Restraining Orders

A temporary order can:

• order the abuser:
  • not to threaten, injure, or harass you or your minor child, either directly or through someone else (an “agent”);
  • to stay out of your home;
  • not to go to your place of employment, school, or other specified location;
  • not to injure, threaten to injure, or take possession of any animal owned by you, your minor child, or the abuser, either directly or through someone else;
• give you temporary legal custody of your minor child; and
• order anything else that is necessary in an emergency situation.¹

An extended order can grant everything mentioned above and the following additional things:

• order the abuser to:
  • limit or stop communicating with you or the minor child;
  • make rent or mortgage payments on your home;
  • pay child support for your minor child;
  • pay your court costs and fees in bringing this case;
  • pay you monetary compensation for lost earnings and expenses as a result of you having to attend the hearing for the extended order;
• create a visitation schedule for your minor child, and require supervision by a third party if necessary;
• decide who will have and care for any animal owned or kept by you, your minor child, or the abuser;²
• force the abuser to turn over to law enforcement or sell/transfer any firearms to a licensed firearm dealer within 24 hours of service of the order for protection, and prevent them from having or buying firearms while the order is in effect.³ Before ordering this, the judge must consider:
  • any documented history of domestic violence;
  • whether the abuser has used or threatened to use a firearm to injure or harass you, your child, or any other person; and
  • whether the abuser has used a firearm while committing, or attempting to commit, any crime.⁴

Even if the judge orders that the abuser cannot have a firearm, there could be an exception made to allow the abuser to use or have a gun during work hours. To allow this, the following three conditions must be met:

• the employer requires that the abuser use or have a firearm;
• the abuser only has the firearm while performing their job duties; and
• the employer will store the firearm during any period when the abuser is not working.⁵

¹ N.R.S. § 33.030(1)
² N.R.S. § 33.030(2)
³ N.R.S. §§ 33.031(1); 33.033(1)
⁴ N.R.S. § 33.031(2)
⁵ N.R.S. § 33.031(3)