[§801G-4]  Filing and certification of secondary applicants; authorization card.  (a)  The parent, spouse, domestic partner, child, or legal dependent of a program participant who resides at the same actual address as the program participant and whose participation in the program is necessary for the safety of the program participant may apply to the program as a secondary applicant and shall be assisted by an application assistant; provided that:

     (1)  A parent or guardian may act on behalf of a minor who resides with the parent or guardian; and

     (2)  A guardian shall act on behalf of an incapacitated individual.

     (b)  The application shall be as prescribed by the program director and shall contain the following:

     (1)  The name of the secondary applicant;

     (2)  The actual address of the secondary applicant;

     (3)  The name of the program participant;

     (4)  The actual address of the program participant;

     (5)  A statement by the secondary applicant that disclosure of the secondary applicant's actual address will endanger the program participant's safety;

     (6)  A statement by the program participant that the secondary applicant's participation is necessary for the program participant's safety;

     (7)  A statement by the secondary applicant that the secondary applicant has confidentially relocated with the program participant or will confidentially relocate with the program participant within thirty days of the date of the application and will not disclose the location to assailants or known potential assailants of the program participant;

     (8)  The secondary applicant's written consent that the program shall serve as the secondary applicant's agent for purposes of service of legal process and receiving mail;

     (9)  The mailing address and telephone number where the secondary applicant may be contacted by the program;

    (10)  The secondary applicant's sworn statement that the information contained in the application is true;

    (11)  The program participant's sworn statement that the information contained in the secondary applicant's application is true;

    (12)  An application assistant's statement that the application assistant has met with and discussed the application with the secondary applicant and the program participant and that the application assistant recommends that the secondary applicant be assigned a substitute address; and

    (13)  The date and signature of the secondary applicant, program participant, application assistant, and, if applicable, the secondary applicant's parent or guardian.

     (c)  Upon a determination that an application has been properly completed, the program director may certify the secondary applicant as a secondary program participant and issue the secondary program participant an address confidentiality program authorization card that shall include the program participant's substitute address and remain valid for the same period of time as the program participant's certification; provided that the certification may be canceled pursuant to section 801G-6 or if the program participant's certification is canceled for any reason.

     (d)  The secondary program participant shall submit an application to renew certification at the same time as the program participant.

     (e)  This chapter shall apply to the secondary program participant as if the secondary program participant was a program participant. [L 2018, c 115, pt of §1]