Nevada Code § 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
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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 partys 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
partys 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.

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