{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-9a-4","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 9A, § 4","heading":"Acceptance of address designations by secretary as a substitute address for program participants","body":"Section 4. Upon demonstration by a program participant of his certification in the program, state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the secretary as a program participant's substitute address when creating a new public record unless the secretary has determined that:\n(1) The agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of the participant's actual residential address, such that it is unable to fulfill its statutory duties and obligations without such residential address; and\n(2) The participant's actual residential address will be used only for those statutory and administrative purposes.","path":["Part I","Title II","Chapter 9A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter9A/Section4","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:19:47Z","sha256":"4d44b6d0d35d04ce08464e31ffd187769d48ce65e14ca80fd342c6eff7d91d73","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-9a-3","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-9a-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}