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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="4-512.1" title_number="4" title_name="Spouses" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Domestic Violence">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Central Repository” means the Domestic Violence Central Repository.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Administrative Office of the Courts shall maintain a Domestic Violence Central Repository.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Central Repository shall store the following domestic violence orders issued in the State:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>interim protective orders;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>temporary protective orders;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>final protective orders;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>peace orders issued under Title 3, Subtitle 15 of the Courts Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, peace orders issued under Title 3, Subtitle 8A of the Courts Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A peace order issued under Title 3, Subtitle 8A of the Courts Article shall be stored only during the term of the peace order.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The purposes of the Central Repository are to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provide immediate access to domestic violence orders by judges, court personnel, and law enforcement agencies;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>improve the courts’ ability to respond effectively, promptly, and in a coordinated manner to domestic violence cases;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>eliminate conflicting or simultaneous domestic violence orders by improving communication between the District Court and the circuit courts;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>enhance the enforceability of domestic violence orders by law enforcement agencies; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>facilitate service of domestic violence orders.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
