Walk It Through: The Records Request
A request to a town, 15 business days, 20 free pages, a closed meeting, and 60 days to sue.
A resident of Lewes wants the emails behind a town decision to close a park.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A records request and a closed meeting at a town. Records the law exempts, the General Assembly and police investigative files are not worked through here.
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.