(a) The Secretary of State may make a program participant's residential or mailing address available for inspection or copying, under the following circumstances:

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Terms Used In West Virginia Code 48-28A-106

  • Mailing address: means an address that is recognized for delivery by the United States Postal Service. See West Virginia Code 48-28A-102
  • Program: means the Address Confidentiality Program established by this article. See West Virginia Code 48-28A-102
  • State: means a state of the United States, or the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See West Virginia Code 48-14-601

(1) Upon request of a law enforcement agency in the manner provided for by rule; or

(2) Upon request of the head of a state agency or designee in the manner provided for by rule and upon a showing of a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of the program participant's residential or mailing address, such that the agency head or designee is unable to fulfill statutory duties and obligations without the program participant's residential or mailing address.