Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 133 - Secretary of State
Chapter 8290 - SAFE AT HOME PROGRAM
Part 8290.0600 - ATTAINING AGE OF MAJORITY

Subpart 1. Notification of option to continue certification.

When a program participant reaches the age of 18, the secretary of state shall inform the program participant of the option of continuing certification in Safe at Home by sending a certification continuance form by first class mail to the program participant's mailing address. The notice must provide instructions to the program participant on what actions to take upon attaining the age of majority if the program participant does not submit a certification continuance form, including the return of the Safe at Home card and notification to public and private persons of the actual address, and that the designated address is no longer the address of the program participant. If the secretary of state has not received a certification continuance form within 30 days after the program participant reaches the age of 18, the secretary of state must mail a notice to the program participant stating that the program participant is in pending cancellation status and the program participant's certification shall be canceled if the participant fails to submit the certification of continuance within ten days.

Subp. 1a. Voter registration information.

Along with the certification continuance form sent 30 days prior to expiration, the secretary of state must also offer the program participant the opportunity to register to vote as an ongoing absentee voter with the secretary of state, pursuant to part 8290.1300 and Minnesota Statutes, section 5B.06.

Subp. 1b. Certification continuance.

The secretary of state shall renew the certification of a program participant when the secretary of state receives a certification continuance from that program participant. The certification continuance must contain the same information required in the application as specified in part 8290.0200, subpart 1, except the certification continuance need not contain the signature of an application assistant.

Subp. 2. Responsibility for information changes.

An individual who became a program participant as a minor child assumes responsibility for information changes pursuant to part 8290.0700 and renewal pursuant to part 8290.1100 when the individual reaches the age of 18.

Subp. 3. Address change; reapplication or withdrawal.

A program participant who reaches the age of 18 must reapply or withdraw if the participant establishes a new residence separate from the adult participant who applied for certification on the participant's behalf when the program participant was a minor.

Subp. 4. Reapplication.

Program participants who reach the age of 18 who have withdrawn or whose certification expires or has expired may reapply on their own behalf.