§ 9618. Emergency disclosure.
§ 9618. Emergency disclosure. The Program shall establish a system to promptly respond to requests for emergency disclosures if the disclosure: (1) Will prevent physical harm or significant economic loss to a program participant or to a program participant’s family member; or (2) Is made to a law-enforcement agency for law-enforcement purposes and the circumstances […]
§ 9619. Penalties.
§ 9619. Penalties. (a) Any person who knowingly provides false information in regard to a material fact contained in any application made pursuant to this subchapter shall be subject to termination from the program and to criminal penalties under § 1233 of this title, or any other applicable provision of this Code. (b) Any person […]
§ 9614. Application, certification and termination process.
§ 9614. Application, certification and termination process. A person shall file an application with the Program in a manner prescribed by the Program. The Department of Justice shall have the authority to promulgate appropriate policies and procedures regarding certification and termination. Certification shall be valid for a period of 3 years following the date of […]
§ 9615. Agency use of designated address.
§ 9615. Agency use of designated address. Federal, state and local government agencies shall accept the substitute address designated on a valid program participation card issued to the program participant by the Program as the program participant’s address except as follows: (1) When the federal, state or local government agency has been granted a waiver […]
§ 9616. Disclosure of actual address.
§ 9616. Disclosure of actual address. The Department of Justice shall not disclose the actual address of a program participant except when: (1) A federal, state or local government agency has been granted a waiver by the Program and the disclosure is made pursuant to § 9617 of this title; or (2) The Program determines […]
§ 9616A. Publicly posting or displaying program participant’s actual address, telephone number, or image on the Internet.
§ 9616A. Publicly posting or displaying program participant’s actual address, telephone number, or image on the Internet. (a) No person shall post or display publicly on the Internet, or solicit, sell, or trade on the Internet, the actual address, telephone number, or image of a program participant with the intent to do either of the […]
§ 9617. Waiver process.
§ 9617. Waiver process. (a) A federal, state or local government agency may request disclosure of a program participant’s actual address pursuant to this section. The Department of Justice shall have the authority to promulgate appropriate policies and procedures regarding the waiver process. (b) The Department of Justice shall promptly conduct a review of all […]
§ 9611. Definitions.
§ 9611. Definitions. When used in this subchapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) “Actual address” shall mean a residential address, school address or work address of an individual. (2) “Image” includes, but is not limited […]
§ 9612. Address Confidentiality Program.
§ 9612. Address Confidentiality Program. (a) The Department of Justice shall establish a program to be known as the Address Confidentiality Program. Upon application and certification, persons eligible pursuant to this subchapter shall be provided a substitute address by the Program. (b) The Program shall forward all correspondence sent by first class, express, registered and […]
§ 9613. Persons eligible to apply.
§ 9613. Persons eligible to apply. All of the following persons are eligible to apply to become program participants: (1) A victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, or stalking who has filed for a protection from abuse order or who is or was named as a victim in any criminal or delinquency proceeding […]