PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
Ohio law has long provided for public scrutiny of state and local government records (*1) and the following is a brief overview. To read and review the Ohio Laws, please click here.
Ohio's Public Records Act details how to request public records. The Act also excludes some records from disclosure and enforces production when a proper public records request is denied.
Any person may request to inspect or obtain copies of public records from a public office that keeps those records. A public office must organize and maintain its public records in a manner that meets its duty to respond to public records requests, and must keep a copy of its records retention schedule at a location readily available to the public. When it receives a proper public records request and unless part or all of a record is exempt from release, a public office must provide inspection of the requested records promptly and at no cost, or provide copies at a cost within a reasonable period of time.
Unless a specific law says otherwise, a requestor does not have to give the reason for wanting the records, or give his or her name, or make the request in writing. However, the request does have to be clear and specific enough for the public office to reasonably identify what public records are being requested. A request can be refused if the office no longer keeps the records, if the request is for documents that are not records of the office, of if the requestor does not revise an ambiguous or overly broad request.
Anyone wishing to make a public records request of the Richfield Joint Recreation District, should either use the form found in the link below, a letter describing your request, an electronic mail or a phone call to the RJRD Administration Office.
Ohio law has long provided for public scrutiny of state and local government records (*1) and the following is a brief overview. To read and review the Ohio Laws, please click here.
Ohio's Public Records Act details how to request public records. The Act also excludes some records from disclosure and enforces production when a proper public records request is denied.
Any person may request to inspect or obtain copies of public records from a public office that keeps those records. A public office must organize and maintain its public records in a manner that meets its duty to respond to public records requests, and must keep a copy of its records retention schedule at a location readily available to the public. When it receives a proper public records request and unless part or all of a record is exempt from release, a public office must provide inspection of the requested records promptly and at no cost, or provide copies at a cost within a reasonable period of time.
Unless a specific law says otherwise, a requestor does not have to give the reason for wanting the records, or give his or her name, or make the request in writing. However, the request does have to be clear and specific enough for the public office to reasonably identify what public records are being requested. A request can be refused if the office no longer keeps the records, if the request is for documents that are not records of the office, of if the requestor does not revise an ambiguous or overly broad request.
Anyone wishing to make a public records request of the Richfield Joint Recreation District, should either use the form found in the link below, a letter describing your request, an electronic mail or a phone call to the RJRD Administration Office.
| public_records_policy_approved_09-14-2015__.pdf |
| public_records_request_form.pdf |
(*1) Ohio's State and local government offices follow Ohio's Public Records Act, found at R.C. 149.43. the federal Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 does not apply to state and local offices.