Restraining Orders

This section defines domestic violence for the purposes of getting an order for protection. Domestic violence includes:

• battery (physical violence including slapping, punching, strangulation, etc.);
• assault (attempting to use physical force against you or intentionally placing another person in reasonable fear of immediate bodily harm);
• coercion
• sexual assault;
• false imprisonment;
• multiple acts (a “course of conduct”) that are committed with the intention of harassing you. The acts include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
  • arson;
  • trespassing;
  • larceny;
  • destruction of private property;
  • carrying a concealed weapon without a permit;
  • false imprisonment;
  • injuring or killing an animal;
  • stalking;
  • burglary; or
  • home invasion.¹

For these acts to be considered domestic violence, you have to have a specific relationship to the person doing the act. See Who is eligible for an order of protection? for more information.

¹ N.R.S. § 33.018