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Template Trifold Brochure: Domestic Violence Protection Orders and Extreme Risk Protection Orders
December 1, 2025
Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) and Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are types of injunctions issued by a civil court. Both can prohibit the person subject to the order from possessing or purchasing firearms or ammunition. However, DVPOs and ERPOs are not interchangeable, and there are a number of key distinctions between the two.
This trifold template brochure is intended to guide legal practitioners, advocates, and others in creating a resource for survivors that outlines the important differences between the two orders using information specific to their jurisdiction. When survivors know what each type of order can and cannot do, they are able to make more informed choices about how to keep themselves and their children safe.
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