I and my trainer went into Canada this morning to drop a load and pick up another to bring back across the border. Everything went well until we got back to the US Customs. They ran my license and told me to park my truck and come in. My trainer and I went in to see what the problem was.
First, this happened right at their shift change. The guy who took our licenses and told us to report inside, went off duty. The oncoming shift took 45 minutes to find our licenses. Then one of them pulled me into a private room and asked me about a no contact order in the computer system. I explained that I had just gone through a divorce and there had been a temporary no contact order between my (then) wife and I. It was a mutual no contact order. He went into the back office for a while then came out and asked for the keys to the truck (my trainer's truck). He then went out and conducted a search of the cab (I assume he was looking for weapons). He then came back in and told us we were free to go. I asked him if there would be some notation in their computer records so I wouldn't be subject to this again (I will be crossing into and out of Canada everyday this week). He said there would not. As long as that no contact order is still in the system, I will be subject to go through this whenever they happened to run my name. We were held there for two and a half hours while they sorted it all out.
Now, this wasn't a protection order or an anti-harassment order. It was merely a no contact order.
I was on my cell phone as soon as I stepped outside the Customs office to my divorce attorney to get this cleared up.
What a day!