Address Confidentiality Programs by State: Evidence and Limits

What does the live Address Confidentiality Program matrix establish?

As checked October 9, 2026, the live matrix confirms a current Address Confidentiality Program in 32 jurisdictions and records applicant classes in 21; the 19-jurisdiction remainder is an evidence hold, not a no-program finding.

The Address Confidentiality Programs by State matrix is the T1 fact layer for this explainer. It contains 32 live current-program cells and 21 live applicant-class cells. Those two counts answer different questions: a program-existence cell confirms a current program or authorization, while an applicant-class cell records the classes expressly named in the accepted state source.

Eleven jurisdictions with a live program cell do not yet have a live applicant-class cell in this matrix: Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin. The missing applicant-class evidence does not mean those programs accept nobody. It means the matrix does not yet establish the classes.

The 19 jurisdictions outside the 32-cell program set are also unresolved rather than negative. Their captured source rows are not yet confirmed, so this page does not say those states lack a program. The exact remainder is Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

The current matrix does not establish a nationwide rule for substitute-address issuance, mail forwarding, covered record systems, agency acceptance, retroactivity, duration, disclosure exceptions, downstream copies, or participant-name publication. It also cannot decide whether a particular person qualifies. Those fields remain explicit limits rather than conclusions inferred from the program and applicant-class counts.

Where does the matrix confirm a current program?

The live matrix confirms a current Address Confidentiality Program in 32 jurisdictions; it has no live program-existence cell for the remaining 19 jurisdictions and therefore supports no negative conclusion about them.

The 32-jurisdiction finding is the count of the exact verified program-existence keys below. Each token links the claim to one live jurisdiction cell rather than to an outside URL.

• Arizona — Yes (source); California — Yes (source); Colorado — Yes (source); District of Columbia — Yes (source); Georgia — Yes (source); Hawaii — Yes (source); Iowa — Yes (source); Kentucky — Yes (source).
• Louisiana — Yes (source); Massachusetts — Yes (source); Maryland — Yes (source); Maine — Yes (source); Michigan — Yes (source); Missouri — Yes (source); Montana — Yes (source); Nebraska — Yes (source).
• New Hampshire — Yes (source); New Jersey — Yes (source); New Mexico — Yes (source); New York — Yes (source); Ohio — Yes (source); Oregon — Yes (source); Pennsylvania — Yes (source); Rhode Island — Yes (source).
• South Carolina — Yes (source); Texas — Yes (source); Utah — Yes (source); Virginia — Yes (source); Vermont — Yes (source); Washington — Yes (source); Wisconsin — Yes (source); West Virginia — Yes (source).

The 19-state remainder is Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming. For each one, the matrix has no verified current-program cell. That sentence describes the state of the evidence only. It does not establish that any of those states has no Address Confidentiality Program.

What do the live cells say an Address Confidentiality Program does?

The live cells support only state-specific descriptions: five describe confidentiality or reduced public disclosure of an address, three describe a substitute or designated address, and New Mexico alone supplies the matrix's bounded mail-use statement.

Five program-existence cells expressly describe confidentiality of an actual or residence address, protection from public disclosure, or hiding an address on public records: Arizona — Yes (source); District of Columbia — Yes (source); Georgia — Yes (source); Kentucky — Yes (source); and Texas — Yes (source). The wording stays attached to those five jurisdictions. It is not a nationwide record-suppression rule.

Three cells expressly describe a substitute or designated address: Iowa — Yes (source); Missouri — Yes (source); and New Mexico — Yes (source). This three-state finding does not establish which agencies or record systems accept such an address elsewhere.

New Mexico's cell is the matrix's one bounded mail-use statement: Yes (source) It says the program assists named victim classes to receive mail using the New Mexico Secretary of State's address as a substitute for their own. That one cell does not establish a broader national mail-forwarding rule, eligible mail classes, handling exceptions, or delivery outcomes.

The preregistered matrix attributes do not cover substitute-address issuance, mail forwarding, covered record systems, agency acceptance, retroactivity, duration, disclosure exceptions, or downstream copies. No live attribute records whether a participant's name is published today. Address confidentiality is therefore not silently converted into name confidentiality, and no national name-publication count can be derived from this matrix.

