Address Confidentiality Programs by State

An Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) is a state-administered program that provides eligible individuals, typically survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking, with a legal substitute address. Mail sent to the substitute address is forwarded privately to the participant's actual residence, keeping the real location confidential on public records like voter registration, DMV, and court filings.

44 US states and the District of Columbia operate Address Confidentiality Programs as of 2026. States without programs: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming. Eligibility, protections, and services vary by state, most cover DV/sexual-assault/stalking survivors, some extend to judges, law enforcement, election workers, and reproductive-healthcare providers.

ACP and data broker opt-out are complementary. An ACP stops your address from appearing on new government records (voter rolls, DMV, court filings). Broker opt-out removes your address from commercial aggregators that scraped older records. Combined, they provide a strong layered defense: ACP prevents new exposure, broker cleanup removes existing exposure.

Varies by state. Most ACPs were originally designed for DV/stalking survivors. Some states (notably New Jersey, California, Maryland) have expanded coverage through Daniel's Law-equivalent statutes to include judges, prosecutors, law enforcement, and their immediate family. Check your state's specific program eligibility.

No. You must apply through the administering agency, typically with documentation of eligibility (police report, protective order, advocate letter). Application processing takes 2-6 weeks. Once enrolled, you receive a substitute address and training on how to use it across all records.

Indirectly. ACPs protect the government-record layer (voter rolls, court records, DMV) but do not remove data already held by private brokers. To remove commercial broker records, you still need to submit CCPA/GDPR-style deletion requests. OfflistMe generates these requests for 500+ brokers at once.

To apply for an ACP, contact the administering agency in your state (listed in the directory above) or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233) to be connected with a certified advocate. All states require you to work with a trained application assistant, you cannot apply entirely on your own. Processing typically takes 2–6 weeks. Once enrolled, you receive a state-managed substitute address for use on all government records.

Typical supporting documents include: a police report from a domestic violence or stalking incident, an active or expired protective order, a court record, a medical record from an emergency visit, or a sworn statement from a DV advocate. You generally need only one credible document. Contact your state program before applying to confirm which documents they accept.

Yes. Once enrolled, you use the state-provided substitute address for voter registration, DMV records, court filings, USPS change-of-address, utilities, and most other government records. Mail sent to the substitute address is privately forwarded to your real location by the state program. Some ACPs also provide an address for use with your employer.