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# person

The contact record being displayed.

```
var person: ABPerson! { get set }
```

## Discussion

If the value of this property is `nil`, the view displays a special empty-selection UI.

An exception is raised if the value of this property comes from a shared instance of the address book database. To prevent this, use the [`addressBook`](/documentation/AddressBook/ABAddressBook-swift.class/addressBook) method of [`ABAddressBook`](/documentation/AddressBook/ABAddressBook-swift.class) rather than the [`shared()`](/documentation/AddressBook/ABAddressBook-swift.class/shared()) method.

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