Section 3-1-7-702 - Definitions1. "ACP" means Address Confidentiality Program.2. "Address Confidentiality Program" means the statutorily created program for implementing the provisions of Mississippi Code Annotated § 99-47-1, within the Office of the Attorney General.3. "Certification" means the process by which an applicant is determined eligible to participate in the Address Confidentiality Program.4. "Confidential address" means any residential street address, school address, or work address of an individual, as specified on the individuals application to be a program participant.5. "Domestic violence" means any of the following acts committed against a current or former spouse, a current or former family or household member, a person with a child in common, or a person in a current or former dating relationship: a. A violation of a domestic violence protective order;b. Simple or aggravated domestic violence as defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 97-3-7(3) or § 97-3-7(4); or6. "Program participant" means a person certified by the Office of the Attorney General as an ACP participant.7. "Public body" (as defined by Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-61-3 and for purposes of this chapter) means any department, bureau, division, council, commission, committee, subcommittee, board, agency and any other entity of the state or a political subdivision thereof, and any municipal corporation and any other entity created by the Constitution or by law, executive order, ordinance or resolution. The term "entity" shall not be construed to include individuals employed by a public body or any appointed or elected public official.8. "Sexual assault" means an act as defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 45-33-23(g) as a sex offense.9. "Stalking" means an act as defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 97-3-107 or § 97-45-15.10. "Substitute address" means an address designated and assigned by the Office of the Attorney General to a program participant as a substitute mailing address under the Address Confidentiality Program.11. "Victim" means an individual against whom domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking has been committed. For purposes of ACP eligibility, a victim who is a registered sex offender or a victim who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated § 45-33-25 is not eligible to participate in the Address Confidentiality Program.