---
title: "Check whether a protection order is entitled to full faith and credit in another state or tribe"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/check-whether-a-protection-order-is-recognised-in-another-state-and-advi/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A53-E20261018-1-US"
practice_area: "Family Violence & Protection Orders"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check whether a protection order is entitled to full faith and credit in another state or tribe

> Extract from the order the court, the parties, whether it was ex parte, and whether a cross-petition and findings appear on the face of the order. Do not say the order is enforceable.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/check-whether-a-protection-order-is-recognised-in-another-state-and-advi/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Family Violence & Protection Orders](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Extract from the order the court, the parties, whether it was ex parte, and whether a cross-petition and findings appear on the face of the order. Do not say the order is enforceable. |
| What the lawyer must review | 18 USC section 2265 requires a state, tribal or territorial court and law enforcement to enforce a protection order of another state, tribe or territory that meets subsection (b), as if it were a local order. Subsection (b) requires jurisdiction over the parties and the matter under the issuing law, and reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard. For an ex parte order, notice and a hearing must come within the time state, tribal or territorial law requires and in any event within a reasonable time. Registration is not a condition of enforcement. An order against a person who sought protection is not entitled to full faith and credit if no cross or counter petition was filed, or if one was filed and the court did not find that each party was entitled to an order. Section 2266 defines a protection order to include a civil or criminal injunction or restraining order issued to prevent violent or threatening acts, harassment, sexual violence, or contact, communication or proximity, including temporary and pendente lite orders. You make the call. Opinion 512 and Model Rule 1.6: the order shows a protected person's address and the facts of abuse. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check whether a protection order is recognised in another state and advise the protected person](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/check-whether-a-protection-order-is-recognised-in-another-state-and-advi.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Extract from the order the court, the parties, whether it was ex parte, and whether a cross-petition and findings appear on the face of the order. Do not say the order is enforceable.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not require registration before you say the order can be enforced.
- A mutual order needs the subsection (c) findings before you rely on interstate enforcement.

## Sources

- [18 USC section 2265 (full faith and credit given to protection orders)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2265) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [18 USC section 2266 (definitions, including protection order)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2266) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Application to vary a recognised interstate order (Queensland Form DV04A)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-qld-dv04a-vary-interstate-order.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Queensland Form DV04A, version 5, first published on 19 December 2025. The index says it is completed by an applicant in Queensland to vary a recognised interstate order. |
| [Application for a declaration that a domestic violence order is a recognised interstate order (Queensland Form DV35)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/form-qld-dv35-declare-recognised-interstate.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Queensland Form DV35, version 3, first published on 12 September 2025, the application for a declaration that a domestic violence order is a recognised interstate order. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*