Step 1: Go to court and request the forms for a domestic abuse protection order (DAPO).
You can file a petition for a domestic abuse protection order (DAPO) in a municipal, justice, county, chancery, or state military court. If you’re not sure where to file, you can use our website to learn more about the different types of orders in Mississippi and what kinds of protection orders each court can grant.
You can find a court near you by going to our Mississippi Courthouse Locations page.
If you’d like to look at the petition before you get to court, you can also find links to forms online by going to our Mississippi Download Court Forms page.
1 Miss. Code § 93-21-7(2)




