---
title: "Count the life of a police emergency protective order"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/count-the-life-of-a-police-safety-notice-and-the-application-it-starts/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A53-MO20261022-14-US"
practice_area: "Family Violence & Protection Orders"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Count the life of a police emergency protective order

> Record the day the emergency protective order was issued and whether a court application has been filed. Do not decide which ending time applies.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/count-the-life-of-a-police-safety-notice-and-the-application-it-starts/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Family Violence & Protection Orders](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Record the day the emergency protective order was issued and whether a court application has been filed. Do not decide which ending time applies. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer decides the ending event and what the client must do before it. California Family Code section 6256 says an emergency protective order expires at the earlier of the close of judicial business on the fifth court day following the day of issuance, and the seventh calendar day following the day of issuance. Section 6250 is the issuance rule: a judicial officer may issue the ex parte order when a law-enforcement officer asserts the immediate-danger grounds the section lists. The order is not the long-term restraining order the Judicial Branch describes, which is decided later and can last up to five years. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Count the life of a police safety notice and the application it starts](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/count-the-life-of-a-police-safety-notice-and-the-application-it-starts.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Record the day the emergency protective order was issued and whether a court application has been filed. Do not decide which ending time applies.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Use the earlier of the two times in section 6256. Do not treat the seventh calendar day as the life of the order when the fifth court day comes first.
- This duration is California Family Code. Do not use it for another state's police order.

## Sources

- [California Family Code § 6256](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM&sectionNum=6256.) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Family Code § 6250](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM&sectionNum=6250.) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Judicial Branch of California, The restraining order process for domestic violence cases](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/DV-restraining-order/process) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*