A. The "confidential substitute address program" is created in the office of the secretary of state to provide a process by which a victim of domestic violence may protect the confidentiality of the victim's residential and delivery addresses in public records.
B. An applicant, with the assistance of an application assistant, shall submit an application to the secretary of state on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The application assistant's signature shall serve as recommendation that the applicant participate in the confidential substitute address program.
C. An application shall be signed and dated by the applicant and the application assistant and shall include:
(1) the applicant's name;
(2) the applicant's statement that the applicant fears for the safety of the applicant, the applicant's child or another person in the applicant's household because of a threat of immediate or future harm;
(3) the applicant's statement that the disclosure of the applicant's residential or delivery address would endanger the applicant, the applicant's child or another person in the applicant's household;
(4) the applicant's statement that the applicant has confidentially relocated in the past ninety days or will relocate within the state in the next ninety days;
(5) a designation of the secretary of state as the applicant's agent for the purpose of receiving mail, deliveries and service of process, notice or demand;
(6) the applicant's residential and delivery addresses, if different, the confidentiality of which the applicant seeks to protect;
(7) the applicant's telephone number and email address; and
(8) the applicant's statement under penalty of perjury that the information contained in the application is true.
History: Laws 2018, ch. 40, § 3.
Effective dates. — Laws 2018, ch. 40, § 11 made Laws 2018, ch. 40, § 3 effective July 1, 2018.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 13B - Confidential Substitute Address
Section 40-13B-1 - Short title.
Section 40-13B-2 - Definitions.
Section 40-13B-3 - Confidential substitute address program; application.
Section 40-13B-4 - Secretary of state; duties; service on participant.
Section 40-13B-5 - Agencies; use of confidential substitute address; public records.
Section 40-13B-6 - Change of participant name, address or telephone number; requirements.
Section 40-13B-7 - Participant decertification.
Section 40-13B-8 - Participant records; confidentiality; disclosure prohibited.