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Rules for FiveM server owners, in plain words

What Rockstar's Creator Platform License Agreement asks of FiveM server owners, from the required disclaimer to Tebex-only stores and banned loot boxes.

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Running a FiveM server means agreeing to Rockstar’s Creator Platform License Agreement (the PLA), on top of Rockstar’s Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. In short: your server isn’t official, your website and store must say so and give a contact email, and you can only take money through Tebex, with no loot boxes, cash-out or selling in-game money.

This page explains the rules in plain words so they’re easier to follow. It isn’t legal advice, and it doesn’t replace the real terms. Read them yourself at fivem.net/terms, which opens the current agreement, last updated on September 10, 2026. If you plan to take money from players, read them with a parent or guardian.

The short version

  • Your server isn’t official, and you can’t make it look like Rockstar approves it.
  • Every website, store and listing for your server shows a contact email and Rockstar’s disclaimer.
  • Payments go through Tebex only.
  • No cash-out, real-money gambling, loot boxes or selling in-game money.
  • No brand deals, ads or sponsorships, and no crypto or NFTs.
  • No licensed music and no edited voice lines from the game.
  • You’re responsible for everything on your server, even what your staff and players add.

Your server isn’t official

Rockstar runs the only official version of GTA V. Your server is allowed, but the agreement (section 2.3) says you can’t:

  • Say or hint that your server is official, or that Rockstar approves, sponsors or endorses it.
  • Use Rockstar’s logos, trademarks or other parts of its games in your server’s name or branding.

So a name like “Northbay RP” is fine. A logo that copies the GTA V logo, or a name built around Rockstar’s names, is not.

The disclaimer and contact email

Section 2.3 also says every website, product listing, store or other page that players see about your server must:

  1. Clearly show a working email address for the person or group that runs the server.
  2. Clearly show a disclaimer like this one, with your server’s name in place of the brackets:

“[CUSTOM SERVER NAME] IS NOT APPROVED, SPONSORED, OR ENDORSED BY ROCKSTAR GAMES.”

For a server called Northbay RP, that looks like:

NORTHBAY RP IS NOT APPROVED, SPONSORED, OR ENDORSED BY ROCKSTAR GAMES.
Contact: owner@example.com

Put both somewhere easy to see, like the footer of your website and the front page of your Tebex store. Read “pages players see” broadly: if it presents your server to players, add them.

Taking money: Tebex only

Cfx.re names Tebex as the only payment partner for FiveM servers. Its docs say that using any other platform or payment provider is banned and breaks the agreement. Tebex also checks your identity and reviews your store before it can go live.

Even with Tebex, the agreement (section 3.1) bans these ways of making money:

Banned What it means
Cash-out Players pay real money in and get real money, crypto or anything of value back out. This includes real-money casinos: slots, blackjack, poker
Loot boxes Selling random rewards, gacha, raffles or sweepstakes, for real money or for in-game money
Selling in-game money Trading your server’s currency for real money
Selling Rockstar’s items Selling, offering or helping players get virtual items that Rockstar made
Brand deals Running the server for, or as the “official” server of, a company or sponsor
Reselling others’ work A store that collects other people’s scripts and sells them to server owners
Ads and sponsorships Paid promotions inside your server or its content
Crypto Using, selling or promoting cryptocurrency, NFTs, tokens or meme coins

Rockstar can add to this list at any time. If you sell anything, you also have to follow consumer, tax and privacy laws where you live (section 3.2).

Music and voices

Section 2.4 says you can’t use your server to play or share music that is licensed by others, such as songs handled by music rights groups. You also can’t edit or remix the game’s voice recordings.

You’re responsible for your server

Under section 4, the owner and admins are responsible for everything on the server: scripts, cars, maps, chat, and anything staff or players add. That includes keeping players’ personal data safe.

Some practical habits:

  • Buy paid scripts from their makers through the Cfx.re Marketplace or Tebex, never from leak sites. Leaked scripts are against the rules and often hide harmful code.
  • Write clear server rules and keep staff who enforce them.
  • Don’t collect more personal data than you need.

Hosting

Section 5.2 lets Rockstar name hosting companies (and other services) as authorized or unauthorized, and require owners to use an authorized one. Changes to that list take effect 30 days after they’re posted. The current list is on fivem.net/server-hosting.

What happens if you break the rules

Rockstar can take action against a server or account that breaks the agreement (section 7.2). That can mean your server is removed from the list or blocked, or your account is banned. Rockstar isn’t responsible for refunding money you spent on the server or its content.

Where the real terms are

The terms change from time to time. Check the date on the agreement now and then.

Questions

What disclaimer does a FiveM server need?

Rockstar's Creator Platform License Agreement says every website, store and listing for your server must show a valid contact email for whoever runs it and a disclaimer like "[CUSTOM SERVER NAME] IS NOT APPROVED, SPONSORED, OR ENDORSED BY ROCKSTAR GAMES." with your server's name in it.

Can I sell things on my FiveM server?

Only through Tebex, the payment partner Cfx.re names for FiveM, and only things the rules allow. Loot boxes, selling in-game money for real money, cash-out, gambling, brand deals and crypto are all banned.

Can I sell in-game money on my FiveM server?

No. The Creator Platform License Agreement bans selling in-game virtual currency for real money.

Can I put GTA or Rockstar in my FiveM server's name?

No. The agreement says you can't use Rockstar's logos, trademarks or other parts of its games in your server's name or branding, or suggest that Rockstar approves your server.

Sources we checked

  1. Creator Platform License Agreement (last updated Sept. 10, 2026)Rockstar Games
  2. FiveM termsCfx.re
  3. Setting up a Tebex storeCfx.re
  4. Rockstar Games Creator Platform License Agreement (support article)Cfx.re

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