Keep a protected person's identity and location off a public protection-order record
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the draft notice, filing, or web entry, list any name, address, or other detail that would reveal the protected person's identity or location, and whether the protected person has asked to be told of a registration. Do not decide what may be published.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides what may be published or sent. 18 U.S.C. § 2265(d)(3) says a State, Indian tribe, or territory shall not make available publicly on the internet any information about the registration, filing of a petition for, or issuance of a protection order, restraining order, or injunction, in the issuing or enforcing jurisdiction, if publication would be likely to reveal publicly the identity or location of the protected party. The same paragraph allows sharing of court-generated and law-enforcement-generated information in secure governmental registries for enforcement. Section 2265(d)(1) says the enforcing jurisdiction shall not notify the restrained party that the order has been registered or filed unless the protected party asks for that notice. Section 2265(d)(2) says a qualifying order is entitled to full faith and credit even if it was not registered in the enforcing jurisdiction. Separately, 34 U.S.C. § 12291 defines personally identifying information to include information likely to disclose the location of a victim, and bars a VAWA grantee from releasing it except as that section allows.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes preparing preliminary structure or wording. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Check the current court or regulator requirements, prescribed form and attachments for the intended document and filing.
- Confirm that the actual tool, feature and processing terms permit use of this information, including access, retention, training and disclosure conditions.
- Obtain and inspect the relevant current official register or search result. Confirm identities, interests and the date and scope of the search.
- Verify the applicable jurisdiction and the version of each relevant law, rule or instrument in force at the material time.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.