Title 54 — Title 54: Criminal Procedure

Sec. 54-240. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Address confidentiality program” or “program” means the program established pursuant to this chapter; (2) “Agency” has the same meaning as “public agency” or “agency”, as provided in section 1-200; (3) “Application assistant…

Sec. 54-240a. Program purpose. Regulations. (a) There shall be an address confidentiality program established in the office of the Secretary of the State to provide a substitute mailing address for any person who wishes to keep such person's residential address confidential becau…

Sec. 54-240b. Application for program participation. Application assistants. (a) An adult person, a guardian or conservator of the person acting on behalf of an adult person, or a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor may apply to the Secretary of the State for participa…

Sec. 54-240c. Certification as program participant. Application requirements. The Secretary of the State shall certify an applicant or the person on whose behalf an application is made as a program participant if the application is filed in the manner and on the application form …

Sec. 54-240d. Certification card. Upon certification of an applicant or a person on whose behalf an application is made as a program participant pursuant to section 54-240c, the Secretary of the State shall issue a certification card to such applicant or person, as appropriate. T…

Sec. 54-240e. Program address. Forwarding of mail. (a) The Secretary of the State shall maintain a post office box for the exclusive use of the program. The post office box number and a fictitious street address shall be the program address for program participants. (b) The Secre…

Sec. 54-240f. Confidentiality of marriage records. A program participant may request that the participant's marriage records be kept confidential by appearing in person with the participant's spouse or intended spouse before the authorized personnel for the office of the registra…

Sec. 54-240g. Listing on voter registry list. A program participant may request to be listed on a voter registry list without the participant's street and house number by presenting the participant's certification card to the authorized personnel for the office of the registrar o…

Sec. 54-240h. Agency use of program address. (a) A program participant may request that an agency use the program address as the participant's residential, work or school address for all purposes for which the agency requires or requests such residential, work or school address. …

Sec. 54-240i. Exemption from use of program address by agency. (a) An agency may request an exemption from the use of a program participant's program address pursuant to section 54-240h by providing, in writing, to the Secretary of the State: (1) Identification of the statute or …

Sec. 54-240j. Renewal of program certification. (a) A program participant, a guardian or conservator of the person acting on behalf of an adult program participant, or a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor program participant may apply to renew the participant's progra…

Sec. 54-240k. Cancellation of program certification. Notice. Reapplication to program. Withdrawal from program. (a) The Secretary of the State may cancel a program participant's certification and invalidate the participant's certification card if: (1) The program participant chan…

Sec. 54-240l. Secretary of the State as agent for program participant. Service on program participant. (a) The Secretary of the State shall be a program participant's agent upon whom any summons, writ, notice, demand or process in any action, proceeding or other matter involving …

Sec. 54-240m. Confidentiality of records re program participant. Exceptions. Notice of disclosure. (a) The Secretary of the State may not make any records in a program participant's file, other than the program address, available for inspection or copying, except: (1) If requeste…

Sec. 54-240n. Nondisclosure of confidential address in criminal or civil proceeding. No employee of any law enforcement agency or any state or municipal social service agency, and no other witness, shall be compelled to disclose a program participant's confidential address during…

Sec. 54-240o. Custody or visitation order in effect prior to or during participation in program. No custody or visitation order in effect prior to or during a person's participation in the address confidentiality program shall be affected by such participation or by any provision…

Secs. 54-241 to 54-249. Reserved for future use.