Injunction for Protection (Restraining Order) in Collier County, Florida

If you are in immediate danger, call 911. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233. Florida's statewide hotline is 1-800-500-1119. The Collier County Self-Help Center sits inside the Collier County Courthouse at 3315 Tamiami Trail East, Suite 102, in Naples. Call the center at (239) 252-2745. This is where you file an injunction for protection petition.

Collier's fee schedule lists charges for other court services: oath administration costs $3.50 per person, a summons costs $10, and a counter-petition in another domestic relations case costs $392.50. None of those charges apply to an injunction for protection. Filing for domestic violence, repeat violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking protection costs nothing in Collier County, just as it does statewide.

The sheriff also serves the respondent free of charge. From filing to service, the entire process costs the person seeking protection nothing.

The Shelter for Abused Women & Children is widely recognized as Collier County's certified domestic violence provider. Its current hotline number is not published here. Check the organization's own site directly, or call 211, before you need it urgently.

How an injunction for protection works in Florida

An injunction for protection against domestic violence (Fla. Stat. 741.30) is for someone you have a close relationship with, such as a spouse or former spouse, someone you live with or used to live with as a family, a co-parent, or a close relative. Florida has related injunctions for repeat violence, dating violence, sexual violence, and stalking that may apply instead if the relationship does not fit the domestic violence category.Florida uses the same statewide forms in every county, including Collier County, FL. The basic steps are:

1. File a Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Domestic Violence (Florida Supreme Court approved family law form 12.980(a)) at the courthouse. There is no filing fee.
2. A judge reviews your petition, often the same day, and can grant a temporary injunction that lasts until your hearing.
3. The other person is served with the paperwork and can respond.
4. You attend a full hearing, generally within about 15 days of a temporary injunction.
5. If the judge grants a final injunction, it can last a fixed term or until further order of the court, and can be extended.

An injunction for protection can do more than order someone to stay away. It can set temporary time-sharing with children, require the other person to leave a shared home, and require them to surrender firearms. Local domestic violence advocates and the clerk's office can help you fill out the forms, often at no cost.

Where to file in Collier County, FL

Injunction requests in Collier County, FL are filed with the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Collier County. Because courthouse locations, hours, and local domestic violence resources change over time, confirm current details using the Florida court clerk directory:

Find the Collier County, FL Clerk of Court (Florida court clerk directory)

Local notes for Collier County, FL

Call the Self-Help Center at (239) 252-2745 before you go in if you're unsure which of the five injunction forms fits your situation. Collier's fee schedule can otherwise make the paperwork look more complicated, or costly, than it actually is for someone filing an injunction.

Once a judge grants a temporary injunction and the respondent is served, Florida law requires the return hearing be scheduled within 15 days. That deadline comes from state statute, not from Collier County's own court calendar.

Florida Rural Legal Services covers Collier County for income-qualified family law matters. This can help if your injunction case overlaps with a custody or parenting-plan dispute, particularly in areas like Immokalee that sit farther from downtown Naples.

Collier County processes all five of Florida's injunction types: domestic violence, repeat violence, dating violence, sexual violence, and stalking. Each has its own form because state law treats these relationships and situations differently. A domestic violence injunction requires a spouse, former spouse, relative, or someone you live or lived with as family. Repeat violence covers two incidents against someone outside that circle. The other three address dating relationships, a single sexual assault, and a pattern of following or harassment. Whichever form applies, filing and service are free, and the return hearing comes within 15 days. Violating an active injunction is its own crime, so call 911 if that happens rather than returning to the Self-Help Center.

Official injunction resources in Collier County, FL

Collier County Courthouse handles restraining-orders filings, located at 3315 Tamiami Trail East, Suite 102, Naples 34112. Phone: 239-252-2745.

The filing fee is Free. E-filing is available through https://www.myflcourtaccess.com. Injunction petitions are filed in person at the courthouse for same-day judicial review; other family filing fees such as oath administration ($3.50 per person) and summons ($10) do not apply to injunctions.

Collier County Clerk Self-Help Center (https://www.collierclerk.com/court-divisions/self-help-center/) can help with procedure and paperwork. Listed under Court Divisions; contact (239) 252-2745 or CollierClerk@CollierClerk.com for family law fee questions.

• Collier County Clerk - Self-Help Center
• The Shelter for Abused Women & Children
• Florida Rural Legal Services
• Fla. Stat. 741.30 (injunction statute)

Local details reviewed August 2026. Offices and locations can change, so confirm with the official sites above before you file.

Collier County, FL Injunction for Protection FAQs