§ 24-30-2109 — Disclosure of actual address prohibited

Colorado § 24-30-2109

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Department of Personnel -

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(1) The executive
director or his or her designee is prohibited from disclosing any address or
telephone number of a program participant other than the substitute address
designated by the executive director or his or her designee, except under any of the
following circumstances:

(a) The information is required by direction of a court order pursuant to
section 24-30-2111. However, any person to whom a program participant's address
or telephone number has been disclosed shall not disclose the address or
telephone number to any other person unless permitted to do so by order of the
court.

(b) The executive director or his or her designee grants a request by an
agency pursuant to section 24-30-2110.

(c) The program participant is required to disclose the participant's actual
address as part of a registration required by the Colorado Sex Offender
Registration Act, article 22 of title 16, C.R.S.

(2) The executive director or his or her designee shall provide immediate
notification of disclosure to a program participant when disclosure is made
pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) of this section.

(3) If, at the time of application, an applicant or an individual designated in
section 24-30-2105 (3)(j) is subject to a court order related to dissolution of
marriage proceedings, child support, or the allocation of parental responsibilities or
parenting time, the executive director or his or her designee shall notify the court
that issued the order of the certification of the program participant in the address
confidentiality program and the substitute address designated by the executive
director or his or her designee. If, at the time of application, an applicant or an
individual designated in section 24-30-2105 (3)(j) is involved in a court action
related to dissolution of marriage proceedings, child support, or the allocation of
parental responsibilities or parenting time, the executive director or his or her
designee shall notify the court having jurisdiction over the action of the certification
of the applicant in the address confidentiality program and the substitute address
designated by the executive director or his or her designee.

(4) No person shall knowingly and intentionally obtain a program
participant's actual address or telephone number from the executive director or his
or her designee or an agency knowing that the person is not authorized to obtain
the address information.

(5) No employee of the executive director or his or her designee or of an
agency shall knowingly and intentionally disclose a program participant's actual
address or telephone number unless the disclosure is permissible by law. This
subsection (5) only applies when an employee obtains a participant's actual
address or telephone number during the course of the employee's official duties
and, at the time of disclosure, the employee has specific knowledge that the actual
address or telephone number disclosed belongs to a participant.

(6) Any person who knowingly and intentionally obtains or discloses
information in violation of this part 21 shall be guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor and
shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501, C.R.S.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2011: Entire part added with relocations, (HB 11-1080), ch. 256, p. 1116, � 2, effective June 2. L. 2015: (1)(a) amended, (HB 15-1174), ch. 42, p. 104, � 4, effective March 20.