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Rules and Forms | Protective Orders: Civil Restraining Order Forms to Implement Senate Bill 899 (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee recommends adopting 15 protective order forms and revising 37 protective order forms to implement significant changes to the law and to make other clarifying corrections. Changes are needed to civil harassment, elder or dependent adult abuse, gun violence, postsecondary school violence, and workplace violence restraining orders to implement Senate Bill 899 (Stats. 2024, ch. 554). The committee’s recommendations to implement SB 899 are made in this report and in the reports entitled Protective Orders: Civil Harassment Forms to Implement Senate Bill 554 and Protective Orders: Postsecondary School Violence Forms to Implement Assembly Bill 2096.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
To implement SB 899, make clarifying corrections, and make the forms more user-friendly, the Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 1, 2026:
1. Adopt the following forms:
• Prohibited Items Finding and Orders (form CH-820);
• Noncompliance With Firearms, Firearm Parts, and Ammunition Order
(form CH-830);
• Notice of Compliance Hearing for Firearms, Firearm Parts, and Ammunition (form CH-840);
• Permission to Have Firearm or Ammunition for Work (form CH-850);
• Prohibited Items Finding and Orders (form EA-820);
• Noncompliance With Firearms, Firearm Parts, and Ammunition Order
(form EA-830);
• Notice of Compliance Hearing for Firearms, Firearm Parts, and Ammunition (form EA-840);
• Permission to Have Firearm or Ammunition for Work (form EA-850);
• Prohibited Items Finding and Orders (form GV-820);
• Noncompliance With Firearms, Firearm Parts, Ammunition, and Magazines Order (form GV-830);
• Notice of Compliance Hearing for Firearms, Firearm Parts, Ammunition, and Magazines (form GV-840);
• Prohibited Items Finding and Orders (form WV-820);
• Noncompliance With Firearms, Firearm Parts, and Ammunition Order
(form WV-830);
• Notice of Compliance Hearing for Firearms, Firearm Parts, and Ammunition (form WV-840); and
• Permission to Have Firearm or Ammunition for Work (form WV-850).
2. Revise the following forms:
• Notice of Court Hearing (form CH-109);
• Temporary Restraining Order (form CH-110);
• Order on Request to Continue Hearing (form CH-116);
• Response to Request for Civil Harassment Restraining Orders
(form CH-120);
• How Can I Respond to a Request for Civil Harassment Restraining Orders? (form CH-120-INFO);
• Civil Harassment Restraining Order After Hearing (form CH-130);
• Proof of Personal Service (form CH-200);
• What Is “Proof of Personal Service”? (form CH-200-INFO);
• Receipt for Firearms, Firearm Parts, and Ammunition (form CH-800);
• How Do I Turn In, Sell, or Store My Firearms, Firearm Parts, and Ammunition? (form CH-800-INFO);
• Request for Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse Restraining Orders
(form EA-100);
• Notice of Court Hearing (form EA-109);
• Temporary Restraining Order (form EA-110);
• Order on Request to Continue Hearing (form EA-116);
• Response to Request for Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse Restraining Orders (form EA-120);
• How Can I Respond to a Request for Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse Restraining Orders? (form EA-120-INFO);
• Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse Restraining Order After Hearing
(form EA-130);
• What Is “Proof of Personal Service”? (form EA-200-INFO);
• Order to Reschedule Hearing to Renew Restraining Order
(form EA-716);
• Receipt for Firearms, Firearm Parts, and Ammunition (form EA-800);
• How Do I Turn In, Sell, or Store My Firearms, Firearm Parts, and Ammunition? (form EA-800-INFO);
• Gun Violence Restraining Order After Hearing on EPO-002
(form GV-030);
• Can a Gun Violence Restraining Order Help Me? (form GV-100-INFO);
• Temporary Gun Violence Restraining Order (form GV-110);
• Order on Request to Continue Hearing (form GV-116);
• Gun Violence Restraining Order After Hearing or Consent to Gun Violence Restraining Order (form GV-130);
• Petition for Workplace Violence Restraining Orders (form WV-100);
• Notice of Court Hearing (form WV-109);
• Temporary Restraining Order (form WV-110);
• Order on Request to Continue Hearing (form WV-116);
• Response to Petition for Workplace Violence Restraining Orders
(form WV-120);
• How Can I Respond to a Petition for Workplace Violence Restraining Orders? (form WV-120-INFO);
• Workplace Violence Restraining Order After Hearing (form WV-130);
• Proof of Personal Service (form WV-200);
• What Is “Proof of Personal Service”? (form WV-200-INFO);
• Receipt for Firearms, Firearm Parts, and Ammunition (form WV-800); and
• How Do I Turn In, Sell, or Store My Firearms, Firearm Parts, and Ammunition? (form WV-800-INFO).
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