Walk It Through: The Records Request
10 business days, a written answer if not, and the supervisor of records.
A resident emails a town's records access officer for building permit files.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One request to a town. The exemptions, fees, and court review 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.
- Reasonable feeWhat a health care provider may charge for furnishing a copy of a patient's records, as defined in the hospital records section the provision refers to.
- Records access officerThe person at an agency or town who permits inspection or furnishes a copy of a public record without unreasonable delay and not later than 10 business days after a request that reasonably describes it.