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Police warnings and protective orders in Italy

Avv. Massimo Romano · updated 18/08/2026

Police warnings and protective orders in Italy is decided by the provision below, by how the facts are qualified, and by what is done in the first weeks. Sentence, criminal record and right of residence follow from that. We answer on your own facts, at any hour, and you need not be in Italy.

Provision: Art. 8 D.L. 11/2009 conv. L. 38/2009 (ammonimento del questore)
Checked 18/08/2026.

What this page covers

Whether Police warnings and protective orders in Italy ends in a conviction, and with what sentence, depends on how the facts are qualified and on decisions taken in the first weeks — long before any trial.

Governing provision: Art. 8 D.L. 11/2009 conv. L. 38/2009 (ammonimento del questore)

The questions that decide the outcome

  • What is actually happening
  • Effect on your family
  • Your options
  • What to do now
  • Effect on your right to stay in Italy

What people ask us about this

  • What is an ammonimento from the questore?

Avv. Massimo Romano — Italian criminal defence lawyer, Naples Bar no. 14553, admitted to plead before the Court of Cassation since 23 October 2015.

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