California § 6205 - The Legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened
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§ 6205. The Legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened
(a) The Legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse frequently establish new names or addresses to prevent their assailants or probable assailants from finding them. The purpose of this chapter is to enable state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing the changed name or location of a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse to enable interagency cooperation with the Secretary of State in providing name and address confidentiality for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse and to enable state and local agencies to accept a program participantâs use of an address designated by the Secretary of State as a substitute mailing address. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.
Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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