236.10 - PLAINTIFF'S ADDRESS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS.
236.10 PLAINTIFF'S ADDRESS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF
RECORDS.
1. A person seeking relief from domestic abuse under this chapter
may use any of the following addresses as a mailing address for
purposes of filing a petition under this chapter, as well as for the
purpose of obtaining any utility or other service:
a. The mailing address of a shelter or other agency.
b. A public or private post office box.
c. Any other mailing address, with the permission of the
resident of that address.
2. A person shall report any change of address, whether
designated according to subsection 1 or otherwise, to the clerk of
court no more than five days after the previous address on record
becomes invalid.
3. The entire file or a portion of the file in a domestic abuse
case shall be sealed by the clerk of court as ordered by the court to
protect the privacy interest or safety of any person.
4. Notwithstanding subsection 3, court orders and support payment
records shall remain public records, although the court may order
that address and location information be redacted from the public
records. Section History: Early Form
[C81, § 236.10] Section History: Recent Form
97 Acts, ch 175, §229; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1119,
§2; 2000 Acts, ch 1132, §1
Referred to in § 236.3, 915.50