{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-555.07","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 4-555.07","heading":"Program participation and procedures.","body":"(a)\nIf, at any time, a participant is subject to an order or is involved in an action of a tribunal, OVSJG shall notify the relevant tribunal of the participant's certification.\n\n(b)\n(1)\nNo person shall be compelled to disclose a participant's actual address during any proceeding before a tribunal unless the tribunal finds, based upon clear and convincing evidence, that:\n(A)\nA party will suffer material harm without disclosure of the participant's actual address;\n(B)\nThe harm to the participant is substantially outweighed by the material harm to the party requesting disclosure of the participant's actual address;\n(C)\nThere are no alternatives to disclosure of the participant's actual address that would address the material harm; and\n(D)\nThe disclosure is narrowly tailored in both scope and manner to disclose the minimum amount of participant information necessary to address the material harm.\n(2)\nA tribunal may seal the portion of any record that contains a participant's actual address.\n\n(c)\nNothing in this subchapter, including the fact that a person is a participant, shall affect an existing or future order relating to the allocation of custody, parental responsibilities, or parenting time.\n\n(d)\nParticipation in the Program shall not constitute evidence of a covered offense.\n\n(e)\nWhenever the laws of the District provide a participant a legal duty to act within a prescribed period of 10 days or less after the service of a notice or other paper upon the participant, and the notice or paper is served upon the participant by mail pursuant to this subchapter, 5 days shall be added to the prescribed period.","path":["Title 4. Public Care Systems.","Chapter 5. Victims of Crime.","Subchapter III-A. Crime Victims' Address Confidentiality."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/4-555.07","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e1a20b5da472483bfa4b6578a32bfcaf27bb3dbe85fae369e9e9dbcc43f33629","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-555.06","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-555.08"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}