Published way to keep a court address private: petitioners in peace order or protective order cases whose petition states that disclosing their address would put them at risk of further harm may file a Request to Withhold Address form with the petition, using form CC-DC-DV-026 for protective order cases and form CC-DC-PO-021 for peace order cases.
- Non-public and automatic suppression (automatic suppression under expungement law, HB 1336, HB 837, stet after 3 years, as published)
- When you file court documents to open a case, the court requires you to provide copies of those documents - which will include your contact information -- to the other party. This is called service of process. In certain circumstances in which safety is a concern, you may ask the court to keep your contact information private. If you want to open a peace order or protective order case and disclosing your address would put you at risk of further harm, file a Request to Withhold Address form with your petition. For protective order cases, use form CC-DC-DV-026 ; for peace order cases, use form CC-DC-PO-021 . If you are a petitioner in a peace/protective order case and your petition states that disclosing your address would put you at risk of further harm, you may omit your address from all documents filed with the court, including documents in child custody, divorce, and name change cases. If you want to open a peace order or protective order case and disclosing your address would put you at risk of further harm, file a Request to Withhold Address form with your petition. For protective order cases, use form CC-DC-DV-026 ; for peace order cases, use form CC-DC-PO-021 . If you are a petitioner in a peace/protective order case and your petition states that disclosing your address would put you at risk of further harm, you may omit your address from all documents filed with the court, including documents in child custody, divorce, and name change cases. (as published)
- Partial restriction of public access
- When you file court documents to open a case, the court requires you to provide copies of those documents - which will include your contact information -- to the other party. This is called service of process. In certain circumstances in which safety is a concern, you may ask the court to keep your contact information private. If you want to open a peace order or protective order case and disclosing your address would put you at risk of further harm, file a Request to Withhold Address form with your petition. For protective order cases, use form CC-DC-DV-026 ; for peace order cases, use form CC-DC-PO-021 . If you are a petitioner in a peace/protective order case and your petition states that disclosing your address would put you at risk of further harm, you may omit your address from all documents filed with the court, including documents in child custody, divorce, and name change cases. If you want to open a peace order or protective order case and disclosing your address would put you at risk of further harm, file a Request to Withhold Address form with your petition. For protective order cases, use form CC-DC-DV-026 ; for peace order cases, use form CC-DC-PO-021 . If you are a petitioner in a peace/protective order case and your petition states that disclosing your address would put you at risk of further harm, you may omit your address from all documents filed with the court, including documents in child custody, divorce, and name change cases. (as published)