An interesting story in the Louisville Courier-Journal today about requests made pursuant to the Kentucky Open Records Law. It begins:
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Public agencies cannot simply claim records do not exist and they must make a realistic effort to search for them in response to requests under the Kentucky Open Records Law, the attorney general's office said in an opinion released Monday.Posted by Marcia Oddi at December 21, 2004 01:28 PMAgencies cannot require those requests be made on specific forms. So long as requests include the legible name, a signature and a description of the records, they must be honored, the opinion said.