Section 434-840-040. Certification withdrawal, invalidation, expiration, and termination.

(1) A program participant may withdraw from program participation by submitting to the address confidentiality program: Written notification of withdrawal and her or his current authorization card. Certification shall be terminated on the date of receipt of this notification. If the program participant requests cancellation but does not return her or his current authorization card and/or does not submit written notification of the request, the secretary of state may, at his/her discretion, cancel program participation based solely on the verbal request.

(2) The address confidentiality program shall terminate a program participant's certification and invalidate her or his authorization card if: (a) The program participant's certification term has expired and certification renewal has not been completed; (b) the address confidentiality program has determined that false information was used in the application process; or (c) the program participant fails to respond to the program's request for verification of the participant's residential address.

(3) The address confidentiality program may terminate a program participant's certification and invalidate her or his authorization card if: (a) The program participant no longer resides at the residential address on file, and has not provided at least two days' prior notice in writing of a change of address; (b) first class mail, certified mail, or a service of process document forwarded to the program participant by the address confidentiality program is returned as nondeliverable, refused, or unclaimed; or (c) the program participant obtains a legal change of identity.

(4) The address confidentiality program shall send written notification of the termination to the participant's last known mailing or residential address. The program participant shall have five business days in which to appeal the termination under procedures developed by the secretary of state.

(5) The address confidentiality program shall notify the appropriate authorized personnel when a participant has been terminated from the program. The authorized personnel shall transmit to the address confidentiality program all appropriate administrative records pertaining to the participant. The transmitting agency is no longer responsible for maintaining record confidentiality for a terminated program participant under chapter 40.24 RCW.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 40.24.090. WSR 05-13-059, § 434-840-040, filed 6/9/05, effective 7/10/05; WSR 98-19-063, § 434-840-040, filed 9/16/98, effective 10/17/98. Statutory Authority: 1991 c 23. WSR 91-20-074, § 434-840-040, filed 9/26/91, effective 10/27/91.]

RCW 40.24.090. WSR 05-13-059, § 434-840-040, filed 6/9/05, effective 7/10/05; WSR 98-19-063, § 434-840-040, filed 9/16/98, effective 10/17/98. Statutory Authority: 1991 c 23. WSR 91-20-074, § 434-840-040, filed 9/26/91, effective 10/27/91.