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il or criminal action. An employer is not barred from seeking an order because of other pending proceedings. (Added to NRS by 2001, 2846) NRS 33.300 Transmittal of copy of order to law enforcement agency; service and enforcement of order; issuance of copies of order. 1. A court shall transmit, by the end of the next business day after a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace is issued, a copy of the order to the appropriate law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the workplace of the employer or the areas in which the employees of the employer perform their duties of employment. 2. The court may order the appropriate law enforcement agency to serve the person who allegedly committed the harassment personally with the order if it finds that such service is necessary to avoid an act of violence and to file with or mail to the clerk of the court proof of service by the end of the next business day after service is made. Service of an application for an order, the notice of hearing thereon and the order must be served upon the person who allegedly committed the harassment pursuant to the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure. 3. A law enforcement agency shall enforce a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace without regard to the county in which the order was issued. 4. The clerk of the court that issued a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace shall issue a copy of the order to the employer who requested the order and the person who allegedly committed the harassment. (Added to NRS by 2001, 2846) NRS 33.310 Registration of order; effect of registration; duty of court clerk to maintain record of registered order. 1. An employer or an authorized agent of an employer may register a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace issued by the court of another state by presenting a certified copy of the order to the clerk of the court in a judicial district in which the employer believes that enforcement may be necessary. 2. A temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace that is registered has the same effect and must be enforced in like manner as such an order issued by a court of this state. 3. The clerk of the court shall maintain a record of each order registered pursuant to this section. (Added to NRS by 2001, 2847) NRS 33.320 Arrest of person who violates order; service of order; duty to note date and time of service on copy of order issued to employer. 1. Whether or not a violation occurs in the presence of a law enforcement officer, the officer may, with or without a warrant, arrest and take into custody a person if the officer has probable cause to believe that: (a) An order has been issued pursuant to NRS 33.270 against the person; (b) The person has been served with a copy of the order; and (c) The person is acting in violation of the order. 2. If a law enforcement officer cannot verify that the person was served with a copy of the order and the officer is at the workplace of the employer, the officer shall serve the person with a copy of the order if a copy is available. 3. A law enforcement officer who serves a person with a copy of an order pursuant to subsection 2 shall note the date and time of such service on the copy of the order that was issued to the employer. (Added to NRS by 2001, 2847) NRS 33.330 Immunity for certain persons who enforce or refuse to enforce order. 1. A court, a law enforcement officer or any other person who enforces a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace based upon a reasonable belief that the order is valid is immune from civil and criminal liability for any action taken based upon that belief. 2. A court, a law enforcement officer or any other person who refuses to enforce a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace based upon a reasonable belief that the order is not valid is immune from civil and criminal liability for any action taken or not taken based upon that belief. 3. The employer of a law enforcement officer who enforces a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace based upon a reasonable belief that the order is valid or who refuses to enforce such an order based upon a reasonable belief that the order is not valid is immune from civil and criminal liability for any action taken or not taken by the law enforcement officer based upon that belief. (Added to NRS by 2001, 2847) NRS 33.340 Employer immune from civil liability under certain circumstances; use of actions taken and statements made by employer. 1. An employer is immune from civil liability for: (a) Seeking a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace, if the employer acts in good faith in seeking the order; or (b) Failing to seek a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace. 2. An action taken or a statement made by an employer pursuant to NRS 33.200 to 33.360, inclusive: (a) Shall not be deemed an admission by the employer of any fact; and (b) May be used for the purposes of impeachment. (Added to NRS by 2001, 2848) NRS 33.350 Penalty for intentional violation of order. A person who intentionally violates a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless a more severe penalty is prescribed by law for the act that constitutes the violation of the order. (Added to NRS by 2001, 2848; A 2005, 956) NRS 33.360 Limitations on effect of provisions. The provisions of NRS 33.200 to 33.360, inclusive, do not: 1. Modify the duty of an employer to provide a safe workplace for the employees of the employer and other persons present at the workplace of the employer; 2. Prohibit a person from engaging in any constitutionally protected exercise of free speech, including, without limitation, speech involving labor disputes concerning organized labor; or 3. Prohibit a person from engaging in any activity which is part of a labor dispute. (Added to NRS by 2001, 2848) ORDERS FOR PROTECTION OF CHILDREN NRS 33.400 Parent or guardian authorized to petition for order on behalf of child; contents of order; appeal of extended order; penalty for violation of order. 1. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the parent or guardian of a child may petition any court of competent jurisdiction on behalf of the child for a temporary or extended order against a person who is 18 years of age or older and who the parent or guardian reasonably believes has committed or is committing a crime involving: (a) Physical or mental injury to the child of a nonaccidental nature; or (b) Sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of the child. 2. If such an order on behalf of a child is granted, the court may direct the person who allegedly committed or is committing the crime to: (a) Stay away from the home, school, business or place of employment of the child and any other location specifically named by the court. (b) Refrain from contacting, intimidating, threatening or otherwise interfering with the child and any other person specifically named by the court, who may include, without limitation, a member of the family or the household of the child. (c) Comply with any other restriction which the court deems necessary to protect the child or to protect any other person specifically named by the court who may include, without limitation, a member of the family or the household of the child. 3. If a defendant charged with committing a crime described in subsection 1 is released

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