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NRS 33.300 Transmittal of copy of order to law enforcement agency; service and enforcement of order; issuance of copies of order. 1. A court shall transmit, by the end of the next business day after a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace …

NRS 33.310 Registration of order; effect of registration; duty of court clerk to maintain record of registered order. 1. An employer or an authorized agent of an employer may register a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace issued by the c…

NRS 33.320 Arrest of person who violates order; service of order; duty to note date and time of service on copy of order issued to employer. 1. Whether or not a violation occurs in the presence of a law enforcement officer, the officer may, with or without a warrant, arrest and t…

NRS 33.330 Immunity for certain persons who enforce or refuse to enforce order. 1. A court, a law enforcement officer or any other person who enforces a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace based upon a reasonable belief that the order is…

NRS 33.340 Employer immune from civil liability under certain circumstances; use of actions taken and statements made by employer. 1. An employer is immune from civil liability for: (a) Seeking a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace, if t…

NRS 33.350 Penalty for intentional violation of order. A person who intentionally violates a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless a more severe penalty is prescribed by law for the act that constitutes t…

NRS 33.360 Limitations on effect of provisions. The provisions of NRS 33.200 to 33.360, inclusive, do not: 1. Modify the duty of an employer to provide a safe workplace for the employees of the employer and other persons present at the workplace of the employer; 2. Prohibit a per…

NRS 33.400 Parent or guardian authorized to petition for order on behalf of child; contents of order; appeal of extended order; penalty for violation of order. 1. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the parent or guardian of a child may petition any court of competen…

NRS 33.410 Petition for order: Deferment of costs and fees; free information concerning order; no fee for serving order. 1. The payment of all costs and official fees must be deferred for any person who petitions a court for a temporary or extended order pursuant to NRS 33.400. A…

NRS 33.420 Duration of orders; dissolution or modification of temporary order. 1. A temporary order issued pursuant to NRS 33.400 expires within such time, not to exceed 30 days, as the court fixes. If a petition for an extended order is filed within the period of a temporary ord…

NRS 33.430 Order to be transmitted to law enforcement agencies; arrest for violation; enforcement of order. 1. Each court that issues an order pursuant to NRS 33.400 shall transmit, as soon as practicable, a copy of the order to all law enforcement agencies within its jurisdictio…

NRS 33.440 Parent or guardian to be informed of final disposition of trial upon request; record of restrictions on defendant’s conduct. 1. Upon the request of the parent or guardian of a child, the prosecuting attorney in any trial brought against a person for a crime described i…

NRS 33.500 Definitions. As used in NRS 33.500 to 33.670, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 33.510 to 33.540, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2019, 4170; A 2021, 590; 2023, 2609)

NRS 33.510 “Adverse party” defined. “Adverse party” means a natural person who is named in an application for an order of protection against high-risk behavior. (Added to NRS by 2019, 4171)

NRS 33.520 “Emergency order” defined. “Emergency order” means an emergency order for protection against high-risk behavior. (Added to NRS by 2019, 4171; A 2021, 590)

NRS 33.530 “Extended order” defined. “Extended order” means an extended order for protection against high-risk behavior. (Added to NRS by 2019, 4171)

NRS 33.540 “Family or household member” defined. “Family or household member” means, with respect to an adverse party, any: 1. Person related by blood, adoption or marriage to the adverse party within the first degree of consanguinity; 2. Person who has a child in common with the…

NRS 33.550 Acts that constitute high-risk behavior. 1. High-risk behavior occurs when a person: (a) Uses, attempts to use or threatens the use of physical force against another person; (b) Communicates a threat of imminent violence toward himself or herself or against another per…

NRS 33.560 Filing of verified application for emergency or extended order: Persons who may file verified application; grounds; contents; service. 1. A law enforcement officer who has probable cause to believe that a person poses an imminent risk of causing a self-inflicted injury…

NRS 33.565 Hearing to review verified application for emergency or extended order: Time for hearing in open court; actions that court may take; telephonic hearing to review verified application filed by law enforcement officer; availability of court. 1. Except as otherwise provid…

NRS 33.570 Requirements for issuance of emergency order; court to inform applicant and adverse party upon transfer of information to Central Repository. 1. The court shall issue an emergency order if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence from facts shown by a verifie…

NRS 33.575 Issuance of emergency order; expiration of emergency order; extension of emergency order; declination to issue emergency order; hearing to determine whether to issue extended order or dismiss verified application. 1. If a court issues an emergency order at a hearing de…

NRS 33.580 Requirements for issuance of extended order; court to inform applicant and adverse party upon transfer of information to Central Repository. 1. The court shall issue an extended order if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence from facts shown by a verified ap…

NRS 33.590 Contents of emergency or extended order. Each emergency or extended order issued pursuant to NRS 33.570 or 33.580 must: 1. Require the adverse party to surrender any firearm that is in the possession or control of the adverse party in the manner set forth in NRS 33.600…

