Ordinance 2417-99 - Laserfiche WebLink

Section 6: A new section is added to the Everett Municipal Code Title 10, to read as follows: Violation of Foreign Orders. A. Whenever a foreign protection order is granted to a person entitled to protection and the person under restraint knows of the foreign protection order, a violation of a provision prohibiting the person under restraint from contacting or communicating with another person, or of a provision excluding the person under restraint from a residence, workplace, school, or day care, or a violation of any provision for which the foreign protection order specifically indicates that a violation will be a crime, is a gross misdemeanor except as provided in subsections (C) and (D) of this section. Upon conviction, and in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may require the person under restraint to submit to electronic monitoring. The court shall specify who will provide the electronic monitoring services, and the terms under which the monitoring will be performed. The order also may include a requirement that the person under restraint pay the costs of the monitoring. The court shall consider the ability of the convicted person to pay for electronic monitoring. B. A peace officer shall arrest without a warrant and take into custody a person when the peace officer has probable cause to believe that a foreign protection order has been issued of which the person under restraint has knowledge and the person under restraint has violated a provision of the foreign protection order that prohibits the person under restraint from contacting or communicating with another person, or a provision that excludes the person under restraint from a residence, workplace, school, or day care, or a violation of any provision for which the foreign protection order specifically indicates that a violation will be a crime. Presence of the order in the law enforcement computer-based criminal intelligence information system is not the only means of establishing knowledge of the order. C. An assault that is a violation of a valid foreign protection order that does not amount to assault in the first or second degree under RCW 9A.36.011 or 9A.36.021 is a class C felony, and conduct in violation of a valid foreign protection order issued under this chapter that is reckless and creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person is a class C felony. D. A violation of a valid foreign protection order is a class C felony if the offender has at least two previous convictions for violating the provisions of a no-contact order issued under chapter 10.99 RCW, a domestic violence protection order issued under chapter 26.09, 26.10, 26.26, or 26.50 RCW, or a federal or out-of-state order that is comparable to a no-contact or protection order issued under Washington law. The previous convictions may involve the same person entitled to protection or other person entitled to protection specifically protected by the no-contact orders or protection orders the offender violated. 4