Section 6209.7.
6209.7. (a) Nothing in this chapter, nor participation in this program, affects custody or visitation orders in effect before or during program participation. A program participant who falsifies their location in order to unlawfully avoid custody or visitation orders is subject to immediate termination from the program and is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) (1) The fact that […]
Section 6210.
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 total number of applications received for the program established by this chapter. The report shall disclose the number of program participants within each county and shall also describe any […]
Section 6208.5.
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 assault, stalking, or human trafficking as well as agencies that serve victims of elder or dependent adult abuse pursuant to the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act […]
Section 6209.
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. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)
Section 6209.5.
6209.5. (a) The Secretary of State shall provide each program participant a notice in clear and conspicuous font that contains all of the following information: (1) The program participant is authorized by law to request to use the address designated by the Secretary of State on real property deeds, change of ownership forms, and deeds of trust […]
Section 6209.6.
6209.6. Commencing January 1, 2023, the Secretary of State shall maintain information about the program, contact information for community-based victims’ assistance programs and community-based assistance programs that serve victims of elder or dependent adult abuse that can assist a person in applying to participate in the program, and sample application forms on the secretary’s internet […]
Section 6205.
6205. The Legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or elder or dependent adult abuse frequently establish new names or addresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable assailants from finding them. The purpose of this chapter is to enable state and local […]
Section 6205.5.
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 of an individual, as specified on the individual’s application to be a program participant under this chapter. (b) “Cohabitant” has the same meaning as in subdivision (b) of Section […]
Section 6206.
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 domiciled in California, may apply to the Secretary of State to have an address designated by the Secretary of State serve as the person’s address or the address of […]
Section 6206.1.
6206.1. Certification as a program participant shall not be evidence that minor children in the participant’s custody are at risk in the participant’s care. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 686, Sec. 5. (AB 1726) Effective January 1, 2023.)