Nevada Code § 178.4845

Court order prohibiting contact with victim: Request by victim; court required to consider request; notification regarding consequences of violating order; expiration; renewal of order; transmittal of copy of order to Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History; penalty for violation of order
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1. Before a court makes a determination of
bail concerning a person, a victim may request that a court issue an order
imposing a condition of release prohibiting contact.
2. A court shall consider a request
described in subsection 1.
3. Upon the issuance of an order imposing
a condition of release prohibiting contact, the court shall notify the person
subject to the order that violating the order may result in:
(a) The person being charged with a misdemeanor;
(b) The modification or addition of any condition
of release;
(c) The revocation of bail and remand of the
person to custody; or
(d) The imposition of any other penalty
prescribed by law.
4. An order imposing a condition of release
prohibiting contact, and any modification thereof, expires within such time,
not to exceed 120 calendar days, as the court fixes.
5. The court may, before the expiration of
an order imposing a condition of release prohibiting contact and upon motion or
at the discretion of the court, after notice and a hearing, renew the order for
good cause shown.
6. After the court issues an order
imposing, modifying, suspending or canceling a condition of release prohibiting
contact, the court shall transmit, as soon as practicable and in a manner
prescribed by the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, a
copy of the order to the Central Repository.
7. A person who knowingly violates an
order imposing a condition of release prohibiting contact is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
8. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to require a court to receive a request pursuant to subsection 1
before issuing an order imposing a condition of release prohibiting contact.
9. As used in this section:
(a) Cancel includes, without limitation, any
act that would effectively terminate a condition of release prohibiting
contact, including, without limitation:
(1) The dismissal of the action or
proceeding against the person;
(2) A prosecuting attorney declining to
prosecute the person;
(3) The conviction of the person; or
(4) The acquittal of the person.
(b) Condition of release prohibiting contact
means a condition placed on a person who is released pending trial that prohibits
the person from contacting or attempting to contact a specific person or from
causing or attempting to cause another person to contact that person on the
persons behalf.

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