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Instructions for Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
Documents can by typed or hand-printed, using blue or black ink only. Lined paper or colored paper is not acceptable for filing attached declarations with your domestic violence restraining order.
If restraining order is completed and turned into the clerk's office at or before 10 a.m., the order can be picked up between 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. the same day.
If a waiver of fees is needed for service by the Sheriff's Department, please ask a legal clerk for the waiver forms. The court may waive all or part of the fee. You will be responsible for any portion not waived, upon receipt of your signed orders.
If support is being requested, please ask a legal clerk for an Income and Expense Declaration form.
Please make sure all documents are completed and signed before turning in the restraining order to the Superior Court Clerk's Office.
Your name must always appear in the upper left corner of each form, where there is a space to indicate the party appearing in pro per or the attorney's name. Your address and phone number are optional, but should be there, unless you are trying to keep it confidential so the restrained person does not know where you are residing. The address of the Court is:
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
222 E. WEBER AVE., ROOM 303
STOCKTON, CA 95202
The following information concerns the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office and may be helpful if you are planning on having the Sheriff serve your documents.
The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office is located at 7000 S. Michael N. Canlis Blvd., French Camp, CA 95231. Their hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30.m. The phone number is (209) 468-4475. The Civil Division is located to the left as you enter the building. Public parking is available. Route 1 of the San Joaquin Regional Transit District also goes to the Sheriff's Facility. Schedules are available in the courthouse lobby.
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