Restraining Orders

Nevada state law gives full protection to an out-of-state order of protection.¹ Your order does not have to be entered into the state or federal registry to be enforced by a Nevada police officer, but the officer does need to believe that it is a real and current (valid) order.² It may be easier for an officer to enforce your order if it contains the following information:

• your name;
• the abuser’s name;
• something that says your order is still valid, for example, if the expiration date is for some time in the future; and
• something that says the court that issued your order is a valid court, such as a stamp, seal, or signature that a court official placed on it.³

You might also be able to get your order enforced even if you don’t have a copy of it with you. You can ask the officer to call the court that issued your order to confirm that it is valid.⁴ It might be a good idea to keep that number on hand.

If the Nevada police officer decides that your order is valid, but that the abuser has not yet been served with it, the officer must:

1. tell the abuser about the order, including by saying the terms of the order to them;
2. try to serve the abuser with the order; and
3. give the abuser a reasonable time to follow the order before arresting them.⁵ 

¹ N.R.S. § 33.085(1)
² N.R.S. § 33.085(7)
³ N.R.S. § 33.085(3)(a)-(c)
⁴ N.R.S. § 33.085(4)(c)
⁵ N.R.S. § 33.085(4)(c)