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Article: KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUES OPEN RECORDS DECISION REGARDING JAMES HUGHES/FULTON CIRCUIT COURT CLERK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 13, 2007
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The Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records decision:
In re: James Hughes/Fulton Circuit Court Clerk
Summary:Decision adopting 98-ORD-6; because 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), the Attorney General has long recognized that circuit court clerks are not subject to the provisions of the Open Records Act. Consequently, the Fulton Circuit Court Clerk cannot be said to have violated the Act by initially failing to respond upon receipt of the request as otherwise required by KRS 61.880(1).
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