Missouri Laws 589.660 – Definitions
As used in sections 589.660 to 589.681, the following terms mean:
(1) “Address”, a residential street address, school address, or work address of a person, as specified on the person’s application to be a program participant;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 589.660
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Application assistant”, an employee or volunteer of a government agency, or of a nonprofit program that provides counseling, referral, shelter, or other specialized service to victims of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking, or other crimes who has been designated by the respective agency or program, and who has been trained and registered by the secretary of state to assist individuals in the completion of program participation applications;
(3) “Designated address”, the address assigned to a program participant by the secretary;
(4) “Mailing address”, an address that is recognized for delivery by the United States Postal Service;
(5) “Program”, the address confidentiality program established in section 589.663;
(6) “Program participant”, a person certified by the secretary of state as eligible to participate in the address confidentiality program;
(7) “Secretary”, the secretary of state.