Records Access and
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• 1. General Provisions
  • 1.1. Legislative intent (63G-2-102)
  • 1.2. Definitions (63G-2-103)
  • 1.3. Security measures (63G-2-106)
  • 1.4. Disclosure of records (63G-2-107)
  • 1.5. Certification of records officer (63G-2-108)
• 2. Access to Records
  • 2.1. Records requests (63G-2-204)
  • 2.2. Right to inspect records (63G-2-201)
  • 2.3. Access to private, controlled, and protected records (63G-2-202)
  • 2.4. Fees (63G-2-203)
  • 2.5. Denials (63G-2-205)
  • 2.6. Sharing records (63G-2-206)
  • 2.7. Subpoenas (63G-2-207)
• 3. Classification
  • 3.1. Records that must be disclosed (63G-2-301)
  • 3.2. Private records (63G-2-302)
  • 3.3. Controlled records (63G-2-304)
  • 3.4. Protected records (63G-2-305)
  • 3.5. Designation and classification (63G-2-307)
  • 3.6. Segregation of records (63G-2-308)
  • 3.7. Confidentiality claims (63G-2-309)
  • 3.8. Records made public after 75 years (63G-2-310)
• 4. Appeals
  • 4.1. Definitions (63G-2-400.5)
  • 4.2. Appeal to head of governmental entity (63G-2-401)
  • 4.3. Evidentiary standards for release of certain enforcement and litigation records (63G-2-406)
  • 4.4. Options for appealing a denial (63G-2-402)
  • 4.5. Appeals to the records committee (63G-403)
  • 4.6. Judicial Review (63G-2-404)
• 5. Applicability to Political Subdivisions, the Judiciary, and the Legislature
  • 5.1. Applicability to the Judiciary; Applicability to the Legislature (63G-2-702, -703)
  • 5.2. Political subdivisions may adopt ordinances in compliance with chapter (63G-2-701)
• 6. Other provisions in GRAMA
  • 6.1. Part Five, State Records Committee (63G-2-5)
  • 6.2. Part Six, Collection of Information and Accuracy of Records (63G-2-6)
  • 6.3. Part Eight, Remedies (63G-2-8)
  • 6.4. Part Nine, Public Associations (63G-2-9)
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5.1. Applicability to the Judiciary; Applicability to the Legislature (63G-2-702, 63G-2-703)

The Judiciary and the Legislature and its staff offices, in Sections 63G-2-702 and 63G-2-703 respectively, are exempt from some of the requirements of GRAMA. Their records are still the property of the state, and classification standards and access requirements cannot be altered. However, they are not subject to the appeals process of which the state records committee is a part. The Judiciary and the Legislature are responsible for the management and retention of their own records, may establish their own records retention schedules, and are not subject to GRAMA fee schedules.

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