Chapter 9A

Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Abuse'', as provided in section 1 of chapter 209A. ''Address'', a residential street, school or work address of an individual, as specifie…

Section 2. There is hereby established an address confidentiality program to be administered by the secretary under the following application and certification procedures: (1)(a) Upon recommendation of an application assistant, an adult person, a parent or guardian acting on beha…

Section 3. Certification for the program may be canceled if one or more of the following conditions applies: (1) If the program participant obtains a name change, the participant loses certification as a program participant. A participant who has obtained a legal name change may …

Section 4. Upon demonstration by a program participant of his certification in the program, state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the secretary as a program participant's substitute address when creating a new public record unless the secretary has deter…

Section 5. The secretary shall not make a program participant's address, other than the address designated by the secretary, available for inspection or copying, except under the following circumstances: (1) If requested of the secretary by the chief commanding officer of a law e…

Section 6. The program participant's application and supporting materials shall not be a public record and shall be exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirements of clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 and section 10 of chapter 66.

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