Definitions

. As used in this chapter: "Actual address" means a residential, work, or school address as specified on an applicant's application and includes the applicant's county of residence and voting precinct. "Address confidentiality program" or "program" means the program established by section 801G-2. "Agency" means an agency or instrumentality of the State or any of its political subdivisions. "Applicant" includes a primary applicant and a secondary applicant. "Application assistant" means a current employee or volunteer serving a victim services organization who is certified by the program pursuant to this chapter to assist individuals with applications to participate in the program; provided that an application assistant shall not be an employee of the program. "Department" means the department of law enforcement. "Domestic abuse" shall have the same meaning as in section 586-1. "Primary applicant" means an individual who is applying to participate in the address confidentiality program as a victim of domestic abuse, a sexual offense, or stalking; provided that a parent or guardian applying on behalf of a minor or an incapacitated person shall not be considered a primary applicant; provided further that a parent or guardian may apply as a secondary applicant under section 801G-4. "Program director" means the director of the address confidentiality program. "Program participant" or "participant" means an individual accepted into the address confidentiality program, and includes a primary participant and a secondary participant. "Public record" means all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, digital data, artifacts, or other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance in connection with the transaction of public business by a state or local government agency. "Sexual offense" means an act described in section 707‑730, 707-731, 707-732, 707-733, 707-733.6, 707-734, 707-741, 707-750, 707-752, 707-756, 707-757, or 707-759. "Stalking" means any act described in sections 711-1106.4 and 711-1106.5. "Substitute address" means an address that is used instead of an actual address and assigned to a participant under the address confidentiality program. "Victim services organization" means a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that provides assistance to, or advocates for, victims of domestic abuse or sexual violence, including rape crisis centers; an organization operating a shelter or providing professional counseling services; or an organization that provides assistance with the legal process including but not limited to the victim-witness assistance program and victim-witness assistance units established in section 28‑111.