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CPRA

Can fees be charged for existing electronic/digital records?

[…] Records Act states an agency producing copies of records can charge only for the "direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable." Gov’t Code § 6253(b). A "direct cost of duplication" generally does not include search and retrieval time, but does include maintenance costs and the salary of the clerk for time spent […]

August 30, 2016
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CPRA

Does the CPRA allow use of iPhone to photograph public records?

[…] . . shall make the records promptly available upon payment of fees covering the direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable" Govt. Code section 6253(b). Nothing in the law either requires or forbids the agency from permitting private individuals from making their own copies of such records with a camera, scanner or […]

January 9, 2013
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CPRA

Can I be charged $6000 for staff time needed to find and redact requested records?

[…] § 6253. The Act provides an agency producing copies of records can charge only for the "direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable." Gov’t Code § 6253(b). A "direct cost of duplication" generally does not include search and retrieval time, but does include maintenance costs and the salary of the clerk for time spent […]

March 2, 2016
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CPRA

Direct Costs of Copying

In your CPRA Primer (linked from your web page), it says that agencies may charge for the "direct costs" of copying a document but not for anything else. Is this in statute somewhere? I have tried to find it with no success.

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Same fees assessed for electronic data as photocopies

[…] person." Gov't Code § 6253.9. The default rule for electronic records is that "he cost of duplication shall be limited to the direct cost of producing a copy of a record in an electronic format." Id. In other words, the agency is permitted to charge for staff time spent in performing the copying, but […]

March 23, 2012
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CPRA

Agency Claims 90-Day Records Request Response Time

[…] an additional 14 days in "unusual circumstances," but the requester must be apprised of this extension in writing. Gov’t Code § 6253(c) ("pon a request for a copy of records, shall, within 10 days from receipt of the request, determine whether the request, in whole or in part, seeks copies of disclosable public records […]

February 14, 2018
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CPRA

Former State Employees and the CPRA

[…] for injunctive or declarative relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce his or her right to inspect or to receive a copy of any public record or class of public records under this chapter."). The PRA provides that successful litigants should receive their attorneys' fees. Govt. Code Section […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Can Agencies Be Required to Choose Least Costly Format for Electronic Record Reproduction?

[…] flash drive or DVD, under the Public Records Act, the agency can only recover the "direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable." Govt. Code§ 6253(b). In the paper world, the "direct cost of duplication" was interpreted to mean what it would cost to run the copy machine (i.e., what a copy shop […]

November 27, 2018
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CPRA

Can a records request be denied in California over fear of the public being misinformed?

[…] at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency and every person has a right to inspect any public record…") (emphasis added), § 6253(b) ("each state or local agency, upon a request for a copy of records that reasonably describes an identifiable record or records, shall make the records promptly available […]

September 23, 2020
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CPRA School Records

School District Delays CPRA Response Beyond the Hearing Date For Which Documents Are Needed

[…] for injunctive or declarative relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce his or her right to inspect or to receive a copy of any public record or class of public records under this chapter." If you are successful in proving a violation of the public records laws, the […]

February 10, 2021