Iowa Code 9E.1 – Purpose
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 9E.1
- Address: means a residential street address, school address, or work address of an individual, as specified on the individual's application to be a program participant under this chapter. See Iowa Code 9E.2
- Domestic abuse: means the same as defined in section 236. See Iowa Code 9E.2
- Domestic abuse assault: means the same as defined in section 708. See Iowa Code 9E.2
- Human trafficking: means a crime described in section 710A. See Iowa Code 9E.2
- Program: means the address confidentiality program established in this chapter. See Iowa Code 9E.2
- Secretary: means the secretary of state. See Iowa Code 9E.2
- Sexual abuse: means a violation of any provision of chapter 709. See Iowa Code 9E.2
- Stalking: means the same as defined in section 708. See Iowa Code 9E.2
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
The general assembly finds that individuals attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, assault, stalking, or human trafficking frequently establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable assailants from finding them. The purpose of this chapter is to enable state and local agencies to respond to requests for data without disclosing the location of a victim of domestic abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, assault, stalking, or human trafficking; to enable interagency cooperation with the secretary of state in providing address confidentiality for victims of domestic abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, assault, stalking, or human trafficking; and to enable program participants to use an address designated by the secretary of state as a substitute mailing address for the purposes specified in this chapter. In addition, the purpose of this chapter is to prevent such victims from being physically located through a public records search.