Where to Get Protective Orders

Go to a court that can properly help you. This will most often be a Family Court, but may be a District Court if there is no Family Court in your county. You can file in a court where either you or your abuser lives. If you have questions about where to file for a protective order, contact your local police.

Here is a brief listing of current Family Division courts where you may get a protective order. You can find a complete updated list on the NH Court website.

Family Division Courts (Locations):

• Belknap (Laconia )

• Carroll (Conway, Ossipee)

• Coos (Berlin, Colebrook, Lancaster)

• Grafton (Lebanon, Littleton, Haverhill, Plymouth)

• Hillsborough (Goffstown, Manchester, Merrimack, Nashua)

• Merrimack (Concord, Franklin, Hillsborough, Hooksett)

• Rockingham (Brentwood, Derry, Portsmouth, Salem)

• Strafford (Dover, Rochester at Strafford County Complex, Rochester)

• Sullivan (Newport, Claremont)

• Cheshire (Jaffrey, Keene)

If you have left your home and are living in a different place to escape abuse, you can go to the court closest to your temporary home. The court will not tell anyone your new address if you ask them not to.

Language

If English is your second language or you don’t speak any English, you have a right to request an interpreter to assist you with the police and in any court proceedings. Make sure to let the police and/or the court know that you need an interpreter to help you.

Try Also Reading…

• Sexual Assault On College Campus

• Stalking

• Domestic Violence & Subsidized Housing

• Protective Orders

• How to Get Protective Orders

• When You Need Immediate Protection

• What Happens Next?

• Testifying at the Final Hearing

• Final Orders

• Violation of Orders

• Stalking and Protective Orders

• Enforcing Protective Orders from Other States

• Law Enforcement's Duties Toward Victims of Domestic Violence

• The Law

• Criminal Charges for Domestic Violence and Stalking

• Protective Order Resources

Date: March 16, 2017

Author: NHLA