Section 6207 Of Chapter 3.1. Address Confidentiality For Victims Of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, And Stalking From California Government Code >> Division 7. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 3.1.
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. (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 creating a 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
Secretary of State has determined both of the following:
(1) The agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative
requirement for the use of the address which would otherwise be
confidential under this chapter.
(2) This address will be used only for those statutory and
administrative purposes and shall not be publicly disseminated.
(b) 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 modifying or maintaining a public record,
excluding the record of any birth, fetal death, death, or marriage
registered under Division 102 (commencing with Section 102100) of the
Health and Safety Code, state and local agencies shall accept the
address designated by the Secretary of State as a program participant'
s substitute address, unless the Secretary of State has determined
both of the following:
(1) The agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative
requirement for the use of the address which would otherwise be
confidential under this chapter.
(2) This address will be used only for those statutory and
administrative purposes and shall not be publicly disseminated.
(c) A program participant may use the address designated by the
Secretary of State as his or her work address.
(d) The office of the Secretary of State shall forward all
first-class mail and all mail sent by a governmental agency to the
appropriate program participants. The office of the Secretary of
State may, in its discretion, refuse to handle or forward packages
regardless of size or type of mailing.
(e) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), program participants
shall comply with the provisions specified in subdivision (d) of
Section 1808.21 of the Vehicle Code if requesting suppression of the
records maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Program
participants shall also comply with all other provisions of the
Vehicle Code relating to providing current address information to the
department.