(a) A program participant shall notify the office of the secretary of state of any change in the participant’s residence address and application information within thirty (30) days after any change has occurred by submitting a notice of change to the office of the secretary of state on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. If registered to vote, the applicant shall also complete a change of address form for voter registration purposes.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-38-605

  • Applicant: means the person who applies to be a program participant and who is or has been a victim of domestic abuse, stalking, human trafficking, rape, sexual battery, or another sexual offense. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • Application: means the form or forms submitted, in the manner prescribed by the secretary of state, by an individual requesting certification for the address confidentiality program. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • Application assistant: means an employee or volunteer at an agency or organization that serves victims of domestic abuse, stalking, human trafficking, rape, sexual battery, or any other sexual offense, who has received training and certification from the secretary of state to help individuals complete applications to be program participants. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • Co-applicant: means the spouse, parent, or fiduciary of the applicant who lives in the same residence as the applicant at the time the application is made and who resides in the same residence with the applicant while the applicant is a program participant. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • participant: means a person who is certified by the secretary of state as a program participant and who is an applicant, co-applicant, the child of an applicant or co-applicant, or a person with a disability for whom an applicant or co-applicant serves as a fiduciary. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • program: means the program created under this part to protect the confidentiality of the confidential address of a relocated victim of domestic abuse, stalking, human trafficking, rape, sexual battery, or any other sexual offense. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • secretary: means the secretary of state of Tennessee and any designee of the secretary. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Substitute address: means an address designated by the secretary of state under the address confidentiality program that is used instead of a confidential address as set forth by this part. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
(b) The certification of a program participant shall be valid for four (4) years after the date of the filing of the application for the program participant, unless the certification is withdrawn or invalidated before the end of that four-year period.
(c) A program participant who continues to be eligible to participate in the program may renew the program participant’s certification by submitting a renewal application to the secretary of state with or without the assistance of an application assistant. The renewal application shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall contain all of the information described in § 40-38-604,except for the information described in § 40-38-604(b)(6) and (11).
(d) A co-applicant who was under eighteen (18) years of age when enrolled in the program, but who is at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time the renewal application is submitted, may renew the co-applicant’s participation in the program by submitting a renewal application to the secretary of state with the assistance of an application assistant. The renewal application must be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and contain all of the information described in§ 40-38-604, except for the information described in§ 40-38-604(b)(6).
(e) When a program participant renews the program participant’s certification, the program participant shall continue to use the program participant’s original program participant identification number and substitute address.
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