Agree to a gun violence restraining order

• Fill out Consent to Gun Violence Restraining Order and Surrender of Firearms (form GV-125)

After you’ve filled out and signed the Consent form (form GV-125), make 2 copies. You'll need the 2 copies, plus the original, when you file with the court.

Take your form and copies to the courthouse listed on the papers you were served.

At the courthouse, you’ll file the forms by giving the original and two copies to the clerk. The clerk will keep the original, stamp your copies, and return the copies to you. One copy is for your records. The other copy is for the other side.

There is no fee to file the Consent form.

Can I file my forms another way? 

Some courts have a drop box that you can use. If you use a drop box include the original and 2 copies to the clerk. After you drop your papers, you will have to go to the courthouse to pick up the copies. If your court hearing is only a few days away, do not use a drop box. Take your papers to the court clerk to file. Some courts allow online filing, also called efiling. You can find out if your court has online filing by visiting your court’s website.

Serving means another adult, not you, mails a copy of your Consent form (form GV-125) to the other side. Your server can be someone you know or a professional process server you hire. When choosing your server, find someone who is both: 

• 18 years old or over  

• Not part of your case  

Using regular first class mail, your server mails the GV-125 to the other side, or if the other side has a lawyer, to their lawyer. Tell your server to write down the date they mailed the papers. Have your server complete form GV-250. It helps if you fill in the top part of the form with the case and court information. Your server can then fill in the information about how, when, and where they mailed the papers. Your server must sign and date the form. 

• Make a copy of form GV-250. 

• File the original and copy at the courthouse where you filed your Consent form. The court will stamp and give you your copy back. 

The court clerk will fill out the Gun Violence Restraining Order After Hearing or Consent to Gun Violence Restraining Order (form GV-130) and mail a copy to you and the other side. Read the form very carefully and obey the orders listed.