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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Unreasonable Fees for Access

    […] is not refunded if there are no records. The county attorney denied our claim for a refund based on the Public Records Act, saying the Supervisors set the fees and they were made into a county ordinance. Is a lawsuit the only relief we have to get the county to comply with the state law?

    June 14, 2009

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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

    CPRA fees and information in electronic form

    […] periods of council meetings for the last two months, the city has responded thusly:Pursuant to the California Public Records Act Government Code 6253.9 b. 2 the following fees are associated with fulfilling your request: Contract Staff time to extract stored email ($45/hr x35 hrs) = $1,575.00 Recall of off-site tape storage = $200.00 Paper/printing […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    City misses CPRA request deadlines “due to staff vacancies”?

    […] simply disregard them. When a record is subject to disclosure, the PRA requires agencies to make it "promptly available" on payment of copying fees.  Gov't Code § 6253(b). The PRA also says that "upon a request for a copy of records, shall, within 10 days from receipt of the request, determine whether the request, in whole […]

    October 12, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Denied records of homicide investigation

    […] extreme case. That is, there is no evident justification for the agency to avoid its obligation to "make the records promptly available" to you. Gov't Code § 6253(b). The Public Records Act provides that: "ublic records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency and every […]

    December 23, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Was My Public Records Request Denial As “Unduly Burdensome” Justified?

    […] shall make the records promptly available to any person upon payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable."  Gov't Code § 6253(b). Generally speaking, this means that if the agency can reasonably understand from a request what particular records are sought, those records should be disclosed unless the PRA […]

    February 15, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Required to pay research fee for building permit search

    […] issue of permissible fees, the Public Records Act permits agencies to charge those who receive copies of records only the actual costs of duplication. Govt. Code section 6253(b). Fees for searching are not permitted, unless the Legislature has specifically authorized a search fee. I am not aware of any statutory authorization for search fees for […]

    March 5, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How can my records request meet deadline if staff assigned is on vacation?

    […] simply disregard them. When a record is subject to disclosure, the PRA requires agencies to make it "promptly available" on payment of copying fees.  Gov't Code § 6253(b). The PRA also says that "upon a request for a copy of records, shall, within 10 days from receipt of the request, determine whether the request, in […]

    September 11, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Fee for email copies same as paper copies?

    […] of public records that are not exempt from disclosure "upon payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable." Govt. Code § 6253(b). A charge of 10 cents per page is fairly standard. You could always request that the agency waive the duplication fee, but there is no requirement that […]

    March 18, 2010