<P> Federal law requires that all states give "full faith and credit" to every portion of a restraining order issued by any state provided that certain minimum due process requirements are met . Thus a state with very lax standards for issuing a restraining order may enter such a protective order, and every state and federal territory would be required to adhere to every provision . Federal law prohibits any person who is subject to a state protective order from possessing a firearm, provided that the protected party is an intimate partner, meaning a spouse or former spouse, or a person with whom the protected party has had a child . Violating a restraining order is a deportable offense . </P> <P> Some states (e.g. Mississippi) may also call a restraining order a peace bond and are similar to ASBO laws in the UK . Minnesota law provides for an Order for Protection (OFP) and a Harassment Restraining Order (HRO). </P> <P> Many jurisdictions offer a simplified process for filing a civil complaint for unrepresented litigants . For example, in North Carolina, pro se litigants can file a 50B (also called a DVPO, for Domestic Violence Protective Order) complaint with the Clerk of Court . </P> <P> In the US, each state has its own restraining order laws, but they tend to be divided into about five main types . Not every state will have every type of restraining order on the books . A domestic violence restraining order generally protects only parties deemed to be in some form of "domestic" relationship which may, depending on the statute, include a family, household, intimate, or sexual relationship . A sexual assault restraining order specifically protects a victim of sexual assault regardless of what relationship may or may not exist between petitioner and respondent . If her state has no sexual assault restraining order statute, she may still qualify for a domestic violence restraining order if the sexual assault occurred in the context of a domestic relationship or if the statute is written sufficiently broad . In such cases, sexual assault survivors can sometimes qualify for domestic violence restraining orders because any act of sexual intercourse between petitioner and respondent, even during rape, legally establishes the required sexually intimate relationship . Harassment and stalking restraining orders also generally do not require any specific relationship to exist or not exist between the parties, but also may not be available in all states . These types of restraining orders also generally require at least two instances of, respectively, harassment or stalking to qualify . In many cases, one statute may cover more than one type of restraining order . For example, what is called a harassment restraining order in Wisconsin also specifically includes cases of sexual assault and stalking . </P>

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