

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines two terms used in this part. "National crime information databases" means the National Crime Information Center and its criminal-history databases, including the Interstate Identification Index. "Protection order" means a court order—temporary or final, civil or criminal—that stops violence, threats, harassment, contact, or proximity; it does not include support or child custody orders, and a civil protection order counts only if it was issued after a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or for the person seeking protection.

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Title 34, §12410

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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.

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Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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.

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 12410

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Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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