§2136.2. Louisiana Protective Order Registry
A. In order to provide a statewide registry for abuse prevention orders to prevent
domestic abuse, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault and to aid law enforcement,
prosecutors, and the courts in handling such matters, there shall be created a Louisiana
Protective Order Registry administered by the judicial administrator's office, Louisiana
Supreme Court. The judicial administrator's office shall collect the data transmitted to it
from the courts, law enforcement, and private process servers of the state and enter it into the
Louisiana Protective Order Registry as expeditiously as possible.
B. The Louisiana Protective Order Registry encompasses temporary restraining
orders, protective orders, preliminary injunctions, permanent injunctions, and court-approved
consent agreements resulting from actions brought pursuant to R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S.
46:2151, R.S. 46:2171 et seq., R.S. 46:2181 et seq., R.S. 9:361 et seq., R.S. 9:372, Children's
Code Article 1564 et seq., Code of Civil Procedure Article 3607.1, or peace bonds pursuant
to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 30(B), or as part of the disposition, sentence, or bail
condition of a criminal matter pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 327.1, 335.1,
335.2, or 871.1 as long as such order is issued for the purpose of preventing violent or
threatening acts or harassment against, contact or communication with, or physical proximity
to, another person to prevent domestic abuse, stalking, dating violence, or sexual assault.
C. The courts of this state shall use a uniform form for the issuance of any protective
or restraining order, which form shall be developed, approved, and distributed by the judicial
administrator's office, shall be titled the "Uniform Abuse Prevention Order".
NOTE: Subsection D eff. until August 1, 2024. See Acts 2023, No. 309, §1.
D. The clerk of the issuing court shall immediately send a copy of the order or any
modification thereof to the Louisiana Protective Order Registry and to the chief law
enforcement officer of the parish in which the person or persons protected by the order reside
as expeditiously as possible but no later than by the end of the next business day after the
order is filed with the clerk of court. Transmittal of the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order
shall be made by facsimile transmission or direct electronic input as expeditiously as
possible, but no later than the end of the next business day after the order is filed with the
clerk of court.
NOTE: Subsection D eff. August 1, 2024. See Acts 2023, No. 309, §1.
D. The clerk of the issuing court shall immediately send a copy of the order or any
modification thereof to the Louisiana Protective Order Registry and to the chief law
enforcement officer of the parish in which the person or persons protected by the order
reside as expeditiously as possible but no later than the end of the next calendar day after
the order is filed with the clerk of court. Transmittal of the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order
shall be made by transmission or direct electronic input as expeditiously as possible, but no
later than the end of the next calendar day after the order is filed with the clerk of court.
E. Upon formation, the registry shall immediately implement a daily process of
expungement of records and names of the parties in all cases where either a temporary
restraining order expires without conversion to an injunction or, after an evidentiary hearing,
it is determined that a protective order is not warranted.
F. The judicial administrator's office shall make the Louisiana Protective Order
Registry available to state and local law enforcement agencies, district attorney offices, the
Department of Children and Family Services, office of children and family services, child
support enforcement section, the Louisiana Department of Health, bureau of protective
services, the office of elderly affairs, elderly protective services, the office of the attorney
general, and the courts.
NOTE: Subsection G eff. August 1, 2024. See Acts 2023, No. 309, §1.
G. The judicial administrator's office shall develop policies and procedures that
provide for immediate entry of protection orders received by the office to include those
received the next calendar day. To avoid delays in entry, the office shall have the authority
to authorize agencies to enter protective orders directly into the registry when certain
conditions or criteria exist.
Acts 1997, No. 1156, §7; Acts 1999, No. 213, §1; Acts 2003, No. 750, §6; Acts 2004,
No. 674, §1; Acts 2012, No. 255, §7; Acts 2014, No. 317, §3; Acts 2014, No. 318, §3; Acts
2014, No. 355, §2; Acts 2015, No. 242, §3; Acts 2018, No. 679, §3; Acts 2023, No. 309, §1,
eff. Aug. 1, 2024.