Massachusetts Regulations § 950 CMR 49.02 Purpose

St. 1998, c. 87 amends M.G.L. c. 51, §§ 4, 21, and 44. The purpose of 950 CMR 49.00 is to insure that the name and residence of those persons who provide the registrars with a court order grantingprotection, evidence of residence in a protective shelter, or an affidavit signed by the chief of police or his designee permitting certain information to be withheld from the public under M.G. L. c. 265, § 24C, shall not appear on the street list or on the annual register and shall not be disclosed to any person. Furthermore, the voter registration affidavit, as required by M.G.L. c. 51, § 44, of any person listed above shall not be a public record.