Submit a Public Records Act Request

To help process requests efficiently, include:

• A clear description of the records being requested
• Relevant dates or timeframes
• Any additional details that may help locate the records

Submit a request online (Copies provided online are free.)

In most cases, the County will determine whether it is in possession of disclosable public records and notify you within 10 days.

The County may require a 14-day extension of time to determine whether to comply with your request if there is a need to:

• Search for and collect the requested records from field facilities;
• Search for and examine a voluminous number of records;
• Consult with other agencies or county departments with a substantial interest in the determination of the request;
• Compile data or construct a computer report to extract data.

Anyone may request public records.

Paper copies are generally $.05 per page. Emailed records are free of charge. There is no fee to inspect records.

A “public record” includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained in any state or local agency, regardless of physical form or characteristics.

A “writing” includes any handwriting, typewriting, printing, Photostatting, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored.

Contact Elisia De Bord at deborde@saccounty.gov.