Restraining Orders

A temporary or extended civil order for protection against sexual assault can:

• direct the abuser to stay away from your home, school, business, or place of employment and any other location specifically named by the court;
• prohibit the abuser from contacting, intimidating, threatening, or interfering with you or any other person named in the order, including your family or household member(s); and
• include other restrictions on the abuser that the judge considers necessary to protect you or any other person specifically named in the order, including members of your family or household.¹

Note: If an abuser is charged with the crime of sexual assault against you, you might get a protection order from the criminal court judge with the restrictions listed above. The judge could issue this order if the abuser (defendant) is released from jail before trial or once s/he is found guilty of the crime.² If the abuser is brought to trial, you may ask in writing that the prosecutor tell you about the outcome of the case. The information the prosecutor gives you should include:

1.    any pretrial settlement of the case;
2.    the final outcome of the case; and
3.    information from the abuser’s registration if s/he is required to register as a sex offender.³

If the criminal court orders any restrictions on the abuser, the court clerk is supposed to provide you and any other people named in the order with a certified copy of the order.⁴

¹ N.R.S. § 200.378(1)
² N.R.S. § 200.378(2)
³ N.R.S. § 200.3784(1)
⁴ N.R.S. § 200.3784(2)