Walk It Through: The Records Request
An email to the custodian, five days for an answer, a denial without a reason, and an appeal.
A resident emails the city's records custodian asking for police overtime records.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A resident's request for one set of records. The particular exceptions, fees for commercial use, and requests by people outside Kentucky are not walked 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.