Will a non-molestation order appear on my criminal record?

A non-molestation order is a type of injunction that the Family Courts can grant to prevent one person from harassing or pestering another. There is a wide range of acts that the injunction can prohibit, they commonly include:

• A prohibition that one person cannot phone / text / make contact with another person,
• A prohibition that one person cannot enter a certain radius of where another person lives, 
• A prohibition that one person cannot use or threaten violence against the other.

If you were to breach an order made against you, you could face criminal repercussions.

Such order, therefore, will be known to the police. However the existence of the non-molestation order does not mean that you have committed a criminal offence. The order will not form part of your criminal record unless you breach it,  as in this scenario you will have committed an offence.

A non-molestation order will also appear on an enhanced DBS check if the police choose the share the information with the organisation conducting the checks. For the police to consider sharing the order, it needs to relate to the purpose of the checks. In other words, the police need to be of the view that the order is relevant to your job.

We have extensive experience with non-molestation orders and the process of challenging them.

Our expert Family Lawyers have offices based in Wolverhampton,  Cradley Heath Sutton Coldfield and serve clients across the West Midlands and Black Country including Stourbridge, Wolverhampton, Halesowen, Birmingham and beyond.  If you complete our online enquiry form or call us on 01902 328 355, a member of our team will contact you for an initial discussion.