Application for substitute address

(a) Except for a person described in § 40-38-603, an adult person, or a parent or fiduciary acting on behalf of a minor or person with a disability, may apply to the secretary of state with the assistance of an application assistant to have an address designated by the secretary of state serve as the person’s substitute address, or the substitute address of the minor or person with a disability on whose behalf the application is filed, where the applicant, or the individual on whose behalf the application is filed, resides at an address not previously identified in any public record as the person’s address, or has relocated to a new residence within the preceding thirty (30) calendar days or presently intends to relocate to a new residence within ninety (90) calendar days from the date of the application. The application shall be made on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and filed in the office of the secretary of state in the manner prescribed by the secretary of state. (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Parent: includes biological and adoptive parents, as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601participant: 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 40-38-601Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.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 40-38-601program: 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 40-38-601Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105secretary: means the secretary of state of Tennessee and any designee of the secretary. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.Sexual offense: means a sexual offense or violent sexual offense as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105State: 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 1-3-105Substitute 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. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601(b) The application must contain all of the following: (1) The mailing address and telephone number or numbers at which the secretary of state may contact the applicant; (2) The address or addresses of the applicant’s residence, school, institution of higher education, business, or place of employment that the applicant requests not be disclosed for the reason that disclosure will increase the risk that the applicant, or the minor or person with a disability on whose behalf the application is made, will be threatened or physically harmed by another person; (3) Documentary evidence that, either: (A) There exists an ongoing criminal case that may result or a criminal case that has resulted in a conviction by a judge or jury or by a defendant‘s guilty plea, in which the applicant, or the minor or person with a disability on whose behalf the application was filed, was a victim of domestic abuse, stalking, human trafficking, rape, sexual battery, or any other sexual offense; or (B) A court of competent jurisdiction has granted an order of protection to the applicant, or the minor or person with a disability on whose behalf the application is made, and which is in effect at the time of application; (4) In the absence of an ongoing criminal case that may result or has resulted in a conviction or an order of protection granted by a court of competent jurisdiction within this state which is in effect at the time of application, a notarized statement by a lic