PURPOSE: This rule facilitates the administration of the Safe at Home Program in accordance with sections 589.660–589.681, RSMo. This rule describes the manner and process of exercise of program participant privileges.

1. (1) A program participant shall request that a court or state or local agency use the designated address assigned by the secretary as her/his address at the time of creation of any new record.
2. (2) A program participant shall show her or his authorization card/letter to the court or state or local agency official creating a new record and request address confidentiality through use of the designated address in lieu of her/his address. The designated address shall appear on the program participant’s authorization card/letter.
3. (3) Authorized court or state or local agency personnel may make a file photocopy of the authorization card/letter and shall immediately return the authorization card/letter to the program participant.
4. (4) A court or state or local agency shall accept the designated address unless the agency has received a written record disclosure determination from the secretary under section 589.669 or 589.672, RSMo and these rules.
5. (5) A court or state or local agency shall not question the program participant about the details or circumstances of her/his inclusion in the program. Rather, the court or agency shall accept the determination made by the secretary that she/he is a certified program participant.
6. (6) Authorized court or state or local agency personnel may request verification from the secretary of a program participant’s residency in a geographic service district where such information is necessary to determine eligibility for agency services for the program participant or the participant’s minor children, including but not limited to the verification of the participant’s residence in a school or library district. Such requests shall be made in writing to the secretary of state. The secretary may respond verbally to such requests and confirm residency in the district without disclosing the program participant’s address.

AUTHORITY: section 589.681, RSMo Supp. 2007.* Emergency rule filed Aug. 17, 2007, effective Aug. 28, 2007, expired Feb. 28, 2008. Original rule filed Aug. 17, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008.

*Original authority: 589.681, RSMo 2007.