Protected person request

Use this form to take a home off PublicGIS if a law protects the address of the person who lives there, or if you act for that person. These laws include New Jersey's Daniel's Law (N.J.S.A. 56:8-166.1), the federal Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act, Minnesota's Safe at Home law and judicial official law, and similar laws in other states.

Who can ask: anyone whose home address a law protects, and family members who live with them. That includes active, former and retired judges and court staff, prosecutors and public defenders, law enforcement and corrections officers, and New Jersey child protective investigators; elected officials and election workers; firefighters, health and public health workers, reproductive health care providers and educators where their state protects them; Safe at Home and other address confidentiality program participants; and survivors of domestic violence, stalking or harassment. If you are not sure a law covers you, send the request anyway.

The whole property is hidden from the map, search, address lists, our API and any owner contact lookup the moment you send this form, before anyone reviews it. It stays hidden when we refresh our data. We do not ask for proof of who you are.

We confirm each request within 2 business days. The laws give a business anywhere from no time at all to 30 days to act, depending on the state and the person; New Jersey allows 10 business days and federal law 72 hours for federal judges. Because we hide the home at once, we act well inside all of them.

You do not have to use this form. You can email a written request to privacy@publicgis.com, yourself or through an agent or privacy service acting for you. Give the home address and say that the person is protected. The clock starts when your email reaches us.

Who are you? Your name Optional Your email We send the confirmation here Home street address City or town State ZIP code Unpublished home phone to hide Optional. Hidden from owner contact results everywhere on PublicGIS. I am a person protected by Daniel's Law or a similar law, or authorized to act for one. Please stop showing this home address and phone number.

We keep your name and email only to confirm and answer this request, and erase them 30 days after it is closed. We keep the address, the dates and what we hid, so the home stays hidden and we can show we honored the request. A phone number is kept only as a keyed fingerprint that lets us recognize it.

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Other records

This hides the home on PublicGIS only. County records and other websites are separate, and each needs its own request. New Jersey covered persons can ask the state to redact government records through the Office of Information Privacy. Minnesota Safe at Home participants can file a real property notice with their county.

In danger right now? Call 911. To hide a home for any safety reason, open it on the map, choose Report incorrect or protected information, and pick Immediate safety concern.

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