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The administrative office of the courts shall develop a program for the issuance of protection order hope cards . The administrative office of the courts shall develop the program in collaboration with the Washington state superior court judges' association, the Washington state district and municipal court judges' association, the Washington state association of county clerks, association of Washington superior court administrators, district and municipal court management association, and the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, and shall make reasonably feasible efforts to solicit and incorporate input from appropriate stakeholder groups, including representatives from victim advocacy groups, law enforcement agencies, and the department of licensing.
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A hope card may be in a scannable electronic format including, but not limited to, a barcode, data matrix code, or a quick response code, and must contain, without limitations, the following:
The restrained person's nameand date of birth;
The protected person's or persons' name and date of birth and the names and dates of birth of any minor children protected under the order; and
Information about the protection order including, but not limited to, the issuing court, the case number, and the date of issuance and date of expiration of the order.
If feasible, the information stored in a scannable electronic format and accessible through a barcode, data matrix code, or a quick response code must include a digital record of the protection order as entered and provide access to the entire case history, including the petition for protection order, statement, declaration, temporary order, hearing notice, and proof of service.
Commencing on January 1, 2025, a person who has been issued a valid full protection order may request a hope card from the administrative office of the courts hope card program prior to the expiration of the order.
A person requesting a hope card may not be charged a fee for the issuance of a hope card.
A hope card has the same effect as the underlying protection order.
For the purposes of this section, "full protection order" means a domestic violence protection order, a sexual assault protection order, a stalking protection order, a vulnerable adult protection order, or an antiharassment protection order, as defined in this chapter.