After the head of a city, town or township receives an application, on whose registration certificates may the entries concerning a domestic violence victim be concealed, and on whose may they not be?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file of this kind, we check the application to restrict public disclosure, which names the spouse or lineal blood relative designated as the restriction target, and the application for a registration-item certificate. The papers showing who asked for the certificate, and the certificate as issued, show whether the domestic violence record items were covered over.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading follows the categories as written: on receiving such an application, the head of the city, county or township may cover the domestic violence record items when issuing a registration-item certificate of the restriction target to that person or their representative, or of a spouse or lineal blood relative who is not the victim, to the restriction target or their representative.
Another reading turns on the proviso: where the case falls within the grounds for issuing a registration-item certificate, the head may issue that certificate without covering the relevant matter, so a record the first reading would conceal may appear in this certificate.
Your judgment
What in the application papers would show that a person requesting a certificate falls within the grounds for issuing a registration-item certificate?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the Supreme Court Rules made under this provision change the scope or method of the concealment, or if a decision explains when the proviso applies.