A Protection Order
N.D.C.C. § 14-07.7-07 — a temporary order, then a hearing within fourteen days for a domestic violence protection order
Every civil protection order is now in one chapter. A victim of domestic violence by a family or household member, or of disorderly conduct or sexual assault by anyone, may petition, naming which kind of order is sought. A parent or guardian petitions for a minor.
- On reasonable grounds, the court may grant a temporary domestic violence protection order pending a full hearing, excluding the respondent from the home and awarding temporary residential responsibility for children.
- The full hearing is set no later than fourteen days after the temporary order, and the order issues on a showing of actual or imminent domestic violence.
- A respondent ordered to surrender a firearm does so within twenty-four hours of service or on an officer's request, whichever is sooner.
- A disorderly conduct restraining order follows the same steps and lasts no more than two years.
The protected person's name is redacted from public records in domestic violence and sexual assault cases, and those hearings are closed to the public. An order expires at the time and date it states.
Sources for this section (5)
- N.D.C.C. § 14-07.7-02 — Petition for civil protection order
- N.D.C.C. § 14-07.7-03 — Civil protection order - General provisions - Confidentiality
- N.D.C.C. § 14-07.7-06 — Temporary domestic violence protection order
- N.D.C.C. § 14-07.7-07 — Domestic violence protection order
- N.D.C.C. § 14-07.7-05 — Disorderly conduct restraining order
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed North Dakota attorney.