2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, Human Trafficking, Child Abduction, and Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse › Section 6206.7.

6206.7. (a) A program participant may withdraw from program participation by submitting to the Secretary of State written notification of withdrawal and the program participant’s current identification card. Certification shall be terminated on the date of receipt of this notification.
(b) The Secretary of State may terminate a program participant’s certification and invalidate the program participant’s authorization card for any of the following reasons:
(1) The program participant’s certification term has expired and certification renewal has not been completed.
(2) The Secretary of State has been informed that another state agency determined that false information was used in the application process to qualify as a program participant or that participation in the program is being used as a subterfuge to avoid detection of illegal or criminal activity or apprehension by law enforcement.
(3) The program participant no longer resides at the most recent residential address provided to the Secretary of State and has not provided notice in writing of a change in address within 30 days.
(4) A service of process document or mail forwarded to the program participant by the Secretary of State is returned as nondeliverable. Before terminating a program participant’s certification due to nondeliverable mail, the program shall attempt to contact the participant by telephone and email, if available, to resolve the mail delivery issue.
(5) The program participant obtains a legal name change and fails to notify the Secretary of State within 30 days.
(6) The program participant, who reaches 18 years of age during the program participant’s certification term, has not renewed the program participant’s certification within 60 days of reaching 18 years of age.
(7) The program participant moves from their California place of residence to relocate out of state.
(c) The Secretary of State may refuse to renew a program participant’s certification if the adult program participant or the parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor or incapacitated person moves from their California place of residence to another residence in this state. If, however, the program participant or parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor or incapacitated person leaves the state during their valid participation term, they shall not be terminated on the grounds of having abandoned their domicile in this state until they have resided outside of this state for a period of more than 60 consecutive days if relocating to a state with an address confidentiality program. If the program participant or parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor or incapacitated person has relocated to a state without an address confidentiality program, they shall remain enrolled and mail shall be forwarded for the remainder of their certification term.
(d) If intended termination is based on any of the reasons under subdivision (b) or (c), the Secretary of State shall send written notification of the intended termination to the program participant. The program participant shall have 30 days in which to appeal the intended termination under procedures developed by the Secretary of State.
(e) The Secretary of State shall notify in writing the county elections official of the program participant’s certification withdrawal, invalidation, expiration, or termination. The Secretary of State shall cooperate with authorized personnel of the appropriate county clerk’s office, county recording office, and state and local agencies to verify, upon request of any such entity, the program participant’s certification withdrawal, invalidation, expiration, or termination.
(f) Upon receipt of this termination notification, authorized personnel shall transmit to the Secretary of State all appropriate administrative records pertaining to the program participant and the record transmitting agency is no longer responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of a terminated program participant’s record.
(g) Following termination of program participant certification as a result of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the Secretary of State may disclose information contained in the participant’s application.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 975, Sec. 2.5. (AB 2872) Effective January 1, 2023.)