Search AG Opinions & Decisions
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-141
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Gordon Slone,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Radcliff Police Department violated the Open Records Act by failing to affirmatively deny the existence of requested records. Police Department …
Joshua Powell — Radcliff Police Department
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-142
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;J. Marcus Jones,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Garrard County Search and Rescue Team ("GCSR") and its executive committee members are a "Public Agency," pursuant to KRS 61.870(1)(f) and (i), …
Timothy Scott — Steve Goddard
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-145
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;J. Marcus Jones,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Green River Correctional Complex cannot produce nonexistent handwritten report for copying, but violated KRS 61.880(1) in failing to conduct a …
Leonel Martinez — Green River Correctional Complex
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-144
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;J. Marcus Jones,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Luther Luckett Correctional Complex (LLCC) properly relied on KRS 439.510, incorporated into the Open Records Act by KRS 61.878(1)(l), in denying …
Timothy Nolan — Luther Luckett Correctional Complex
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-143
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Sarah Ellen Eads Adkins,Assistant Attorney General Summary : The Louisville Metro Department of Corrections appropriately denied the inmate's request per KRS 197.025(2) because he requested records …
Bobby Brock — Louisville Metro Department of Corrections
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-146
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;James M. Herrick,Assistant Attorney General Summary : City of Williamstown improperly invoked KRS 61.878(1)(c) for a water rate study it commissioned from Kentucky Rural Water Association. City …
Grant County News — City of Williamstown
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-147
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Michelle D. Harrison,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Hardin County 911 initially violated KRS 61.880(1) in failing to explain how KRS 61.878(1)(a) applied on the facts presented, but ultimately …
Trey Crumbie — Hardin County 911
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-149
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Michelle D. Harrison,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Northpoint Training Center properly relied upon KRS 197.025(1) and 197.025(2), both of which are incorporated into the Open Records Act by …
Jason Lindbloom — Northpoint Training Center
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-154
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;J. Marcus Jones,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Kentucky State Reformatory ("KSR") initially violated KRS 61.880(1) by failing to confirm or deny whether responsive records existed because it …
Uriah Pasha — Kentucky State Reformatory
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-155
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Michelle D. Harrison,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Inmate requester initiated his appeal prematurely under KRS 197.025(7) by filing it on the fifth working day following receipt of the request …
Uriah M. Pasha — Kentucky State Penitentiary
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-150
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Michelle D. Harrison,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Lee Adjustment Center did not violate the Open Records Act in denying a request for a nonexistent record, and was not required to "prove a …
JaQue Abrams — Lee Adjustment Center
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-152
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Gordon Slone,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Franklin County Attorney properly withheld criminal investigation record under prosecutors' exemption, but initially failed to provide a detailed …
The State Journal — Franklin County Attorney
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-148
Opinion Opinion By: Jack Conway,Andy Beshear,Attorney General;James M. Herrick,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Meade County Attorney did not violate Open Records Act in denying request for criminal litigation records on the basis of KRS …
Garrett Prehatney — Meade County Attorney
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-151
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;James M. Herrick,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Kentucky Department of Education violated KRS 61.880(1) by untimely responding to request and failing to explain application of open records …
Tyler Fryman — Kentucky Department of Education
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-153
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;James M. Herrick,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Kentucky State Penitentiary violated KRS 197.025(7) by failing to make a timely disposition of an open records request, but did not violate the …
Uriah Pasha — Kentucky State Penitentiary
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-156
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;J. Marcus Jones,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Kentucky Public Service Commission ("Commission") violated KRS 61.880(1) by initially failing to assign responsive records to meaningful …
Nikita Perumal — Public Service Commission
Opinion —
OAG 19-012
Request By: Lieutenant Governor Jenean M. Hampton Opinion Opinion By: ANDY BESHEAR,ATTORNEY GENERAL;Taylor Payne,Assistant Attorney General Opinion of the Attorney General Lieutenant Governor Jenean M. Hampton has requested an opinion of this Office …
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-157
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Sarah Ellen Eads Adkins,Assistant Attorney General Summary : The Department of Corrections violated the Open Records Act by failing to respond and affirmatively deny the existence of requested …
James Harrison — Department of Corrections
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-158
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;James M. Herrick,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Murray Police Department violated Open Records Act by denying access to arrest records, booking documentation, and search warrants pertaining to …
WKMS-FM — Murray Police Department
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-159
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Sarah Ellen Eads Adkins,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Kentucky State Penitentiary did not violate the Open Records Act by failing to provide records that do not exist. Open Records Decision …
James Harrison — Kentucky State Penitentiary
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The Sunshine Law Library is not exhaustive and may contain errors from source documents or the import process. Nothing on this website should be taken as legal advice. It is always best to consult with primary sources and appropriate counsel before taking any action.