The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
003
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ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 1154a)
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§ 1154a. Agency use of designated address; law enforcement agency
(a) If requested in person by a Program participant to the person creating the record
prior to the creation of the record, and upon proof of participation in the Program
established by this chapter, a law enforcement agency shall use the participant’s
substitute address in:
(1) a summons or complaint for a violation within the jurisdiction of the judicial bureau
as set forth in 4 V.S.A. § 1102.
(2) a citation to appear under Rule 3 of the Vermont Rules of Criminal Procedure; or
(3) an accident report filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(b) Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent a law enforcement agency from requiring that
a Program participant provide his or her actual address upon request from the agency.
(c) A law enforcement agency may, in its discretion, use a substitute address in any record
released by the agency. (Added 2001, No. 28, § 6, eff. May 21, 2001.)