23 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 61 - Protection From Abuse
- Chapter Notes
- Section 6101 - Short Title Of Chapter
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Protection from Abuse Act. Cross References. Section 6101 is referred to in section...
- Section 6102 - Definitions
(a) General rule.--The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the...
- Section 6103 - Jurisdiction
(a) General rule.--The court shall have jurisdiction over all proceedings under this chapter. (b) Effect of departure and nonresidence.--The right of the plaintiff to...
- Section 6104 - Full Faith And Credit And Foreign Protection Orders
(a) General rule.--A court shall recognize and enforce a valid foreign protection order issued by a comparable court. The validity of a foreign protection...
- Section 6105 - 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 insure that all their...
- Section 6106 - Commencement Of Proceedings
(a) General rule.--An adult or an emancipated minor may seek relief under this chapter for that person or any parent, adult household member or...
- Section 6107 - Hearings
(a) General rule.--Within ten business days of the filing of a petition under this chapter, a hearing shall be held before the court, at...
- Section 6108 - Relief
(a) General rule.--The court may grant any protection order or approve any consent agreement to bring about a cessation of abuse of the plaintiff...
- Section 6108.1 - Return Of Relinquished Firearms, Other Weapons And Ammunition And Additional Relief
(a) General rule.--Any court order requiring the relinquishment of firearms, other weapons or ammunition shall provide for the return of the relinquished firearms, other...
- Section 6108.2 - Relinquishment For Consignment Sale, Lawful Transfer Or Safekeeping
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a defendant who is the subject of a final protection from abuse order, which order provides...
- Section 6108.3 - Relinquishment To Third Party For Safekeeping
(a) General rule.--A defendant who is the subject of a protection from abuse order, which order provides for the relinquishment of firearms, other weapons...
- Section 6108.4 - Registry Or Database Of Firearm Ownership
(a) Confidentiality.--Information retained to ensure compliance with this chapter and to document the return of firearms shall not be subject to access under the...
- Section 6108.5 - Penalties For Release Of Information
Any person who violates section 6108(a)(7)(v) (relating to relief) by releasing information with the intent and purpose of committing such violation commits a misdemeanor...
- Section 6109 - Service Of Orders
(a) Issuance.--A copy of an order under this chapter shall be issued to the plaintiff, the defendant and the police department with appropriate jurisdiction...
- Section 6110 - Emergency Relief By Minor Judiciary
(a) General rule.--When: (1) in counties with less than four judges, the court is unavailable: (i) from the close of business at the end...
- Section 6111 - Domestic Violence Counselor/advocate
A domestic violence counselor/advocate may accompany a party to any legal proceeding or hearing under this chapter. (Oct. 6, 1994, P.L.574, No.85, eff. 60
- Section 6112 - Disclosure Of Addresses
During the course of a proceeding under this chapter, the court or hearing officer may consider whether the plaintiff or plaintiff's family is endangered...
- Section 6113 - Arrest For Violation Of Order
(a) General rule.--An arrest for violation of an order issued pursuant to this chapter or a foreign protection order may be without warrant upon...
- Section 6113.1 - Private Criminal Complaints For Violation Of Order Or Agreement
(a) General rule.--A plaintiff may file a private criminal complaint against a defendant, alleging indirect criminal contempt for a noneconomic violation of any provision...
- Section 6114 - Contempt For Violation Of Order Or Agreement
(a) General rule.--Where the police, sheriff or the plaintiff have filed charges of indirect criminal contempt against a defendant for violation of a protection...
- Section 6114.1 - Civil Contempt Or Modification For Violation Of An Order Or Agreement
(a) General rule.--A plaintiff may file a petition for civil contempt with the issuing court alleging that the defendant has violated any provision of...
- Section 6115 - Reporting Abuse And Immunity
(a) Reporting.--A person having reasonable cause to believe that a person is being abused may report the information to the local police department. (b)...
- Section 6116 - Confidentiality
Unless a victim waives the privilege in a signed writing prior to testimony or disclosure, a domestic violence counselor/advocate or a coparticipant who is...
- Section 6117 - Procedure And Other Remedies
(a) General rule.--Unless otherwise indicated in this chapter, a proceeding under this chapter shall be in accordance with applicable general rules and shall be...
- Section 6118 - Full Faith And Credit (Repealed)
§ 6118. Full faith and credit (Repealed). 2001 Repeal. Section 6118 was repealed June 22, 2001, P.L.576, No.39, effective in 60 days.
- Section 6119 - Immunity
(a) General rule.--Law enforcement agencies and their employees, including police officers and sheriffs, shall, except as provided in subsection (b), be immune from civil...
- Section 6120 - Inability To Pay
(a) Order for installment payments.--Upon plea and proof that a person is without the financial means to pay a fine, a fee, economic relief...
- Section 6121 - Warrantless Searches
Except as provided in section 6113 (relating to arrest for violation of order), nothing in this chapter shall authorize a warrantless search for firearms,...
- Section 6122 - Construction
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude an action for wrongful use of civil process pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 83 Subch....
Last modified: October 8, 2016