A petitioner who is appearing pro se in a proceeding to obtain a domestic violence protective order under AS 18.66.100 or 18.66.110 or a stalking or sexual assault protective order under AS 18.65.850 or 18.65.855 may submit the petitioner’s mailing address and telephone number on a separate form and omit this information from other pleadings and papers filed with the court. Access to the form containing the petitioner’s mailing address and telephone number is limited to the court, authorized court system personnel, and the petitioner. If a child support order is entered in a domestic violence proceeding, court system personnel may also provide a copy of the address information form to the Child Support Services Division. Further disclosure of this form by the Child Support Services Division is prohibited. If the petitioner submits an information sheet containing the petitioner’s address and telephone number for use by law enforcement agencies, the court may retain a copy of this document. Access to the copy is limited to the court, authorized court system personnel, and the petitioner.
Rule 65.1.Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Sexual Assault Protective Orders — Access to Information.
Last amended August 20, 2008 · Last verified July 6, 2026
In one sentenceRule 65.1 lets a petitioner representing themselves in a domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault protective order case keep an address and phone number off the public file by submitting that information on a separate, restricted form.
Full Text of Rule 65.1
Amendment History
(Adopted by SCO 1345 effective August 13, 1998; amended by SCO 1527 effective September 11, 2003; and by SCO 1677 effective August 20, 2008)
Plain-English Summary
A petitioner who is appearing without a lawyer in a proceeding for a domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault protective order can put a mailing address and telephone number on a separate form instead of on the pleadings and other papers the respondent and the public can see. Access to that form is limited to the court, authorized court personnel, and the petitioner. If the same case produces a child support order, court personnel may share a copy of the address form with the Child Support Services Division, but the division can't pass it along any further. A petitioner can also submit a similar information sheet for use by law enforcement, and the court can keep a copy of it under the same access limits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why would I want to keep my address off my protective-order paperwork?
Because a case file is otherwise visible to the person the order is meant to protect you from, along with anyone else who looks at the court record.
Who is allowed to see the separate address form?
The court, authorized court personnel, and the petitioner — plus, if a child support order comes out of the case, the Child Support Services Division, which is barred from disclosing it any further.
Does this protection apply if I have a lawyer?
The rule specifically covers a petitioner appearing without a lawyer; it doesn't address represented petitioners, whose attorney's contact information typically appears on the filings instead.
Source & verification. The rule text, Amendment History, and Notes are reproduced verbatim from the
official Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure (Alaska R. Civ. P. 65.1). Prescribed by the Supreme Court of Alaska (Alaska Const. art. IV, § 15). The plain-English summary is original and written by us. Last verified July 6, 2026. ·
Official source
Also known as: confidential address domestic violence Alaskaprotective order petitioner privacy Alaskastalking protective order address AlaskaAlaska R. Civ. P. 65.1