California Government Code CHAPTER 3.1 - Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking

• Section 6205.
  The Legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, frequently establish new names or...
• Section 6205.5.
  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(a) “Address” means a residential street address, school address, or work address...
• Section 6206.
  (a) An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated person, who is...
• Section 6206.4.
  The Secretary of State shall keep confidential name changes of program participants obtained pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1277 of the Code of Civil...
• Section 6206.5.
  Upon termination of a program participant’s certification, the Secretary of State shall retain records as follows:(a) Except as provided in subdivision (g) of Section 6206.7 or...
• Section 6206.7.
  (a) A program participant may withdraw from program participation by submitting to the Secretary of State written notification of withdrawal and his or her current identification...
• Section 6207.
  (a) 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...
• Section 6207.5.
  A program participant who is otherwise qualified to vote may seek to register and vote in a confidential manner pursuant to Section 2166.5 of the...
• Section 6208.
  The Secretary of State may not make a program participant’s address, other than the address designated by the Secretary of State, or a program participant’s...
• Section 6208.1.
  (a) (1) No person, business, or association shall knowingly and intentionally publicly post or publicly display on the Internet the home address, home telephone number, or image...
• Section 6208.2.
  (a) (1) No person shall post on the Internet, with the intent that another person imminently use that information to commit a crime involving violence or a...
• Section 6208.5.
  The Secretary of State shall designate state and local agencies and nonprofit agencies that provide counseling and shelter services to victims of domestic violence, sexual...
• Section 6209.
  The Secretary of State may adopt rules to facilitate the administration of this chapter by state and local agencies.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1005, Sec....
• Section 6209.5.
  The Secretary of State shall provide each program participant a notice in clear and conspicuous font that contains all of the following information:(a) The program participant...
• Section 6209.7.
  (a) Nothing in this chapter, nor participation in this program, affects custody or visitation orders in effect prior to or during program participation. A program participant...
• Section 6210.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 7550.5, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Legislature, no later than January 10 of each year, a report that includes the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018