Question
Are Public Records Act requests themselves exempt from the Public Records Act? Specifically, are PRA logs or other materials used to document PRA requests exempt or available for public review?
Answer
Under the Public Records Act, all documents created, owned, or maintained by a public agency are presumptively available for public inspection unless one of the PRA’s exemptions applies.I am not aware of any exemption that would apply to prior written PRA requests that would have been received by a public agency, or logs of such requests. Thus, these documents should be available for public review.
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