{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"6208","citation":"Gov. Code, § 6208","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1"},{"name":"DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000. - 7599.200.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3.1. Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, Human Trafficking, Child Abduction, and Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse [6205. - 6210.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-7/chapter-3.1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 200, Sec. 3.   (SB 636)   Effective January 1, 2012.","effective":"2012-01-01","html":"<p>The Secretary of State may not make a program participant’s address, other than the address designated by the Secretary of State, or a program participant’s name change available for inspection or copying, except under any of the following circumstances:</p><p>(a) If requested by a law enforcement agency, to the law enforcement agency.</p><p>(b) If directed by a court order, to a person identified in the order.</p><p>(c) If certification has been terminated as a result of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section <a href=\"/gov/6206.7\">6206.7</a>.</p>","text":"The Secretary of State may not make a program participant’s address, other than the address designated by the Secretary of State, or a program participant’s name change available for inspection or copying, except under any of the following circumstances: (a) If requested by a law enforcement agency, to the law enforcement agency. (b) If directed by a court order, to a person identified in the order. (c) If certification has been terminated as a result of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 6206.7.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/address-confidentiality-for-victims-of-domestic-violence-6208","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}