2019 US Code
Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subtitle I - Comprehensive Acts
Chapter 121 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subchapter III - Violence Against Women
Part B - Safe Homes for Women
Subpart 1 - Confidentiality for Abused Persons
Sec. 12321 - Confidentiality of abused person's address
| 34 U.S.C. § 12321 (2019) |
| §12321. Confidentiality of abused person's address |
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(a) Regulations
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. (b) RequirementsThe regulations under subsection (a) shall require— (1) in the case of an individual, the presentation to an appropriate postal official of a valid, outstanding protection order; and (2) 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. (d) Existing compilationsCompilations 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). |
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(Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, §40281, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1938.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 10410 of title 42, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), was generally amended by Pub. L. 111–320, title II, §201, Dec. 20, 2010, 124 Stat. 3497, and, as so amended, no longer contains provisions relating to grants for State domestic violence coalitions. See section 10411 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 13951 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. |
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1 See References in Text note below. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
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| Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT Subtitle I - Comprehensive Acts CHAPTER 121 - VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SUBCHAPTER III - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Part B - Safe Homes for Women subpart 1 - confidentiality for abused persons Sec. 12321 - Confidentiality of abused person's address |
| section 12321 |
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| January 24, 2020 |
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| standard |
| 108 Stat. 1938 124 Stat. 3497 |
| Public Law 103-322, Public Law 111-320 |
