Gov. Code, § 6215.12 · Chapter 3.2. Address Confidentiality for Reproductive Health Care Service Providers, Employees, Volunteers, Patients, and Other Individuals Who Face Threats or Violence Because of Work for a Public Entity
Gov. Code, § 6215.12
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The Secretary of State shall provide each program participant a notice in clear and conspicuous font that contains all of the following information:
(a) The program participant is authorized by law to request to use his or her address designated by the Secretary of State on real property deeds, change of ownership forms, and deeds of trust when purchasing or selling a home.
(b) The program participant may create a revocable living trust and place his or her real property into the trust to protect his or her residential street address from disclosure in real property transactions.
(c) The program participant may obtain a change of his or her legal name to protect his or her anonymity.
(d) A list of contact information for entities that the program participant may contact to receive information on, or receive legal services for, the creation of a trust to hold real property or obtaining a name change, including county bar associations, legal aid societies, state and local agencies, or other nonprofit organizations that may be able to assist program participants.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 881, Sec. 3. (AB 2263) Effective January 1, 2017.
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