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Laws current as of August 14, 2025

Step 3: A judge will consider your application.

After you complete the application, return it to the clerk. The clerk will send it to a judge, who will consider your application. The judge may give you a temporary order based only on what you wrote in your application, or they may ask you some questions in person during what is called an ex parte hearing.1 “Ex parte” means “from one side only.” In this hearing, only you will be in front of the judge, not the abuser. You will explain to the judge why you fear the abuser and feel that you need a temporary order for protection.

Note: If the abuser is in jail when you get your temporary order, the judge will add instructions to it. They will explain that if the abuser is still in jail on your hearing date, they can object to the extended order in writing.2   

1 N.R.S. § 33.020(1)-(3)
2 N.R.S. § 33.030(6)

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