EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY – DV ORDERS VIA EFILE

Effective immediately, the Santa Clara Family Clerk’s Office is now accepting the following DV orders after hearing via E-file.  Please use the filing code as specified below to ensure that your envelope is directed to the proper queue.
  • Use filing code DV Continuance After Hearing to submit the Order on Request to Continue Hearing (form DV-116).
  • Use filing code Order: Restraining Order After Hearing to submit the Restraining Order After Hearing (form DV-130).
  • Use filing code Request: Renew Restraining Order: Amended to submit the amended Notice of Hearing to Renew Restraining Order (form DV-710).
  • Use filing code Order: Renew Restraining Order to submit the Order to Renew Domestic Violence Restraining Order (form DV-730).
The above-listed DV orders after hearing will be accepted unfiled, forwarded to the Judicial Officer for signature and E-served back to the email address listed on the document.  This final copy will contain the Judicial Officer’s signature and electronic filing stamp.
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