Who do the live applicant-class cells include?

Twenty-one jurisdictions have a live applicant-class cell, with non-exclusive recurring classes for domestic or family violence, sexual violence, stalking, and trafficking alongside narrower state-specific classes.

The 21-cell applicant set is Arizona — adult victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); California — California resident victim of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse, California resident reproductive health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident gender-affirming health or mental-health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident public-entity employee or contractor threatened or harmed because of that work, household member of an eligible person (source); Colorado — survivor of sexual assault, survivor of domestic violence, survivor of stalking or harassment, reproductive health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, gender-affirming health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); District of Columbia — District resident who experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, District resident employed by an organization primarily serving victims of those offenses, District resident employed by an organization focused on reproductive health care, adult or child meeting the program conditions (source); Hawaii — domestic-abuse victim or survivor, sexual-offense victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor (source); Iowa — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, trafficking victim or survivor, assault victim or survivor (source); Louisiana — abuse victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source); Massachusetts — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault or rape victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, legally protected health-care provider (source); Missouri — domestic violence victim or survivor, rape or sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, victim of another crime who fears for their safety, minor child or household member of an eligible victim (source); Montana — partner or family-member assault victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person eligible to apply for an order of protection (source); Nebraska — abuse victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source); New Hampshire — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor (source); Oregon — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor (source); Pennsylvania — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, child-abduction victim or survivor (source); Rhode Island — domestic violence victim or survivor, abuse victim or survivor (source); South Carolina — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual-offense victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, harassment victim or survivor, parent or legal guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person, household member joining as a co-applicant (source); Texas — victim of family violence, victim of sexual assault, victim of human trafficking, victim of stalking, victim of child abduction (source); Utah — abuse victim or survivor, child-abuse victim or survivor, domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor (source); Virginia — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual violence victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, child-abduction victim or survivor (source); Vermont — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person providing or seeking reproductive health-care services, person providing or seeking gender-affirming health-care services, adult or emancipated minor applicant, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person (source); and West Virginia — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source).

