15C-1. Purpose. The purpose of this Chapter is to enable the State and the agencies of North Carolina to respond to requests for public records without disclosing the location of a victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, stalking, or human trafficking; to enable interagency cooperation in providing address confidentiality for victims of domestic violence, sexual […]
15C-10. Assistance for program applicants. (a) The Attorney General shall designate agencies of North Carolina and nonprofit organizations that provide counseling and shelter services to victims of domestic violence, sexual offense, stalking, or human trafficking to assist individuals applying to be program participants. Any assistance and counseling rendered by the Office of the Attorney General […]
15C-11. Limited liability. The State, agencies of North Carolina, and their officers, officials, employees, and agents, both past and present, in their official and individual capacities, shall be immune and held harmless from any liability in any action brought by or on behalf of any person injured or harmed by the actions or inactions of […]
15C-12. Rule-making authority. The Attorney General is authorized to adopt any rules deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter. (2002-171, s. 1.)
15C-13. Additional time for action. Whenever the laws of this State provide a program participant a legal right to act within a prescribed period of 10 days or less after the service of a notice or other paper upon the program participant, and the notice or paper is served upon the program participant by mail […]
15C-2. Definitions. The following definitions apply in this Chapter: (1) Actual address or address. – A residential, work, or school street address as specified on the individual’s application to be a program participant under this Chapter. (2) Address Confidentiality Program or Program. – A program in the Office of the Attorney General to protect the […]
15C-3. Address Confidentiality Program. The General Assembly establishes the Address Confidentiality Program in the Office of the Attorney General to protect the confidentiality of the address of a relocated victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, stalking, or human trafficking to prevent the victim’s assailants or potential assailants from finding the victim through public records. Under […]
15C-4. Filing and certification of applications; authorization card. (a) An individual who wants to participate in the Address Confidentiality Program shall file an application with the Attorney General with the assistance of an application assistant. Any of the following individuals may apply to the Attorney General to have an address designated by the Attorney General […]
15C-5. Change of name, address, or telephone number. (a) A program participant shall notify the Attorney General within 30 days after the program participant has obtained a legal name change by providing the Attorney General a certified copy of any judgment or order evidencing the change or any other documentation the Attorney General deems to […]
15C-6. Falsifying application information. An applicant who falsely attests in an application that disclosure of the applicant’s address would endanger the applicant’s safety or the safety of the applicant’s child or who knowingly provides false information when applying for certification or renewal shall lose certification in the Program. The Attorney General shall investigate violations of […]
15C-7. Certification cancellation; records. (a) The Attorney General shall cancel the certification of a program participant under any of the following circumstances: (1) The program participant files a request for withdrawal of the certification pursuant to G.S. 15C-4. (2) The program participant fails to notify the Attorney General of a change in the program participant’s […]
15C-8. Address use by State or local agencies. (a) The program participant, and not the Attorney General, is responsible for requesting that agencies of North Carolina use the address designated by the Attorney General as the substitute address of the program participant. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, when a program participant submits […]
15C-9. Disclosure of address prohibited. (a) The Attorney General is prohibited from disclosing any address or telephone number of a program participant other than the substitute address designated by the Attorney General, except under the following circumstances: (1) The information is requested by a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency for official use only. […]
