OBTAINING PUBLIC RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS by Employment Law Attorney M. Travis Payne (originally published July 9, 2014)
https://edelsteinpayne.com OBTAINING PUBLIC RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS Prepared By: Workers Compensation Attorney M. Travis Payne Employment Lawyer There are times when you may want to get copies of a variety of records or documents that a city, county, or state agency maintains. This may be as part of the efforts of a citizens’ organization, or for an issue that is of personal interest to you. Some documents that you might want to obtain could include operating procedures, policies of the city or county, pay plans or pay scales for a city or county, statistics on emergency calls and responses, reports prepared for the county or city either internally or by an outside consultant, the minutes of a closed council meeting, or maybe financial records regarding expenses paid by the city or county for officials to go on some...