• Domestic violence, family violence, partner or family-member assault, or domestic abuse appears in 19 live cells: Arizona — adult victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); California — California resident victim of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse, California resident reproductive health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident gender-affirming health or mental-health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident public-entity employee or contractor threatened or harmed because of that work, household member of an eligible person (source); Colorado — survivor of sexual assault, survivor of domestic violence, survivor of stalking or harassment, reproductive health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, gender-affirming health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); District of Columbia — District resident who experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, District resident employed by an organization primarily serving victims of those offenses, District resident employed by an organization focused on reproductive health care, adult or child meeting the program conditions (source); Hawaii — domestic-abuse victim or survivor, sexual-offense victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor (source); Iowa — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, trafficking victim or survivor, assault victim or survivor (source); Massachusetts — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault or rape victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, legally protected health-care provider (source); Missouri — domestic violence victim or survivor, rape or sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, victim of another crime who fears for their safety, minor child or household member of an eligible victim (source); Montana — partner or family-member assault victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person eligible to apply for an order of protection (source); New Hampshire — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor (source); Oregon — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor (source); Pennsylvania — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, child-abduction victim or survivor (source); Rhode Island — domestic violence victim or survivor, abuse victim or survivor (source); South Carolina — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual-offense victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, harassment victim or survivor, parent or legal guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person, household member joining as a co-applicant (source); Texas — victim of family violence, victim of sexual assault, victim of human trafficking, victim of stalking, victim of child abduction (source); Utah — abuse victim or survivor, child-abuse victim or survivor, domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor (source); Virginia — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual violence victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, child-abduction victim or survivor (source); Vermont — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person providing or seeking reproductive health-care services, person providing or seeking gender-affirming health-care services, adult or emancipated minor applicant, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person (source); and West Virginia — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source).
• Sexual assault, sexual violence, a sexual offense, or rape appears in 20 live cells: Arizona — adult victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); California — California resident victim of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse, California resident reproductive health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident gender-affirming health or mental-health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident public-entity employee or contractor threatened or harmed because of that work, household member of an eligible person (source); Colorado — survivor of sexual assault, survivor of domestic violence, survivor of stalking or harassment, reproductive health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, gender-affirming health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); District of Columbia — District resident who experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, District resident employed by an organization primarily serving victims of those offenses, District resident employed by an organization focused on reproductive health care, adult or child meeting the program conditions (source); Hawaii — domestic-abuse victim or survivor, sexual-offense victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor (source); Iowa — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, trafficking victim or survivor, assault victim or survivor (source); Louisiana — abuse victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source); Massachusetts — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault or rape victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, legally protected health-care provider (source); Missouri — domestic violence victim or survivor, rape or sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, victim of another crime who fears for their safety, minor child or household member of an eligible victim (source); Montana — partner or family-member assault victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person eligible to apply for an order of protection (source); Nebraska — abuse victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source); New Hampshire — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor (source); Oregon — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor (source); Pennsylvania — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, child-abduction victim or survivor (source); South Carolina — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual-offense victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, harassment victim or survivor, parent or legal guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person, household member joining as a co-applicant (source); Texas — victim of family violence, victim of sexual assault, victim of human trafficking, victim of stalking, victim of child abduction (source); Utah — abuse victim or survivor, child-abuse victim or survivor, domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor (source); Virginia — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual violence victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, child-abduction victim or survivor (source); Vermont — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person providing or seeking reproductive health-care services, person providing or seeking gender-affirming health-care services, adult or emancipated minor applicant, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person (source); and West Virginia — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source).
• Stalking appears in the same 20-jurisdiction set: Arizona — adult victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); California — California resident victim of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse, California resident reproductive health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident gender-affirming health or mental-health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident public-entity employee or contractor threatened or harmed because of that work, household member of an eligible person (source); Colorado — survivor of sexual assault, survivor of domestic violence, survivor of stalking or harassment, reproductive health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, gender-affirming health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); District of Columbia — District resident who experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, District resident employed by an organization primarily serving victims of those offenses, District resident employed by an organization focused on reproductive health care, adult or child meeting the program conditions (source); Hawaii — domestic-abuse victim or survivor, sexual-offense victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor (source); Iowa — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, trafficking victim or survivor, assault victim or survivor (source); Louisiana — abuse victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source); Massachusetts — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault or rape victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, legally protected health-care provider (source); Missouri — domestic violence victim or survivor, rape or sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, victim of another crime who fears for their safety, minor child or household member of an eligible victim (source); Montana — partner or family-member assault victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person eligible to apply for an order of protection (source); Nebraska — abuse victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source); New Hampshire — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor (source); Oregon — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor (source); Pennsylvania — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, child-abduction victim or survivor (source); South Carolina — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual-offense victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, harassment victim or survivor, parent or legal guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person, household member joining as a co-applicant (source); Texas — victim of family violence, victim of sexual assault, victim of human trafficking, victim of stalking, victim of child abduction (source); Utah — abuse victim or survivor, child-abuse victim or survivor, domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor (source); Virginia — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual violence victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, child-abduction victim or survivor (source); Vermont — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person providing or seeking reproductive health-care services, person providing or seeking gender-affirming health-care services, adult or emancipated minor applicant, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person (source); and West Virginia — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source).
