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1 1 HOUSE FILE 2522
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO ADDRESSES USED BY PERSONS SEEKING RELIEF FROM
1 5 DOMESTIC ABUSE.
1 6
1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 8
1 9 Section 1. Section 236.3, subsections 1 and 2, Code 1999,
1 10 are amended to read as follows:
1 11 1. Name of the plaintiff and the name and address of the
1 12 plaintiff's attorney, if any. If the plaintiff is proceeding
1 13 pro se, the petition shall state a mailing address for the
1 14 plaintiff. A mailing address may be provided by the plaintiff
1 15 pursuant to section 236.10.
1 16 2. Name and address of the parent or guardian filing the
1 17 petition, if the petition is being filed on behalf of an
1 18 unemancipated minor. For the purposes of this chapter,
1 19 "plaintiff" includes a person filing an action on behalf of an
1 20 unemancipated minor. A mailing address may be provided by the
1 21 plaintiff pursuant to section 236.10.
1 22 Sec. 2. Section 236.10, Code 1999, is amended to read as
1 23 follows:
1 24 236.10 CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS.
1 25 1. A person seeking relief from domestic abuse under this
1 26 chapter may use any of the following addresses as a mailing
1 27 address for purposes of filing a petition under this chapter,
1 28 as well as for the purpose of obtaining any utility or other
1 29 service:
1 30 a. The mailing address of a shelter or other agency.
1 31 b. A public or private post office box.
1 32 c. Any other mailing address, with the permission of the
1 33 resident of that address.
1 34 2. A person shall report any change of address, whether
1 35 designated according to subsection 1 or otherwise, to the
2 1 clerk of court no more than five days after the previous
2 2 address on record becomes invalid.
2 3 3. The file in a domestic abuse case shall be sealed by
2 4 the clerk of court when it is complete and after the time for
2 5 appeal has expired. However, the clerk shall open the file
2 6 upon application to and order of the court for good cause
2 7 shown or upon request of the child support recovery unit.
2 8 Support payment records, whether maintained by the clerk of
2 9 the district court or the department of human services, are
2 10 public records and may be released upon request. However, a
2 11 payment record shall not include address or location
2 12 information.
2 13
2 14
2 15
2 16 BRENT SIEGRIST
2 17 Speaker of the House
2 18
2 19
2 20
2 21 MARY E. KRAMER
2 22 President of the Senate
2 23
2 24 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
2 25 is known as House File 2522, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
2 26
2 27
2 28
2 29 ELIZABETH ISAACSON
2 30 Chief Clerk of the House
2 31 Approved , 2000
2 32
2 33
2 34
2 35 THOMAS J. VILSACK
3 1 Governor
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