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Article: KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUES OPEN RECORDS DECISION REGARDING JOSEPH CRABTREE/WHITLEY CIRCUIT COURT CLERK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 5, 2006
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The Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records decision:
Summary: Decision adopting 98-ORD-6 and 04-ORD-219; records in the custody of circuit court clerks are properly characterized as court records, which are not governed by the Open Records Act, rather than public records within the meaning of KRS 61.870(2). Accordingly, this office has consistently recognized that circuit court clerks are not required to comply with provisions of the Open Records Act; the Whitley Circuit Court Clerk therefore cannot be said to have violated the Act by failing to respond initially or in denying the request for specified court records.
Open Records Decision
At issue in this appeal is ...