To ensure consistency, any employee who retrieves records responsive to an ORA request shall, in every case, inform the Records Officer of the time spent ( or in the case of a pre-retrieval estimate, the time estimated to be spent) responding to the request ( including time spent redacting records), as well as the applicable hourly rate. §§ 15-6-77 and 15-9-60.Ĭosts: Pursuant to the ORA, the County is authorized to charge for the search, retrieval, redaction, and production or copying costs involved in responding to ORA requests, after the first 15 minutes of Department employee time expended, at the hourly rate of the lowest paid, full-time employee who possesses the necessary skill to so respond. These fees are established by statute, and include, but are not limited to, those fees set forth in O.C.G.A. Please note, records from the clerks of court may be subject to charges beyond those identified in the Open Records Act. if you wish to obtain a vital record, please visit the Probate Court office, MOnday through Friday form 8 a.m. There is a state mandated $25 fee for these records. Typically, only the person to whom the record applies and certain relatives may obtain these documents. § 50-18-76, vital records are not available for public inspection and are not available through an Open Records Request. You may obtain these records by visiting the applicable clerk’s office Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. To the extent you are seeking court records, such as case documents, deeds, or property liens, such records are maintained by the Newton County Clerks of Court. Computer Based or Generated InformationĬertain documents such as vital records, case documents, deeds and property liens do not fall under the same category as Public Records in regards to Open Records Requests.Public Record DefinitionĪ Public Record is defined as the following materials being prepared and maintained or received by an agency or by a private person or entity in the performance of a service or function for or on behalf of an agency or when such documents have been transferred to a private person or entity by an agency for storage or future governmental use. The Open Records Act was enacted to allow individuals to have free and open examination of public records and the meetings of government agencies.
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