A. A victim protection order for any victim of rape, forcible sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a deadly weapon shall be substantially similar to a protective order in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act.
B. A member of the immediate family of a victim of first-degree murder may seek a victim protection order against the following persons:
1. The person who was charged and subsequently convicted as the principal in the crime of murder in the first degree; or
2. The person who was charged and subsequently convicted of being an accessory to the crime of murder in the first degree.
A victim protection order for a member of the immediate family of a victim of first-degree murder shall be substantially similar to a protective order in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act.
C. No peace officer shall discourage a victim of rape, forcible sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a deadly weapon from pressing charges against any assailant of the victim.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 220, § 3. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 325, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2002, c. 466, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 2002; Laws 2015, c. 206, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 183, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
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