§ 62A04. Responsibilities of law enforcement agencies
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureEffective: July 1, 2015
Effective: July 1, 2015
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 62A04
§ 62A04. Responsibilities of law enforcement agencies
(a) General rule.--The police department of each municipal corporation, the Pennsylvania State Police and the sheriff of each county shall ensure that all their officers, deputies and employees are familiar with the provisions of this chapter. Instruction concerning orders shall be made a part of the training curriculum for all trainee officers and deputies. All law enforcement agencies shall adopt a written policy regarding orders issued under this chapter.
(b) Notice of arrest.--The police department of each municipal corporation and the Pennsylvania State Police shall make reasonable efforts to notify any person protected by an order issued under this chapter of the arrest of the defendant for violation of an order as soon as possible. Unless the person cannot be located, notice of the arrest shall be provided not more than 24 hours after preliminary arraignment.
(1) A complete and systematic record and index of all valid temporary and final orders issued under this chapter shall be entered and maintained in the database established and maintained by the Pennsylvania State Police pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. § 6105(e) (relating to responsibilities of law enforcement agencies).
(3) The prothonotary shall send, on a form prescribed by the Pennsylvania State Police, a copy of an order to the Statewide registry so that it is received within 24 hours of the entry of the order. An amendment to or revocation of an order shall be transmitted by the prothonotary within 24 hours of the entry of the order for modification or revocation. The Pennsylvania State Police shall enter orders, amendments and revocations in the Statewide registry within eight hours of receipt. Vacated or expired orders shall be purged from the registry.
(5) Information contained in the Statewide registry relating to orders shall not be subject to access under the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L. 6, No. 3),1 known as the Right-to-Know Law.
Credits
2014, March 21, P.L. 365, No. 25, § 1, effective July 1, 2015.
Footnotes
65 P.S. § 67.101 et seq.
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 62A04, PA ST 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 62A04
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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