§ 17-17-14. Victim Required to Provide Current Address and Phone Number to Notifying Parties

1. It is the right and responsibility of the victim who desires notification under this chapter or under any other notification statute to keep the following informed of the victim’s current address and phone number:
   1. The investigating law enforcement agency;
   2. The prosecuting attorney, until final disposition or completion of the appellate and post-conviction process, whichever occurs later;
   3. As directed by the prosecuting attorney, the sheriff if the accused is in the sheriff’s custody for pretrial, trial, or post-conviction proceedings; the Department of Corrections if the accused is in the custody of the state; or any county correctional facility if the defendant is sentenced to serve time in a facility which is not a state facility;
   4. The Department of Community Supervision; and
   5. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles.
2. Current addresses and telephone numbers of victims and their names provided for the purposes of notification pursuant to this chapter or any other notification statute shall be confidential and used solely for the purposes of this chapter and shall not be subject to disclosure under Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, relating to inspection of public records.

History. Code 1981, § 17-17-14 , enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 385, § 2; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 17/SB 340; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-42/HB 310.

Editor’s notes.

Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that this Act shall apply to sentences entered on or after July 1, 2015.

Law reviews.

For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).