Section 298.7 Of Part 2. Registration From California Family Law Code >> Division 2.5. >> Part 2.
298.7
. The Secretary of State shall establish a process by which
two persons, who have been living together as domestic partners and
who meet the requirements of paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of
subdivision (b) of Section 297, may enter into a confidential
domestic partnership. This process shall do all of the following:
(a) Maintain each confidential Declaration of Domestic Partnership
as a permanent record that is not open to public inspection except
upon order of the court issued upon a showing of good cause.
(b) Authorize the Secretary of State to charge a reasonable fee to
offset costs directly connected with maintaining confidentiality of
a Declaration of Domestic Partnership.