ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

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HB 2048: orders of protection; process servers

Sponsor: Representative Bliss, LD 1

Committee on Judiciary

Overview

Prohibits private process servers from serving orders of protection that grant exclusive possession of a residence to one party in domestic violence cases.

History

In cases of domestic violence where an order of protection is issued by the court to one party, the court may also grant the other party the exclusive possession of the parties' residence if there is reasonable cause to believe that physical harm may result otherwise. When a court follows this course of action, the persons authorized to serve these orders of protection are sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, deputy constables, state-certified private process servers, peace officers and correctional officers acting in their official capacity (Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 4; A.R.S. § 13-3602).

Provisions

1.   Prohibits private process servers from serving orders of protection that grant exclusive possession of the parties' residence to one party. (Sec. 1)

2.   Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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