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Enforcing Your Out-of-State Order in South Dakota
If you are planning to move to South Dakota or are going to be in South Dakota for any reason, your protection or restraining order can be enforced.
Restraining Orders
- Protection Orders due to Domestic Violence
- Basic information
- What is the legal definition of domestic abuse in South Dakota?
- What types of protection orders against domestic abuse are available? How long do they last?
- What protections can I get in a protection order?
- In which county can I file for a protection order?
- If the abuser lives in a different state, can I still get an order against him/her?
- Who can get a protection order
- The steps for getting a protection order
- After the hearing
- Can the abuser have a gun?
- What should I do when I leave the courthouse?
- I was not granted a protective order. What are my options?
- What can I do if the abuser violates the order?
- How do I change or extend the permanent order?
- What happens if I move?
- If I get a protection order, will it show up in an internet search?
- Basic information
- Protection Orders Against Stalking, Physical Injury, or a Crime of Violence
- Basic Information
- What is a protection order against stalking, physical injury, or a crime of violence?
- What types of protection orders against stalking, physical injury, or a crime of violence are available? How long do they last?
- What protections can I get in a protection order against stalking, physical injury, or a crime of violence?
- Getting an order
- After the hearing
- Basic Information
- Vulnerable Adult Protection Orders
- Getting an order
- What is the legal definition of vulnerable adult abuse?
- Who is considered to be a "vulnerable adult" and who can file a petition for an order?
- What types of orders are there and how long do they last?
- What protections can I get in a vulnerable adult protection order?
- In which county do I file a petition?
- After an order is issued
- Getting an order
- Moving to Another State with Your South Dakota Protection Order
- Enforcing Your Out-of-State Order in South Dakota
- General rules for out-of-state orders in South Dakota
- Registering your out-of-state order in South Dakota
- What is the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Registry? Who has access to it?
- How do I register my protection order in South Dakota?
- Do I have to register my protection order in South Dakota in order to get it enforced?
- Will the abuser be notified if I register my protection order?
- Can the abuser find out that I am in South Dakota if I register my protection order?
- Does it cost anything to register my protection order?
- What if I don't register my protection order? Will it be more difficult to have it enforced?
