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In 2003 there were over 8,000 Temporary Protective Orders issued in Clark County Nevada. A Temporary Protective Order may be issued for acts of domestic violence. Nevada Revised statute 33.018 defines acts which constitute domestic violence and states:
Acts which constitute domestic violence. Domestic violence occurs when a person commits one of the following against or upon another to whom he is related by blood or marriage, with whom he is or was actually residing or with whom he has a child in common, or upon his minor child or a minor child of that person:
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1. Battery.
2. An assult.
3. Compelling the other by force or threat of force to perform an act from which he has the right to refrain or to refrain from an act which he has the right to perform.
4. A sexual assault.
5. A knowing, purposeful or reckless course of conduct to harass the other.
6. A false imprisonment.
7. Unlawful entry of the other's residence, or forcible entry against the other's will if there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of harm to the other from the entry.
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In the event you need a protective order due to domestic violence do not call an attorney, immediately contact the police department (911) to report the crime or the Clark County Violence Intervention Program & Protection Orders 702.455.3400 or the After Hours Protection Order Hotline 702.646.4981. Then determine if you need an attorney.
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