NRS 33.600 Requirements for surrender of firearm in possession of adverse party. 1. After a court orders an adverse party to surrender any firearm pursuant to NRS 33.590, the adverse party shall, immediately after service of the order, surrender any firearm that is in the possess…

NRS 33.620 Notice of order to law enforcement agency; duty to serve order without charge and to enforce order; risk to health or safety of the law enforcement officer or adverse party; no charge for copy of order for applicant and adverse party; withholding or redaction of person…

NRS 33.630 Arrest of person who violates order; verification of notice to adverse party. 1. Whether or not a violation of an emergency or extended order occurs in the presence of a law enforcement officer, the officer may arrest and take into custody an adverse party: (a) With a …

NRS 33.640 Expiration, dissolution and renewal of order. 1. The family or household member or law enforcement officer who filed the verified application pursuant to NRS 33.560 or the adverse party may request in writing to appear and move for the dissolution of an emergency or ex…

NRS 33.645 Order from another jurisdiction: Accorded full faith and credit under certain circumstances; enforcement; effect of not registering order or including order in repository or database; immunity. 1. An order for protection against high-risk behavior, or the behaviors des…

NRS 33.650 Duty to transmit information concerning order to Central Repository and copy of order to Attorney General; petition by adverse party to declare basis for order no longer exists; actions required if petition granted; rehearing if petition denied; applicable provisions i…

NRS 33.660 Unlawful to file verified application for order which person knows or has reason to know is false or misleading or with intent to harass adverse party; penalty. 1. A person shall not file a verified application for an emergency or extended order: (a) Which the person k…

NRS 33.670 Penalty for intentional violation of order. A person who intentionally violates an emergency or extended order is, unless a more severe penalty is prescribed by law for the act that constitutes the violation of the order, guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added to NRS by 2019,…

NRS 34.005 “Prosecuting agency” defined. As used in this chapter, “prosecuting agency” means: 1. The district attorney of the county in which the judgment of conviction or sentence being challenged in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was obtained, if the district attorney o…

NRS 34.010 Writ of certiorari denominated writ of review. The writ of certiorari may be denominated the writ of review. [1911 CPA § 741; RL § 5683; NCL § 9230]

NRS 34.020 Writ may be granted by appellate and district courts; when writ may issue. 1. This writ may be granted, on application, by the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, a district court, or a judge of the district court. When the writ is issued by the district court or a ju…

NRS 34.030 Application for writ made on affidavit; notice to adverse party may be required. The application shall be made on affidavit by the party beneficially interested, and the court or judge to whom the application is made may require a notice of the application to be given …

NRS 34.040 Writ may be directed to inferior tribunal, board or officer. The writ may be directed to the inferior tribunal, board or officer, or to any other person having the custody of the record or proceedings to be certified. When directed to a tribunal, the clerk, if there be…

NRS 34.050 Court may order return and hearing at any time. The writ of certiorari may, in the discretion of the court or judge issuing the writ, be made returnable and a hearing thereon be had at any time. [Part 1911 CPA § 769; RL § 5711; NCL § 9258]

NRS 34.060 Contents of writ. The writ of review shall command the party to whom it is directed to certify fully to the court before which the writ is returnable, at a specified time and place, and annex to the writ a transcript of the record and proceeding, describing or referrin…

NRS 34.070 Suspension of proceedings in inferior courts. If a stay of proceedings be not intended the words requiring the stay shall be omitted from the writ. These words may be inserted or omitted in the sound discretion of the court or the judge issuing the writ, but if omitted…

NRS 34.080 Service of writ. The writ shall be served in the same manner as a summons in a civil action, except when otherwise expressly directed by the court or judge issuing the writ. [1911 CPA § 747; RL § 5689; NCL § 9236]

NRS 34.090 Extent of review. The review upon this writ shall not be extended further than to determine whether the inferior tribunal, board or officer has regularly pursued the authority of such tribunal, board or officer. [1911 CPA § 748; RL § 5690; NCL § 9237]

NRS 34.100 Perfection of defective return; hearing and judgment. If the return to the writ be defective, the court may order a further return to be made. When a full return has been made, the court shall proceed to hear the parties, or such of them as may attend for that purpose,…

NRS 34.110 Copy of judgment to be transmitted to inferior tribunal, board or officer. A copy of the judgment, signed by the clerk, shall be transmitted to the inferior tribunal, board or officer having the custody of the record or proceeding certified up. [1911 CPA § 750; RL § 56…

NRS 34.120 Judgment roll; appeal from judgment. A copy of the judgment, signed by the clerk, entered upon or attached to the writ and return, shall constitute the judgment roll. If the proceedings be had in any other than the Supreme Court, an appeal may be taken from the judgmen…

NRS 34.130 Rules of practice in certiorari proceedings. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 34.010 to 34.120, inclusive, the provisions of NRS and Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure relative to civil actions in the district court are applicable to and constitute the rules of practic…