(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 because of safety concerns and (1) has been a victim of (A) family violence, (B) injury or risk of injury to a child, (C) kidnapping, (D) sexual assault, (E) stalking, (F) trafficking in persons, or (G) child abuse or neglect, where such abuse or neglect was substantiated by the Department of Children and Families and was the basis for the issuance of a restraining order under section 46b-15 or civil protection order under section 46b-16a, or (2) a termination of parental rights was granted pursuant to section 45a-717 or 46b-129.
(b) The Secretary of the State shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such regulations may include, but need not be limited to, provisions for applications for participation in the address confidentiality program, certification of program participants, certification cancellation, agency use of program addresses, forwarding of program participants' mail, voting by program participants and recording of vital statistics for program participants.
(P.A. 03-200, S. 2; P.A. 22-87; S. 10.)
History: P.A. 03-200 effective January 1, 2004; P.A. 22-87 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provision re victim of certain acts as Subdiv. (1) and amended same by designating family violence, injury or risk of injury to a child, sexual assault and stalking as Subparas. (A), (B), (D) and (E), respectively, and added Subparas. (C), (F) and (G) re kidnapping, trafficking in persons and substantiated child abuse or neglect, respectively, adding Subdiv. (2) re termination of parental rights and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2022.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 968a - Address Confidentiality Program
Section 54-240. - Definitions.
Section 54-240a. - Program purpose. Regulations.
Section 54-240b. - Application for program participation. Application assistants.
Section 54-240c. - Certification as program participant. Application requirements.
Section 54-240d. - Certification card.
Section 54-240e. - Program address. Forwarding of mail.
Section 54-240f. - Confidentiality of marriage records.
Section 54-240g. - Listing on voter registry list.
Section 54-240h. - Agency use of program address.
Section 54-240i. - Exemption from use of program address by agency.
Section 54-240j. - Renewal of program certification.
Section 54-240n. - Nondisclosure of confidential address in criminal or civil proceeding.