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Article: KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUES OPEN RECORDS DECISION REGARDING ROGER GIBSON/MCCRACKEN CIRCUIT COURT CLERK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 5, 2008
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The Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records decision:
In re: Roger Gibson/McCracken 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 consistently recognized that circuit court clerks are not subject to the provisions of the Open Records Act. Consequently, the McCracken Circuit Court Clerk could not be said to have violated the Act in failing to respond upon receipt of the request as otherwise required by KRS 61.880(1) even ...