(1) Any person, except the petitioner, who knowingly violates a protection order issued pursuant to the Protection Orders Act, after service or notice as described in subsection (4) of section 26-114 , or a valid foreign protection order recognized pursuant to section 26-123 or 26-124 , shall be guilty of an offense and punished as provided in this section. (2) For a violation involving a domestic abuse protection order, a sexual assault protection order, a valid foreign domestic abuse protection order recognized pursuant to section 26-123 , or a valid foreign sexual assault protection order recognized pursuant to section 26-124 , a violation of this section is a: (a) Class I misdemeanor for a first offense; (b) Class IV felony for a second offense; (c) Class IIIA felony for a third offense; and (d) Class IIA felony for any fourth or subsequent offense. (3) For a violation of a harassment protection order or a valid foreign harassment protection order recognized pursuant to section 26-124 , a violation of this section is a Class II misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class I misdemeanor for any second or subsequent offense.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 26-118
Protection order; foreign protection order; violation; penalties
Laws 2025, LB80, § 18; Laws 2026, LB965, § 1
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