Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law (“RTKL”) provides access to public records and promotes transparency in our Commonwealth. A record in the possession of a government agency is presumed to be public unless the record is...more
In Forrest v. Erie City, AP 2023-1701 (Sept. 28, 2023), Erie City responded to a request for a list of all rental properties registered and licensed in the City in an Excel spreadsheet by providing a PDF conversion of the...more
You may notice water being diverted from a neighboring property onto your property. Or, perhaps you have concerns that the property located above yours seems to be shifting, and you fear a landslide....more
Last week, we discussed how the OOR concluded that, for the most part, Taser discharge reports are public records. This week, we’ll examine whether policies related to Tasers are public records. In Ciavaglia v. Newtown...more
The 30 exceptions set forth in Section 708(b) of RTKL are not an exhaustive list of records that can or must be withheld from disclosure under the RTKL. Instead, Section 102 of the RTKL contains a catch-all, stating that any...more
Under the RTKL, two groups of records are accessible—those records in an agency’s actual or constructive possession reached directly under Section 901 of the RTKL and records that are only in the possession of third parties...more
Section 1307 of the Right-to-Know Law (“RTKL”) requires that the Office of Open Records (“OOR”) establish a fee schedule for Commonwealth agencies and local agencies that establishes the fees for duplication by photocopying,...more