34 U.S.C. § 12321 — Confidentiality of abused person’s address
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-322 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 168 words · no verdicts yet
The Postal Service must make rules protecting the addresses of domestic violence shelters and abuse victims. People must show a protection order, and shelters must prove they qualify, before the Postal Service can release such information. Existing address lists made before an order was shown are not covered by these rules.
(a) Regulations. Within 90 days after September 13, 1994, the United States Postal Service had to write rules to protect the confidential addresses of domestic violence* shelters and abused people.
(b) Requirements. Those rules must require proof before addresses are shared: (1) an individual must show a postal official a valid, current protection order; and (2) a domestic violence shelter must show a postal authority proof from a state domestic violence coalition, a coalition that meets the standards in section 10410 of title 42, verifying that the organization really is a domestic violence shelter.
(c) Disclosure for certain purposes. The rules cannot stop addresses from being shared with state or federal agencies for legitimate law enforcement* or other government purposes.
(d) Existing compilations. Any address lists that already existed before a protection order was shown to a postal official are not covered by these confidentiality rules.
Not later than 90 days after September 13, 1994, the United States Postal Service shall promulgate regulations to secure the confidentiality of domestic violence* shelters and abused persons’ addresses.
The regulations under subsection (a) shall require—
in the case of an individual, the presentation to an appropriate postal official of a valid, outstanding protection order; and
in the case of a domestic violence shelter, the presentation to an appropriate postal authority of proof from a State domestic violence coalition that meets the requirements of section 10410 1 of title 42 verifying that the organization is a domestic violence shelter.
The regulations under subsection (a) shall not prohibit the disclosure of addresses to State or Federal agencies for legitimate law enforcement* or other governmental purposes.
Compilations of addresses existing at the time at which order is presented to an appropriate postal official shall be excluded from the scope of the regulations under subsection (a).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40281, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1938.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 1938
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