{
  "section": "5216",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 5216",
  "heading": "Safe at Home Participants: Substitute Address and Redaction",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2022-01-01",
  "amended_by": "AB 611 (2021)",
  "official_credit_line": "Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 151, Sec. 2. (AB 611) Effective January 1, 2022.",
  "official_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=5216.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/records",
  "pending_amendment": null,
  "verified": "two sources agree",
  "verification_note": "Text taken verbatim from the Legislative Counsel of California official code database and checked word for word against an independent publisher.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip",
      "accessed": "2026-10-10",
      "name": "leginfo (Legislative Counsel official bulk code database, LAW_SECTION_TBL)",
      "note": "Authoritative. Retrieved with tools/fetch.py, which reads the archive's central directory by HTTP range request and fetches only this section's member."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://california.public.law/codes/ca_civ_code_section_5216",
      "accessed": "2026-10-10",
      "name": "California Public Law (Public.Law)",
      "note": "Independent publisher, used to check the text word for word."
    }
  ],
  "subdivisions": [
    {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "Notwithstanding any other law, upon request of a member of an association who is an active participant in the Safe at Home program, the association shall do both of the following:",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/records#s5216-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-1",
      "label": "(a)(1)",
      "text": "Accept and use the address designated by the Secretary of State as the Safe at Home participant’s substitute address under the Safe at Home program for all association communications.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/records#s5216-a-1"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-2",
      "label": "(a)(2)",
      "text": "Withhold or redact information that would reveal the name, community property address, or email address of the Safe at Home participant from both of the following:",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/records#s5216-a-2"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-2-A",
      "label": "(a)(2)(A)",
      "text": "All resident community membership lists, including mailbox bank listings, resident directories, electronic keypads, unit property numbers, and internet web portal accounts.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/records#s5216-a-2-A"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-2-B",
      "label": "(a)(2)(B)",
      "text": "Any membership list that will be shared with other members of the association.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/records#s5216-a-2-B"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "An association shall keep member participation in the Safe at Home program confidential.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/records#s5216-b"
    },
    {
      "id": "c",
      "label": "(c)",
      "text": "For purposes of this section:",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/records#s5216-c"
    },
    {
      "id": "c-1",
      "label": "(c)(1)",
      "text": "“Community property address” means the address of the member’s property within the community governed by the association.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/records#s5216-c-1"
    },
    {
      "id": "c-2",
      "label": "(c)(2)",
      "text": "“Safe at Home participant” means a person certified as a program participant in the Safe at Home program.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/records#s5216-c-2"
    },
    {
      "id": "c-3",
      "label": "(c)(3)",
      "text": "“Safe at Home program” means the address confidentiality program established pursuant to Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 6205) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/records#s5216-c-3"
    }
  ]
}