Short answer. Thirty days. But it is not designed to be renewed by you: the court schedules the hearing on the permanent order before it expires, and where that hearing cannot be completed in time the Act directs the court itself to extend or renew the temporary order thirty days at a time until final judgment.
What the law says
Where the court is unable to conduct the hearing within one (1) day and the TPO issued is due to expire, the court shall continuously extend or renew the TPO for a period of thirty (30) days at each particular time until final judgment is issued.
RA 9262, Section 16 — Permanent Protection Orders. Read the full provision →
The thirty days and the hearing date are linked
A temporary order runs for thirty days, and the Act does not leave the end of that period to chance. The court is to schedule the hearing on the permanent order prior to or on the date the temporary order expires, and the temporary order itself must carry notice of that hearing date. So the document you are handed tells you both when the cover ends and when the court will take the matter up. Those two dates are the ones to write down first.
Extension is the court's act, not a fresh application
This is the practical answer to “has to be renewed”. The Act contemplates the hearing on the permanent order being conducted in one day so far as possible. Where the court cannot do that and the temporary order is due to expire, it is directed to continuously extend or renew the order for thirty days at a time until final judgment is issued. The obligation is on the court. You do not file again, and there is no separate renewal petition described anywhere in the Act.
An extended order can also be changed
The same provision adds something people rarely notice: the extended or renewed order may be modified by the court as may be necessary or applicable to address the applicant's needs. So a long-running case is not locked to the terms set on the first day. If your circumstances have shifted since then — a move, a change in work or schooling, something the original order did not anticipate — that is information to put before the court or your counsel rather than to absorb quietly.
Do not confuse it with the barangay order
A barangay protection order is a different instrument on a different clock: issued by a barangay official, effective for fifteen days, with nothing in that section providing for it to renew. The thirty-day order discussed here is a court's, and court orders under the Act are enforceable anywhere in the Philippines. As the date approaches, the useful things are attending the hearing, keeping the mailing address the court has for you current, and telling counsel about anything that has changed.
Related provisions
- RA 9262, Section 12 — Enforceability Of Orders
- RA 9262, Section 14 — Barangay Protection Orders
- RA 9262, Section 20 — Priority Of Applications