§ 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 personal identifying information

1. The court shall transmit, by the end of the next business day after an emergency or extended order is issued or renewed, a copy of the order to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
2. Unless the adverse party is present at the hearing described in NRS 33.565 to receive the date of the hearing described in NRS 33.575 in which the court will determine whether to issue an extended order, the court shall order the appropriate law enforcement agency to serve, without charge, the adverse party personally with:
(a) The emergency order;
(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection 8, the application and any supplemental documents submitted to the court; and
(c) Notice of the hearing described in NRS 33.575 .
3. The court shall order the appropriate law enforcement agency to serve, without charge, the adverse party personally with the extended order.
4. The law enforcement agency shall file with or mail to the clerk of the court proof of service of the emergency order pursuant to subsection 2 or the extended order pursuant to subsection 3 by the end of the next business day after service is made.
5. If, while attempting to serve the adverse party personally pursuant to subsection 2 or 3, the health or safety of the officer or the adverse party is put at risk because of any action of the adverse party, the law enforcement officer is under no duty to continue to attempt to serve the adverse party personally and the service shall be deemed unsuccessful. If such service is unsuccessful, the law enforcement agency shall, as soon as practicable after the risk has subsided, attempt to serve the adverse party personally until the emergency or extended order is successfully served.
6. A law enforcement agency shall enforce an emergency or extended order without regard to the county in which the order was issued.
7. The clerk of the court shall issue, without fee, a copy of the emergency or extended order to any family or household member or law enforcement officer who files a verified application pursuant to NRS 33.560 or the adverse party.
8. The court may withhold or redact from the application or any supplemental documents to be served upon the adverse party any personal identifying information of the applicant or any other person if the court determines that disclosure of the personal identifying information would create a substantial threat to the applicant or any other person of bodily harm, intimidation, coercion or harassment. If the court withholds or redacts any personal identifying information pursuant to this subsection, the court shall:
(a) Upon request of the adverse party, provide the adverse party or the adverse party’s attorney or agent with an opportunity to interview the applicant or other person whose personal identifying information was withheld or redacted in an environment that provides for protection of the applicant or other person;
(b) Maintain any information or documents withheld or redacted pursuant to this subsection in a confidential file; and
(c) Permit the adverse party or the adverse party’s attorney or agent to inspect and to copy or photograph any information or documents withheld or redacted pursuant to this subsection before the hearing described in NRS 33.575 .
9. As used in this section, “personal identifying information” means any information which would identify a person, including, without limitation, a name, an address, a date of birth or a social security number.

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 2019, 4175 ; A 2021, 594 )