As of July 1, 2017, the new Public Records Law requires Records Access Officers (RAOs) to prepare and post guidelines to assist persons seeking public records. If your community has not yet done so, the RAO should prepare and post such guidelines as soon as possible. The guidelines must be posted to the municipal website (assuming that the municipality has a website) and at municipal offices.
We have prepared sample guidelines RAOs may wish to use as an aid in preparing appropriate guidelines for their communities.
SAMPLE – Guidelines for Public Records Requests – PDF version
SAMPLE – Guidelines for Public Records Requests – Word Document version
The firm’s Public Record Law Resource Page can be found here, or for assistance from a member of the firm’s Government Information and Access Group, contact us at 617.556.0007.