Walk It Through: The Records Request
Asking a borough for its records, a big request with personnel costs, and a meeting held without notice.
A resident asks the borough to see its contracts for road maintenance.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A borough's contracts and an assembly meeting. Records a law makes confidential, state agencies' electronic products, and executive sessions are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.