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Legal Information: North Carolina
Laws current as of December 22, 2023 What protections can I get in a civil no-contact order?
A civil no-contact order can order that the abuser not:
- threaten, visit, assault, molest, or otherwise interfere with you;
- follow you, including at your workplace;
- harass you;
- abuse or injure you;
- contact you by telephone, written communication, or electronic means; and
- enter or remain present at your residence, school, place of employment, or other specified places at times when you are present.1
The judge can also order anything else s/he finds necessary and appropriate.1
1 NCGS § 50D-5(b)
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