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Section 125.560 – Penalty for violation

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Nevada

1. A person who intentionally violates a restraining order or injunction

that is in the nature of a temporary or extended order for protection against domestic violence and

that is issued in an action or proceeding brought pursuant to this title shall be punished:

(a) Where the order or injunction is in the nature of a temporary order for protection against domestic violence, for a misdemeanor.
(b) Where the order or injunction is in the nature of an extended order for protection against domestic violence and:

(1) The person has not previously violated an extended order for protection against domestic violence, for a misdemeanor;
(2) The person has previously violated an extended order for protection against domestic violence one time, for a gross misdemeanor; or
(3) The person has previously violated an extended order for protection against domestic violence two or more times, for a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. For the purposes of this section, an order or injunction is in the nature of a temporary or extended order for protection against domestic violence if it grants relief that might be given in a temporary or extended order issued pursuant to NRS 33.017 to 33.100, inclusive.

NRS 125.560

Added to NRS by 1991, 980 [Ch. 378]; A 1995, 1014 [Ch. 406]; 1997, 36 [Ch. 15]; 2001 Special Session,132 [Ch. 8]; 2003, 1516 [Ch. 290]; 2019, 2836 [Ch. 477], 2856 [Ch. 479]
Amended by 2019, Ch. 479,§5, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2019, Ch. 477,§6, eff. 7/1/2019.
Added to NRS by 1991, 980; A 1995, 1014; 1997, 36; 2001 Special Session, 132; 2003, 1516