Address Confidentiality Programs

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Address Confidentiality Programs were created to protect victims of stalking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes from offenders who use public records, such as voter or drivers' license registries, to locate them.  These programs give victims a legal substitute address (usually a post office box) to use in place of their physical address; this address can be used whenever an address is required by public agencies.  First class mail sent to the substitute address is forwarded to the victim's actual address.

Twenty-six states have launched Address Confidentiality Programs (see below) and laws governing eligibility vary from state to state.  It is important to remember that these programs can only work if the perpetrator does not know where the victim lives, and when used in conjunction with other safety strategies. 

Arkansas Revenue Division-DL Services Dept. of Finance and Administration PO Box 1272 Little Rock, AR 72203 (510) 682-7052 Arizona Election Division Secretary of State 1700 W. Washington St. 7th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85007 (602) 364-4700 California Safe at Home Program PO Box 846 Sacramento, CA 95812 (877) 322-5227 www.CASafeAtHome.org www.sos.ca.gov/safeathome Colorado Address Confidentiality Program to take effect July 1, 2008 Connecticut Address Confidentiality Program PO Box 150470 Hartford, CT 06115-0470 (860) 509-6006 www.sos.ct.gov/capitol/acp /acpsummary.pdf www.sos.ct.gov/capitol/acp /acplistofentities.pdf Florida Address Confidentiality Program The Capital PL-01 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 1-800-226-6667 Toll Free Kansas Safe at Home – Kansas PO Box 798 Topeka, KS 66601-0798 (785) 296-3806 (785) 368-6311 www.kssos.org/safeathome Louisiana Cynthia Cotten, Coordinator Address Confidentiality Program PO Box 91301 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-1301 (225) 925-4792 1-800-825-3805 acp@sos.louisiana.gov www.sos.louisiana.gov/acp Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts Address Confidentiality Program PO Box 9120 Chelsea, MA 02150-9120 (866) 723-3233 1-866-Safe-ADD Minnesota Minnesota Safe at Home PO Box 17370 St. Paul, MN 55117-0370 (651) 201-1399 or 1-866-723-3075 TTY: 1-800-627-3529 www.sos.state.mn.us Missouri Safe At Home PO Box 1409 Jefferson City, MO 65102-1409 1-866-509-1409 SafeAtHome@sos.mo.gov http://www.sos.missouri.gov/SafeAtHome Montana Address Confidentiality Program PO Box 201410 Helena, MT 59620 (406) 444-5903 http://doj.mt.gov/victims/domesticviolence. asp#addressconfidentiality Maine Address Confidentiality Program 148 Statehouse Station Augusta, ME 04333 (207) 626-8400 http://www.maine.gov/sos/acp/ Maryland Safe at Home PO Box 2995 Annapolis, MD 21401 1-800-633-9657 ext. 3875 http://www.sos.state.md.us/ACP /Information.htm

Nebraska Nebraska Address Confidentiality Program PO Box 92921 Lincoln, NE 68501 (402) 471-3568 1-866-227-6327 AP@sos.ne.gov Nevada Jennifer Foreman Confidential Address Program PO Box 2743 Carson City, NV (888) 432-6189 Toll Free in Nevada (775) 684-5707 http://sos.state.nv.us/information/cap/ New Hampshire Address Confidentiality Program 33 Capital St. Concord, NH 03301-6397 1-800-300-4500 in New Hampshire (603) 271-1240 New Jersey Address Confidentiality Program PO Box 207 Trenton, NJ 08625 (877) 716-6785 North Carolina Address Confidentiality Program 9099 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-9099 (919) 716-6785 www.ncdoj.gov/about/about_division_ address_confidentiality_program.jsp Oklahoma Address Confidentiality Program PO Box 60189 Oklahoma City, OK 73146-0189 (405) 557-1700 1-866-227-7784 Toll Free in Oklahoma www.sos.state.ok.us/acp/acp_welcome.htm Oregon Address Confidentiality Program PO Box 1108 Salem, OR 97308 1-888-559-9090 http://www.doj.state.or.us/crimev /confidentiality.shtml Pennsylvania Address Confidentiality Program c/o Office of the Victim Advocate 1101 S Front St. Suite 5200 Harrisburg, PA 17104 1-800-563-6399 Ra-ovainfo@state.pa.us www.paacp.state.pa.us Texas Address Confidentiality Program, MC-069 PO Box 12199 Austin, TX 78711-2199 (512) 936-1750 888-832-2322 Crimevictims@oag.state.tx.us www.TexasAttorneyGeneral.gov Virginia Address Confidentiality Program Office of the Attorney General Domestic Violence Initiatives Program Coordinator 900 East Main Street Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 786-2071 Washington Address Confidentiality Program PO Box 257 Olympia, WA 98507-0257 (360) 753-2972 http://www.secstate.wa.gov/acp/ West Virginia Address Confidentiality Program 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East Building 1, Suite 157K Charleston, WV 25305-0009 304-558-6000