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State law requires only that records be available for inspection, copying, court finds.
Judge: Public records requests don't have to be emailed May 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Individuals are not entitled to receive public records, even routine police reports, by email under Oklahoma’s Open Records Act, according to an appeals court ruling. State law requires public officials to “do nothing more” than to make records available, Judge E. Bay Mitchell with the Court of Civil Appeals wrote in an opinion issued April 30, The Oklahoman reported Sunday. The court ruling stems from a request Custer County Sheriff Kenneth Tidwell had received from students ...