NC S1243

Requires law enforcement agencies to provide a State criminal background check of the defendant to the clerk of court upon receipt of a domestic violence protective order complaint and summons for inclusion in the court's file.

Directs courts to consider the defendant's criminal record as a factor when deciding whether to grant a domestic violence protective order under Chapter 50B.

Requires judges (not other judicial officials) to consider the defendant's criminal record when determining conditions of pretrial release in domestic violence cases involving assault, stalking, threats, or violations of domestic violence orders.

Applies to cases involving charges of assault, stalking, communicating threats, certain felonies, domestic criminal trespass, or violations of Chapter 50B orders against spouses, former spouses, or persons with whom the defendant has lived as if married.

Becomes effective October 1, 2010.