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public record

Federal, state, or local records that are available for inspection by the public. In real estate, it refers to the practice of filing copies of all real estate documents in a central depository, where they are indexed and preserved for viewing by members of the public.
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The discovery arose while Hobbs' staff attempted to fulfill a public records request, she wrote in an email to Assistant Attorney General Todd Lawson and Beau Roysden, chief of the Appeals and Constitutional Litigation Division.
Hobbs: Reagan staffers deleted public records
To provide a more accurate and advanced service, GoLookUp has launched a city-based Public Records search service.
GoLookUp Has Launched a New City-Base Public Records Search Service
In 1968, the right to access public records and meetings was guaranteed by Fla.
The Florida Public Records Act in the Era of Modern Technology
The paper argued that the text messages were public record and when the city failed to produce the texts requested, it violated the public records act.
Texting Bombshell: Tallahassee Democrat investigation leads to massive public records shift
Being named in a lawsuit for filing a public records request was "just more of the same" from a school system that "goes to great lengths to protect themselves and administrators at the expense of students, staff, and taxpayers," Sordyl says.
THE RIGHT TO KNOW MIGHT GET YOU SUED
When it comes to exemptions, Oregon's public records law is beginning to look a lot like black flannel suit that has been dragged through a room full of white angora cats.
A few small steps
In a constitutional governance, public officials are the custodians of the public records and documents, and the people, the real sovereigns, have the right of access to all public records.
Marriyum presents 'The Right of Access to Information Bill, 2017' before Senate
The case dates back to 2009 when local environment activist Ted Smith filed a public records request seeking records of communications between San Jose government officials concerning a proposed downtown development effort in the city.
California Supreme Court Rules Government Officials Must Disclose Public Records Even In Private Accounts
In an e-mail to reporters, Saunders wrote, "Once the term in office expires, the pages essentially expire." It is Saunders' view that social media is used to link constituents to public records, and its contents are not public records.
Views clash on whether social media entries are records
* A bill aimed to curtail public records shakedowns, SB 224, sponsored by Sen.
Legislative session's early end dooms bills
Galvin is under fire from newspaper publishers statewide this month for a series of rulings from his office that, in the eyes of many, have further eroded a set of public records laws already considered to be among the worst in the nation.
Records regs here among nation's worst; No tough penalty for violating rules
10 December 2014 - UK-based regulatory and financial crime, risk and compliance firm Exiger has acquired US-based public records research and due diligence investigations firm HedgeCheck, the company said on Wednesday.
Exiger to Acquire HedgeCheck

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