TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 57

ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE

19-5705.  Use of designated address. (1) A program participant may request that state and local agencies use the address designated by the secretary of state as his or her address. When creating a new public record, state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the secretary of state as a program participant’s substitute address, unless the agency shows that:

(a)  The agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of a program participant’s address which would otherwise be confidential under this chapter;

(b)  The program participant’s address will be used only for those statutory and administrative purposes; and

(c)  The agency takes reasonable precautions to protect the confidentiality of the program participant.

(2)  A program participant may use the address designated by the secretary of state as his or her work address.

(3)  The office of the secretary of state shall forward all first class priority and other mail as deemed necessary by the secretary of state to the appropriate program participant.

History:

[19-5705, added 2008, ch. 232, sec. 1, p. 705; am. 2018, ch. 112, sec. 4, p. 229.]