Cal. Gov. Code § 6206.5
Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, Human Trafficking, Child Abduction, and Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2013
As of January 1, 2011
(a) The Secretary of State may cancel a program participant’s certification if there is a change in the residential address from the one listed on the application, unless the program participant provides the Secretary of State with at least seven days’ prior notice of the change of address.
(b) The Secretary of State may cancel a program participant’s certification if the program participant changes his or her name from the one listed in the application and fails to notify the Secretary of State of the name change within seven days of the change.
(c) The Secretary of State may cancel certification of a program participant if mail forwarded by the secretary to the program participant’s address is returned as nondeliverable.
(d) The Secretary of State shall cancel certification of a program participant who applies using false information.
Upon termination of a program participant’s certification, the Secretary of State shall retain records as follows:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (g) of Section 6206.7 or Section 6208, any records or documents pertaining to a program participant shall be held confidential for a period of three years after withdrawal or termination of certification.
(b) All records or documents pertaining to a program participant shall be retained for a period of three years after termination of certification and then destroyed, except for change of name records, which shall be retained permanently and only be accessible pursuant to Section 6208 and Section 1798.34 of the Civil Code.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.