Michigan Laws 752.954 – Sexual assault victim’s request for information; requirements
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 752.954
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- Investigating law enforcement agency: means the local, county, or state law enforcement agency with the primary responsibility for investigating an alleged sexual assault offense case and includes the employees of that agency. See Michigan Laws 752.952
- Law enforcement agency: means the local, county, or state law enforcement agency and includes the employees of that agency. See Michigan Laws 752.952
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- Sexual assault victim: means an individual subjected to a sexual assault offense and, for the purposes of making communications and receiving notices under this act, a person designated by the sexual assault victim under section 4. See Michigan Laws 752.952
(1) When a sexual assault victim requests information from an investigating law enforcement agency under section 5 or 6, the law enforcement agency shall respond by telephone, in writing mailed to the sexual assault victim, or by electronic mail, as specified by the sexual assault victim. If the sexual assault victim is a program participant who requests that the information be mailed to his or her address designated by the department of the attorney general, the law enforcement agency shall respond in writing mailed to the sexual assault victim at that address. If the victim does not specify, the law enforcement agency may respond using any of the methods described in this subsection. If new or updated information becomes available after a response is given to a sexual assault victim’s request, the law enforcement agency may, but is not required to, provide the new or updated information to the sexual assault victim in the absence of a new request from him or her.
(2) This section does not require the law enforcement agency to communicate with the sexual assault victim regarding information if he or she does not specifically make a request to the law enforcement agency.
(3) A sexual assault victim may designate an alternative person to receive the information requested by the sexual assault victim, and the law enforcement agency shall then direct any information to that designated person.
(4) To receive information under this section, the sexual assault victim shall provide the law enforcement agency with the name, address, telephone number, and electronic mail address of the person to whom the information should be provided.
(5) The law enforcement agency may require a sexual assault victim’s request for information under this section to be in writing. If a sexual assault victim has submitted a written request for information, subsequent requests for updated information are not required to be in writing.
(6) As used in subsection (1), “program participant” means that term as defined in section 3 of the address confidentiality program act.