Rule 1-205 - Address of Participant in Address Confidentiality Program(a) Generally. If an individual who is a participant in the Address Confidentiality Program presents an address designated by the State Secretary of State as a substitute address, the court shall accept that address as the individual's address. Cross reference: See Code, State Government Article, §§ 7-301 through 7-313, establishing an Address Confidentiality Program for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, or human trafficking.
(b) Prohibition. The court may not require a program participant to submit any address that could be used to physically locate the program participant either (1) as a substitute for or in addition to the designated address, or (2) as a condition of receiving a service or benefit unless the service or benefit would be impossible to provide without knowledge of the program participant's actual physical location.Adopted Dec. 4, 2018, eff. 1/1/2019; amended Feb. 9, 2022, eff. 4/1/2022.