Safe At Home Compliance
Safe At Home Compliance
Safe at Home program participants use the substitute address when interacting with state and local government agencies. When presented a Safe At Home ID card, state and local government agencies must accept the substitute address as the participant's address when creating a public record. The substitute address may be used in place of the participant's home, work, school, or mailing address. Generally, agencies cannot require the participant to disclose her or his real address. However, some agencies may have a need to know your physical address. If they have been granted a bona fide exemption from the Secretary of State's Office, they may require a physical address. The agencies are strictly prohibited from publicly sharing the address information.
- For the purpose of determining residency in the district
- Establishing bus service to Safe at Home enrollees
- Tax purposes
- For issuance of driver's licenses
- Police data sharing when necessary
- Enroll Safe at Home participants
- Creation or maintenance of new business
Agencies
Safe at Home laws require state and local government agencies to accept a Safe at Home participant's substitute address when presented with a current Safe at Home ID card. Please contact Safe at Home with any questions about the requirements and agency compliance at [email protected], or 404-656-2881
The Department of Human Services may ask for your physical address to verify you receive the proper services. They are required to use the substitute address when processing applications and for all correspondence.
School districts may have the participant’s physical address to determine eligibility of enrollment and to establish bus service but are required to use the substitute address on all public records.
The Secretary of State's Office serves as the participant's legal agent for service of process. Staff can accept service on behalf of the program participant with any process, notice, or demand. Service can be accepted by mail or in-person but must include the participant's name and substitute address.
Real estate holdings are exempt from the program. If a participant purchases real estate, the address will be publicly available.
Law enforcement agencies are not excluded from accepting a participant's substitute address. The substitute address must be used as the participant's home, work, or school address on new records created by a law enforcement agency. Those include incident reports, citations, witness statements, or arrest reports.