DV-110: the temporary order a judge fills in, not you

DV-110 (Rev. January 1, 2025) is where a judicial officer states which restraining orders are granted temporarily, from the day the order is signed until the hearing. "CLETS-TRO" in the form title means the order is entered into the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, so an officer anywhere in the state can see and enforce it.

The person asking for protection completes only items 1 to 3 — the party names and the description of the person to be restrained — matching DV-100. Everything below that is the judicial officer’s. This is the single most common source of confusion in the packet, because the form looks like a list of choices and is not one.

The checkboxes on DV-110 mirror the orders that can be requested on DV-100: personal conduct orders, stay-away orders, a move-out order, animal orders, property control, and others authorized by Family Code §§ 6320 to 6327. Only the boxes a judicial officer actually checks are in effect.

Requesting an order on DV-100 does not mean it appears on DV-110, and a temporary order that grants less than what was asked for is a normal outcome rather than a rejection of the request. The hearing on DV-109 is where the longer-term orders are decided. JusticeOS does not predict what a court will do and does not recommend which orders to request.

A person restrained by this order is prohibited from owning or possessing firearms and ammunition and must relinquish them under Family Code § 6389. The form states the relinquishment deadline and the available options on its face.

This applies by operation of the order itself. It is stated on the form rather than being something the person asking for protection has to request separately.

The order takes effect when it is signed and lasts until the hearing date shown on DV-109. Under Family Code § 6326 the request is granted or denied the same day it is submitted, or the next day of judicial business if it was filed too late in the day for effective review.

If granted, the signed DV-110 is served on the other person with the rest of the packet, and the order is enforceable once that person has been served or otherwise has notice. The form carries directions to law enforcement, including that the order is enforceable in all 50 states.

JusticeOS is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. It does not decide which orders to request, does not evaluate whether described events support an order, and cannot say what a judicial officer will grant. Those questions belong to a court Self-Help Center, a domestic-violence advocate, or a lawyer.

DV-110 is published by California Courts in Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, Vietnamese and Tagalog, alongside the English version. Those are the Judicial Council’s own translations of the form itself — the document you file — rather than summaries of it. Each translation is on that form’s own page at California Courts, linked under Official sources at the foot of this guide.

These guides are written in English. California Courts also publishes a page on asking for a court interpreter, and makes a point worth repeating here: even for someone who speaks English in everyday life, the situations and language in court can be very difficult.