GV-125

Consent to Gun Violence Restraining 
Order and Surrender of Firearms

Clerk stamps date here when form is filed.

Use this form if you have been served with a Petition for Gun Violence 
Restraining Order (form GV-100) and you want to agree to voluntarily 
give up your firearm rights without a court hearing.

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Fill out this form and take it to the court clerk. 

Have someone age 18 or older—not you—mail a copy of this form 
and any attached pages to the Petitioner or to their lawyer. (Use Proof 
of Service by Mail (form GV-250).)
If you do not agree to a gun violence restraining order, use Response 
to Petition for Gun Violence Restraining Order (form GV-120) to tell 
the court you oppose a gun violence restraining order. 

1 Petitioner

Name of person or law enforcement agency seeking order (see form 
GV-100, item      ):1

2

Respondent
a. Your Name:

Your Lawyer (if you have one for this case):
Name:
Firm Name:
Your Address (If you have a lawyer, give your lawyer’s information.  
If you do not have a lawyer and want to keep your home address  
private, you may give a different mailing address instead. You do not 
have to give telephone, fax, or email.)

State Bar No.:

b.

Address:

City:

Telephone:

Email Address:

State:

Zip:

Fax:

Fill in court name and street address:

Superior Court of California, County of

See Petition for case number and fill in:

Case Number:

3 Gun Violence Restraining Order

 

 
 
 

•  By checking this box and signing this form, I agree to give up my right to own, possess, or purchase 

firearms (guns), firearm parts (any receiver, frame, or unfinished receiver or frame as defined in Penal 
Code section 16531), magazines, and ammunition for the time requested in the petition (between one to 
five years) or, if no time is specified, then for one year.  

•  I am not contesting the petition.   
•  I understand that the petitioner can request to renew this order for one to five years.  
•  I understand that I can only request to terminate this order once per year while it is in effect. 

Judicial Council of California,  
Rev. January 1, 2023, Mandatory Form 
Penal Code, §§ 18115, 18175(d) 

Consent to Gun Violence Restraining Order and  
Surrender of Firearms 
(Gun Violence Prevention)

GV-125, Page 1 of 2

Case Number:

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Firearms (Guns), Firearm Parts, Ammunition, and Magazines

•  After you file this form, the court will issue a Gun Violence Restraining Order After Hearing or 

Consent to Gun Violence Restraining Order (form GV-130) and send it to you and the petitioner in the 
mail.  

•  This form will be listed in the statewide California Restraining and Protective Order System, where 

it will be accessible to all law enforcement.  

•  You cannot own or possess any guns, other firearms (guns), firearm parts (any receiver, frame, or 
unfinished receiver or frame as defined in Penal Code section 16531), ammunition, or magazines. 
You must sell to or store with a licensed gun dealer, or turn in to a law enforcement agency, those 
items in your immediate possession or control within 48 hours of filing this form. You must file a 
receipt with the court. You may use Receipt for Firearms, Firearm Parts, Ammunition, and Magazines 
(form GV-800) for the receipt.

I do not own or control any firearms (guns), firearm parts, ammunition, or magazines.

I have turned in my firearms (guns), firearm parts, ammunition, and magazines to a law enforcement 
officer or agency, or sold them to or stored them with a licensed gun dealer. A copy of the receipt

is attached.

has already been filed with the court.

Instructions to Clerk 
 

•  On the filing of Consent to Gun Violence Restraining Order and Surrender of Firearms (form GV-125),  
submit the proposed order, Gun Violence Restraining Order After Hearing or Consent to Gun Violence 
Restraining Order (form GV-130) to the judicial officer, because the court must issue the order at least 
five court days before the scheduled hearing, or if this form is filed within five court days before the 
scheduled hearing, the court must issue, without any hearing, the gun violence restraining order, as soon 
as possible.  

  Within one business day of issuance of the order, submit this form directly into the California 

Restraining and Protective Order System (CARPOS) or to law enforcement to enter into CARPOS 
within one business day of receipt from the court. 

Lawyer’s name (if any)

Lawyer’s signature

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information above and on  
all attachments is true and correct.

Type or print your name

Sign your name

Rev. January 1, 2023

GV-125, Page 2 of 2

Consent to Gun Violence Restraining Order and  
Surrender of Firearms 
(Gun Violence Prevention)

a.

b.

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Date:

Date: