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Rules and Forms | Protective Orders: New Civil Retail Crime Restraining Order (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee recommends amending three rules of the California Rules of Court, adopting six Judicial Council forms for mandatory use, and approving two information sheets in a new forms series to implement recent legislation creating a new restraining order based on two or more alleged acts of retail crime.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective July 1, 2025:
1. Amend California Rules of Court, rules 1.51, 3.1160, and 3.1162 to apply existing procedural provisions for civil restraining orders to new retail crime restraining orders, including mandatory use of Confidential Information for Law Enforcement (form CLETS-001), service deadlines, briefing alternatives, and service requirements for those who appear at hearings remotely;
2. Adopt Petition for Retail Crime Restraining Order (form RT-100), Notice of Court Hearing (form RT-109), Request to Continue Hearing (form RT-115), Order on Request to Continue Hearing (form RT-116), Response to Petition for Retail Crime Restraining Order (form RT-120), and Retail Crime Restraining Order (form RT-130) for mandatory use in retail crime restraining order proceedings; and
3. Approve How Do I Get an Order to Prohibit Retail Crime?
(form RT-100-INFO) and How Can I Respond to a Petition for Retail Crime Restraining Order? (form RT-120-INFO) as optional information sheets for use in retail crime restraining order proceedings.
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