Walk It Through: The Records Request
A request for a town's contracts, a clerk who asks why, five days of silence, and a suit.
A resident asks the town clerk for copies of a paving contract.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
An ordinary request to a local body. Records the law closes, such as active criminal investigations, and the fee schedule for copies are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.