Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 48 > Article 28A - Address Confidentiality Program

• Application assistant: means an employee of a state or local agency, or of a nonprofit program that provides counseling, referral, shelter or other specialized service to victims of domestic abuse, rape, sexual assault or stalking, and who has been designated by the respective agency or nonprofit program, and trained, accepted and registered by the Secretary of State to assist individuals in the completion of program participation applications. See West Virginia Code 48-28A-102
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Designated address: means the address assigned to a program participant by the Secretary of State pursuant to section one hundred three of this article. See West Virginia Code 48-28A-102
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Mailing address: means an address that is recognized for delivery by the United States Postal Service. See West Virginia Code 48-28A-102
• Program: means the Address Confidentiality Program established by this article. See West Virginia Code 48-28A-102
• Program participant: means a person certified by the Secretary of State to participate in the program. See West Virginia Code 48-28A-102
• Residential Address: means a residential street, school or work address of an individual, as specified on the individual'. See West Virginia Code 48-28A-102
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• State: means a state of the United States, or the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See West Virginia Code 48-14-601