Walk It Through: The Records Request
Five business days, a date certain when it runs long, and thirty days to appeal.
A resident emails a town for its contracts with a waste hauler.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One request to a town. The exceptions to disclosure, the fees an agency may charge, and the court review that follows an appeal 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.