Walk It Through: The Records Request
A written request to a town, fifty cents a page, four business days of silence, and thirty days to appeal.
A resident writes to the town asking for a copy of its contract with a trash hauler.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A request to a town for a record it keeps. Exempt records such as personnel files and pending claims, and the commission's hearing, are left to the page and the statute.
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.