§ 125.560 — Penalty for violation

Nevada § 125.560

• Jurisdiction: Nevada
• Title 11: DOMESTIC RELATIONS
• Ch. 125: Dissolution

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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.

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1991, 980 ; A 1995, 1014 ; 1997, 36 ; 2001 Special Session, 132 ; 2003, 1516 ; 2019, 2836 , 2856 )