• Human trafficking or trafficking appears in 13 live cells: California — California resident victim of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse, California resident reproductive health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident gender-affirming health or mental-health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident public-entity employee or contractor threatened or harmed because of that work, household member of an eligible person (source); District of Columbia — District resident who experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, District resident employed by an organization primarily serving victims of those offenses, District resident employed by an organization focused on reproductive health care, adult or child meeting the program conditions (source); Iowa — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, trafficking victim or survivor, assault victim or survivor (source); Missouri — domestic violence victim or survivor, rape or sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, victim of another crime who fears for their safety, minor child or household member of an eligible victim (source); Montana — partner or family-member assault victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person eligible to apply for an order of protection (source); Oregon — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor (source); Pennsylvania — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, child-abduction victim or survivor (source); South Carolina — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual-offense victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, harassment victim or survivor, parent or legal guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person, household member joining as a co-applicant (source); Texas — victim of family violence, victim of sexual assault, victim of human trafficking, victim of stalking, victim of child abduction (source); Utah — abuse victim or survivor, child-abuse victim or survivor, domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor (source); Virginia — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual violence victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, child-abduction victim or survivor (source); Vermont — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person providing or seeking reproductive health-care services, person providing or seeking gender-affirming health-care services, adult or emancipated minor applicant, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person (source); and West Virginia — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source).
• Narrower violence labels also appear: generic abuse in Louisiana — abuse victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source), Nebraska — abuse victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source), Rhode Island — domestic violence victim or survivor, abuse victim or survivor (source), and Utah — abuse victim or survivor, child-abuse victim or survivor, domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor (source); harassment in Colorado — survivor of sexual assault, survivor of domestic violence, survivor of stalking or harassment, reproductive health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, gender-affirming health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source) and South Carolina — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual-offense victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, harassment victim or survivor, parent or legal guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person, household member joining as a co-applicant (source); child abuse in Utah — abuse victim or survivor, child-abuse victim or survivor, domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor (source); elder or dependent-adult abuse in California — California resident victim of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse, California resident reproductive health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident gender-affirming health or mental-health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident public-entity employee or contractor threatened or harmed because of that work, household member of an eligible person (source); and an otherwise unspecified assault class in Iowa — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, trafficking victim or survivor, assault victim or survivor (source).
• Child abduction appears in four cells: California — California resident victim of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse, California resident reproductive health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident gender-affirming health or mental-health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident public-entity employee or contractor threatened or harmed because of that work, household member of an eligible person (source); Pennsylvania — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, child-abduction victim or survivor (source); Texas — victim of family violence, victim of sexual assault, victim of human trafficking, victim of stalking, victim of child abduction (source); and Virginia — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual violence victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, child-abduction victim or survivor (source).
• A reproductive-health affiliation appears in four cells: California — California resident victim of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse, California resident reproductive health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident gender-affirming health or mental-health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident public-entity employee or contractor threatened or harmed because of that work, household member of an eligible person (source); Colorado — survivor of sexual assault, survivor of domestic violence, survivor of stalking or harassment, reproductive health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, gender-affirming health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); District of Columbia — District resident who experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, District resident employed by an organization primarily serving victims of those offenses, District resident employed by an organization focused on reproductive health care, adult or child meeting the program conditions (source); and Vermont — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person providing or seeking reproductive health-care services, person providing or seeking gender-affirming health-care services, adult or emancipated minor applicant, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person (source).
• A gender-affirming-health affiliation appears in three cells: California — California resident victim of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse, California resident reproductive health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident gender-affirming health or mental-health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident public-entity employee or contractor threatened or harmed because of that work, household member of an eligible person (source); Colorado — survivor of sexual assault, survivor of domestic violence, survivor of stalking or harassment, reproductive health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, gender-affirming health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); and Vermont — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person providing or seeking reproductive health-care services, person providing or seeking gender-affirming health-care services, adult or emancipated minor applicant, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person (source).
• Three work or service classes appear once each: a legally protected health-care provider in Massachusetts — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault or rape victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, legally protected health-care provider (source); a public-entity employee or contractor in California — California resident victim of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse, California resident reproductive health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident gender-affirming health or mental-health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident public-entity employee or contractor threatened or harmed because of that work, household member of an eligible person (source); and an employee of an organization primarily serving victims in the District of Columbia — District resident who experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, District resident employed by an organization primarily serving victims of those offenses, District resident employed by an organization focused on reproductive health care, adult or child meeting the program conditions (source).
• A household member or co-applicant residing with an eligible person appears in five cells: Arizona — adult victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); California — California resident victim of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abduction, or elder or dependent adult abuse, California resident reproductive health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident gender-affirming health or mental-health-care provider, employee, patient, or volunteer threatened or harmed because of that affiliation, California resident public-entity employee or contractor threatened or harmed because of that work, household member of an eligible person (source); Colorado — survivor of sexual assault, survivor of domestic violence, survivor of stalking or harassment, reproductive health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, gender-affirming health-care worker or patient who fears for their safety, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); Missouri — domestic violence victim or survivor, rape or sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, victim of another crime who fears for their safety, minor child or household member of an eligible victim (source); and South Carolina — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual-offense victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, harassment victim or survivor, parent or legal guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person, household member joining as a co-applicant (source).
• A parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person appears in six cells: Arizona — adult victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim, co-applicant residing with an eligible applicant (source); Louisiana — abuse victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source); Nebraska — abuse victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source); South Carolina — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual-offense victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, harassment victim or survivor, parent or legal guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person, household member joining as a co-applicant (source); Vermont — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person providing or seeking reproductive health-care services, person providing or seeking gender-affirming health-care services, adult or emancipated minor applicant, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person (source); and West Virginia — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated victim (source).
• Four state-specific classes appear once each: another-crime victim who fears for safety in Missouri — domestic violence victim or survivor, rape or sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, victim of another crime who fears for their safety, minor child or household member of an eligible victim (source); a person eligible for an order of protection in Montana — partner or family-member assault victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person eligible to apply for an order of protection (source); an adult or emancipated-minor applicant in Vermont — domestic violence victim or survivor, sexual assault victim or survivor, stalking victim or survivor, human-trafficking victim or survivor, person providing or seeking reproductive health-care services, person providing or seeking gender-affirming health-care services, adult or emancipated minor applicant, parent or guardian applying for a minor or incapacitated person (source); and an adult or child meeting program conditions in the District of Columbia — District resident who experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, District resident employed by an organization primarily serving victims of those offenses, District resident employed by an organization focused on reproductive health care, adult or child meeting the program conditions (source).

