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Eighth Cir. AO 4.17: Standing No Contact Order as Condition of Pretrial Release

High confidence· verified September 14, 2026Administrative OrdersEighth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 4.17, "Standing No Contact Order as Condition of Pretrial Release" — https://circuit8.org/wp-content/uploads/4.17-v2.pdf — sha256-hashed 2026-09-14

Summary

Eighth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 4.17 (Standing No Contact Order as Condition of Pretrial Release): 16 operative paragraphs verbatim from the order as the circuit publishes it.

Applies to

Eighth Judicial Circuit — all counties of the circuit. Administrative orders are amended and rescinded by later orders; the circuit's own index controls (the index lists it as a current instrument on 2026-09-14). Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

• 1. A Standing No Contact Order, attached hereto, shall be entered in all criminal • cases in the Eighth Judicial Circuit in which the defendant is ordered to have no contact with the • victim or another named person or property. • 2. The Standing No Contact Order is effective immediately and its contents shall be • enforceable upon the defendant for the duration of the case or until modified by the court. • 3. At first appearance, the presiding judge shall advise the defendant of the Standing • No Contact Order and shall direct the Sheriff’s Office’s jail staff or the Clerk of Court’s courtroom • staff, as applicable, to provide the defendant with a physical copy of the Standing No Contact • Order during the first appearance hearing. • 4. The presiding judge shall require the defendant to acknowledge receipt of the • Standing No Contact Order prior to the end of the defendant’s first appearance hearing. • 5. The Sheriff’s Office’sjail staff or the Clerk of Court’s courtroom staff, as applicable, • shall ensure that a physical copy of the Standing No Contact Order is provided to the defendant • at the time of their first appearance hearing. • This order replaces and supersedes Administrative Order No. 4.17(v1) entitled “Standing • No Contact Order as Condition of Pretrial Release,” entered on September 28, 2015.

Source of truth

• 1. A Standing No Contact Order, attached hereto, shall be entered in all criminal • cases in the Eighth Judicial Circuit in which the defendant is ordered to have no contact with the • victim or another named person or property. • 2. The Standing No Contact Order is effective immediately and its contents shall be • enforceable upon the defendant for the duration of the case or until modified by

Official source: 8th Circuit — Administrative Orders
Source health: Healthy · checked October 4, 2026
Effective date: February 13, 2018
Last verified: September 14, 2026benchpath-ao-ledger-c8-2026-09-14

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-14 from BenchPath's custody copy (file 2baa097e461e.pdf; 448,997 bytes, 4 page(s), native text layer): the index lists it as a current instrument on 2026-09-14 (https://circuit8.org/eighth-judicial-circuit-court/administrative-orders/); the operative paragraphs after the ORDERED marker are quoted whole, whitespace normalised only; signature block, page markers and stamps dropped. Effective date from the order's own date line where present, else the index date.

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