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Guide to Judicial Notification
June 3, 2025
The 2005 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) included a certification requirement in the STOP Grants Program, requiring any applicant for STOP funds (including States) to certify that “its judicial administrative policies and practices include notification to domestic violence offenders of the requirements delineated in section 922(g)(8) and (g)(9) of Title 18, United States Code, and any applicable related Federal, State, or local laws[.]” STOP funding depends on the Court’s ability to show that they have a policy or practice that reliably informs domestic violence offenders in cases involving protection orders and misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence about the potential or actual prohibitions they may face under federal, State, tribal, or local firearms laws. Failure to show compliance could result in your State losing all or part of its STOP grant funding. Law enforcement, prosecution, and victim services (as well as courts) all depend on courts meeting the grant conditions for STOP funding in their state. This resource from the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms and the National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith and Credit explains how courts can meet this obligation.
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