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title: "Map federal firearms prohibitions when a protection order is in force"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/map-firearms-and-weapons-consequences-when-a-protection-order-is-made/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A53-MO20261022-1-US"
practice_area: "Family Violence & Protection Orders"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Map federal firearms prohibitions when a protection order is in force

> From the order, record whether it followed a hearing with actual notice and an opportunity to participate, whom it protects, and whether it contains a credible-threat finding or an explicit ban on the use, attempted…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## 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 | From the order, record whether it followed a hearing with actual notice and an opportunity to participate, whom it protects, and whether it contains a credible-threat finding or an explicit ban on the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force. Do not decide that the person is prohibited from possessing a firearm. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer decides whether the federal prohibition applies to this order and this person. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) makes it unlawful for a person who is subject to a qualifying court order to ship or transport a firearm or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce, to possess a firearm or ammunition in or affecting commerce, or to receive a firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. The order must have been issued after a hearing of which the person received actual notice and at which the person had an opportunity to participate. It must restrain the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or a child of the partner or person, or from other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child. It must also include a finding that the person is a credible threat to the physical safety of the intimate partner or child, or by its terms explicitly prohibit the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force that would reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury. Section 922(g)(9) is the separate misdemeanor-crime-of-domestic-violence prohibition. 27 C.F.R. § 478.32(a)(8) and (a)(9) state the same two prohibitions for possession in or affecting commerce. A California domestic-violence restraining order can include an order not to have guns, firearms, ammunition, or body armor. That state order term is not itself the federal test. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Map firearms and weapons consequences when a protection order is made](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/map-firearms-and-weapons-consequences-when-a-protection-order-is-made.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the order, record whether it followed a hearing with actual notice and an opportunity to participate, whom it protects, and whether it contains a credible-threat finding or an explicit ban on the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force. Do not decide that the person is prohibited from possessing a firearm.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- An ex parte order that was not issued after the hearing described in section 922(g)(8) is not, on that text, enough for the federal possession ban. The lawyer reads the order.
- Do not state a surrender procedure or a license class. None is in the opened federal pages. The ATF question-and-answer page did not return its text.

## Sources

- [18 U.S.C. § 922 (2023 edition, govinfo)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title18/html/USCODE-2023-title18-partI-chap44-sec922.htm) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [27 C.F.R. § 478.32, Prohibited shipment, transportation, possession, purchase, or receipt](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-27/chapter-II/subchapter-B/part-478/subpart-C/section-478.32) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Judicial Branch of California, Domestic violence restraining orders](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/DV-restraining-order) (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.*