Walk It Through: The Records Request
A request to the county, seven business days to hear if it has them, thirty calendar days to release, and a denial in writing.
A resident asks the county for the contracts on a new road project.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A records request to a county. Records the law makes confidential, and a lawsuit to force release, are only touched on.
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.