These class counts are non-exclusive. A jurisdiction can appear in several categories when its one live cell contains several literal labels. A category match does not decide whether a reader qualifies, will be accepted, or should apply; case-specific eligibility, application steps, certification, and outcomes remain outside the matrix.

What does no live matrix cell mean?

No live matrix cell means the current evidence set does not support a yes-or-no conclusion for that field; it does not mean the state has no Address Confidentiality Program.

For Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming, the captured source row does not yet confirm current program existence. The record therefore establishes neither a current program nor the absence of one.

The same discipline applies inside the confirmed-program set. Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin have a live current-program cell but no live applicant-class cell. Their applicant classes are unresolved in this matrix, not empty.

This distinction protects the page from a common data error: converting silence into a categorical negative. The T1 matrix prints accepted values and keeps unconfirmed fields from carrying claims. This T2 explainer preserves that boundary in prose. A later accepted cell can resolve a state without requiring the earlier absence to be rewritten as though it had been a fact.

What remains unproved, and what evidence is needed next?

The matrix does not establish nationwide program mechanics, participant-name publication, or an individual's eligibility; each question needs a separate accepted field or a case-specific answer from the administering agency.

• Program mechanics and scope — not established nationally. The matrix does not record substitute-address issuance, mail-forwarding rules, covered record systems, agency acceptance, retroactivity, program duration, disclosure exceptions, or downstream copies. The state-specific wording in Arizona, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, and New Mexico cannot be generalized beyond those cells.
• Participant-name publication — not established. No live ACP attribute records whether a participant's name is published today, so the matrix cannot produce a count of states that publish or suppress participant names.
• Individual qualification or outcome — not established. The cells record official applicant classes, not a case-specific eligibility decision, application sequence, certification, acceptance prediction, or legal advice.
• Nineteen no-live-cell jurisdictions — unresolved. Their unconfirmed rows do not support the claim that the states have no program.

A case-specific question should go to the administering agency through the official-program-page field on the Address Confidentiality Programs by State matrix when that field is live. This explainer does not replace an agency determination and does not supply an application sequence.

Property-record redaction is a separate state-law question; the Property-Record Redaction by State matrix keeps that evidence on its own route. The Hard to Google guide is a broader exposure-reduction map, not evidence that an Address Confidentiality Program removes information already public or prevents republication. The Private Pierce methodology explains why dated cells, typed holds, and explicit non-findings remain attached to each claim.

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• Property-Record Redaction by StateSeparates address-confidentiality eligibility from the different question of property-record redaction.
• Hard to GooglePlaces address-confidentiality evidence inside the broader problem of reducing public exposure.