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Code · Connecticut · Title 53a — Penal Code · CHAPTER 952* — Penal Code: Offenses

Sec. 53a-223b. Criminal violation of a restraining order: Class D or class C felony.

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(a)A person is guilty of criminal violation of a restraining order when
(A)a restraining order has been issued against such person pursuant to section 46b-15 , or
(B)a foreign order of protection, as defined in section 46b-15a , has been issued against such person in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against another, and
(2)such person, having knowledge of the terms of the order,
(A)does not stay away from a person or place in violation of the order,
(B)contacts a person in violation of the order,
(C)imposes any restraint upon the person or liberty of a person in violation of the order, or
(D)threatens, harasses, assaults, molests, sexually assaults or attacks a person in violation of the order.
(b)No person who is listed as a protected person in such restraining order or foreign order of protection may be criminally liable for
(1)soliciting, requesting, commanding, importuning or intentionally aiding in the violation of the restraining order or foreign order of protection pursuant to subsection
(a)of section 53a-8 , or
(2)conspiracy to violate such restraining order or foreign order of protection pursuant to section 53a-48 .
(c)No person who is listed as a respondent in a restraining order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or a foreign order of protection issued pursuant to section 46b-15a and against whom there is an order of no contact with the protected party or parties may be criminally liable for a violation of such order if such person causes a document filed in a family relations matter, as defined in section 46b-1 , to be served on the protected party or parties in accordance with the law by mail or through a third party who is authorized by statute to serve process.
(1)Except as provided in subdivision
(2)of this subsection, criminal violation of a restraining order is a class D felony.
(2)Criminal violation of a restraining order is a class C felony if the offense is a violation of subparagraph
(C)or
(D)of subdivision
(2)of subsection
(a)of this section.
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