As used in this part:

(1) “Address confidentiality program” or “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;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-38-601

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  • 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
  • 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
  • Confidential address: means the actual address of a program participant's residence, school, institution of higher education, business, or place of employment, as specified on an application to be a program participant or on a notice of change of address filed under this part. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Parent: includes biological and adoptive parents, as defined in §. 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
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Process: means judicial process and all orders, demands, notices, or other papers required or permitted by law to be served on a program participant. 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
  • Sexual offense: means a sexual offense or violent sexual offense as defined in §. 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
(2) “Administrator of elections” means the chief county election administrative officer appointed by the county election commission and such official’s designee or designees;
(3) “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;
(4) “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;
(5) “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;
(6) “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;
(7) “Confidential address” means the actual address of a program participant’s residence, school, institution of higher education, business, or place of employment, as specified on an application to be a program participant or on a notice of change of address filed under this part;
(8) “Coordinator of elections” means the official appointed by the secretary of state in accordance with § 2-11-201 as the chief administrative election officer of the state and such official’s designee or designees;
(9) “Domestic abuse” has the same meaning as defined in § 36-3-601;
(10) “Domestic abuse victim” has the same meaning as defined in § 36-3-601;
(11) “Fiduciary” has the same meaning as defined in § 34-1-101;
(12) “Governmental entity” means the state, a political subdivision of the state, or any department, agency, board, commission, or other instrumentality of the state or a political subdivision of the state;
(13) “Human trafficking” has the same meaning as used in § 39-13-314;
(14) [Deleted by 2021 amendment.]
(15) “Parent” includes biological and adoptive parents, as defined in § 36-1-102;
(16) “Person with a disability” has the same meaning as defined in § 34-1-101;
(17) “Process” means judicial process and all orders, demands, notices, or other papers required or permitted by law to be served on a program participant;
(18) “Program participant” or “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;
(19) “Secretary of state” or “secretary” means the secretary of state of Tennessee and any designee of the secretary;
(20) “Sexual offender” has the same meaning as defined in § 40-39-202;
(21) “Sexual offense” means a sexual offense or violent sexual offense as defined in § 40-39-202;
(22) “Stalking” has the same meaning as defined in § 39-17-315; and
(23) “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.