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§ 6215.5

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(a)A program participant may request that state and local agencies use the address designated by the Secretary of State as his or her address. When creating a public record, state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the Secretary of State as a program participant’s substitute address, unless the Secretary of State has determined both of the following:
(1)The agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of the address that would otherwise be confidential under this chapter.
(2)This address will be used only for those statutory and administrative purposes and shall not be publicly disseminated.
(b)A program participant may request that state and local agencies use the address designated by the Secretary of State as his or her address. When modifying or maintaining a public record, excluding the record of any birth, fetal death, death, or marriage registered under Division 102 (commencing with Section 102100) of the Health and Safety Code, state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the Secretary of State as a program participant’s substitute address, unless the Secretary of State has determined both of the following:
(1)The agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of the address that would otherwise be confidential under this chapter.
(2)This address will be used only for those statutory and administrative purposes and shall not be publicly disseminated.
(c)A program participant may use the address designated by the Secretary of State as his or her work address.
(d)The office of the Secretary of State shall forward all first-class mail and all mail sent by a governmental agency to the appropriate program participants. The office of the Secretary of State may, in its discretion, refuse to handle or forward packages regardless of size or type of mailing.
(e)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), program participants shall comply with the provisions specified in subdivision
(d)of Section 1808.21 of the Vehicle Code if requesting suppression of the records maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Program participants shall also comply with all other provisions of the Vehicle Code relating to providing current address information to the department.
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