Restraining Orders

Nevada state law gives full protection to an out-of-state order for protection.¹ Your order does not have to be entered into the state or federal registry in order to be enforced by a Nevada police officer, but the officer does need to believe that it is a valid (real) 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 (the expiration date is for some time in the future);
• 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 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 real.⁴ It might be a good idea to keep that number on hand.

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