§ 38-43. Violation of court orders.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following acts if the act is prohibited by valid written order issued by any court of record within the United States of America, including Indian tribal courts, which restrains and enjoins any person from contacting in any manner, threatening, beating, striking, or assaulting any other person or which requires a person to leave certain premises, or refrain from entering or remaining on such premises or any specified area or for such person to fail to perform any act unrelated to child custody or parenting time mandated by such an order, after such person has been personally served with any such order or otherwise acquired from the court actual knowledge of the contents of any such order.

(b)

Any sentence imposed for violation of subsection (a) shall run consecutively and not concurrently with any sentence imposed for any other violation.

(c)

Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or diminish the inherent authority of the court to enforce its orders through civil or criminal contempt proceedings.

(d)

No person charged with violation of an order pursuant to this section shall be permitted, in the criminal action resulting from such charges, to collaterally attack the validity of the order which such person is accused of violating.

(Ord. No. 485-91, § 1, 7-1-91; Ord. No. 225-94, § 2, 3-21-94; Ord. No. 687-97, § 1, 10-6-97)