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Section 7: A new section is added to the Everett Municipal Code Chapter 10.22, to <br /> read as follows: <br /> Violation of Restraining Orders Issued Under Chapter 26.10 and 26.26 RCW. <br /> A. Whenever a restraining order is issued under chapter 26.10 RCW or chapter 26.26 <br /> RCW, and the person to be restrained knows of the order, a violation of the <br /> provisions restricting the person from acts or threats of violence or of a provision <br /> restraining the person from going onto the grounds of or entering the residence, <br /> workplace, school, or day care of another is a gross misdemeanor. <br /> B. A person is deemed to have notice of a restraining order issued under chapter <br /> 26.10 RCW or chapter 26.26 RCW if: <br /> 1. The person to be restrained or the person's attorney signed the order; <br /> 2. The order recites that the person to be restrained or the person's attorney <br /> appeared in person before the court; <br /> 3. The order was served upon the person to be restrained; or <br /> 4. The peace officer gives the person oral or written evidence of the order by <br /> reading from it or handing to the person a certified copy of the original order, <br /> certified to be an accurate copy of the original by a notary public or by the <br /> clerk of the court. <br /> C. It is a defense to prosecution under subsection (A) of this section that the court <br /> order was issued contrary to law or court rule. <br /> Section 8: Section 3 of Ordinance 1234-86 (EMC 10.22.030), which reads as <br /> follows: <br /> Violation of restraining order-Notice - Defense. <br /> A. Whenever a restraining order is issued under Chapter 26.09 RCW, and the person to <br /> be restrained knows of the order, a violation of the provisions restricting the person <br /> from acts or threats of violence or of a provision excluding the person from the <br /> residence is a misdemeanor. <br /> B. A person is deemed to have notice of a restraining order if: <br /> 1. The person to be restrained or the person's attorney signed the order, <br /> 2. The order recites that the person to be restrained or the person's attorney appealed <br /> in person before the court; <br /> 3. The order was served upon the person to be restrained; or <br /> 4. The peace officer gives the person oral or written evidence of the order by reading <br /> from it or handing to the person a certified copy of the original order, certified to <br /> be an accurate copy of the original by a notary public or by the clerk of the court. <br /> C. It is a defense to prosecution under subsection (A) of this section that the court order <br /> was issued contrary to law or court rule. <br /> 5 <br />