The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:

1. (1) "Protection order" means an Indiana civil protection order under IC 34-26-5 . The term includes an order for protection and an order for protection ex parte.
2. (2) "Protection order records" means an Indiana civil protection order under IC 34-26-5 and all records that relate to the protection order, including the petition for the protection order.
3. (3) "Subject of a protection order" means the person against whom a protection order was issued.
4. (4) "Plaintiff" means the person for whom a protection order was issued.
5. (5) "Expungement" means the sealing of protection order records from public inspection, but not from a law enforcement agency or the court.

As added by P.L.219-2019, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.55-2020, SEC.4.