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All 50 states have public record laws which allow U.S. citizens (including non-residents) to obtain documents and other public records from state and local government bodies. State public records laws are not identical to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) nor are state court interpretations of similar language in state statutes necessarily the same as federal court interpretation of FOIA (though many were modeled upon the federal FOIA).

Many of the state public record laws are similar to the federal FOIA, but there are differences. Always review the specific law and regulation you are working with before you proceed. Refer to the code section for your state as listed below. 

• Alabama Ala. Code 36-12-40 et seq.
• Alaska Alaska Stat. 09.25.100 to .220
• Arizona Ariz. Rev. Stat.Ann.39-121 to 1-24
• Arkansas Ark.Code Ann. §25-19-106 et seq.
• California Cal.Gov.Code 6250 to 6270
• Colorado C.R.S. 24-72-201 et seq
• Connecticut Conn.Gen.Stat.§1-200 et seq
• Delaware 29 Del. C. § 10001 et seq.
• District of Col. D.C.CodeAnn. 25-61-10
• Florida Fla.Stat.Ann. 119.01 to .165
• Georgia Ga.CodeAnn. 50-18-70 to 76
• Hawaii Haw. Rev. Stat. §92F-1 et seq.
• Idaho Idaho Code 9-338 to -347
• Illinois 5 ILCS 140/1
• Indiana Ind.Code Ann. 5-14-3-1 to 10
• Iowa Iowa Code Ann. 22.1 to .14
• Kansas Kan.Stat.Ann 45-215 to 225
• Kentucky Ky.Rev.Stat..Ann. 61.870 to .884
• Louisiana La.Rev.Stat.Ann. 44:31
• Maine Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. 1-13 § 408
• Maryland Md.Code Ann., State & Govt, 10-611 to 628
• Massachussetts Mass.Gen.Laws Ann. Ch.4, 7; Ch. 66,10
• Michigan MCL 15.231
• Minnesota Minn. Stat. Ann. 13.03
• Mississippi Miss. Code Ann. 25-61-1 et seq
• Missouri Mo.Ann.Stat. 109.180 to .190
• Montana Mont.Code Ann. 2-6-101 to 111
• Nebraska NEB. REV. STAT. §§ 84-712
• Nevada Nev.Rev.Stat.Ann. 239.005 to .040
• New Hampshire NH Rev. Stat. 91-A:1
• New Jersey N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
• New Mexico 14-2-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
• New York NY Pub. Off. Law Sec. 84
• North Carolina N.C.Gen. Stat. 132-1 to 10
• North Dakota N.D. Cent. Code 44-04-18 to -18.8
• Ohio Ohio Rev. Code. Ann 149.43
• Oklahoma Okla. Stat. Ann. Tit. 51,24A.1 to .18
• Oregon Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. 192.410 to .505
• Pennsylvania Pa.Cons.Stat.Ann. Tit. 65, 66..1 to .4
• Rhode Island R.I. Gen. Laws 38-2-1 to -14
•  South Carolina S.C. Code Ann. §30-4-10
• South Dakota S.D. Codified Laws Ann. 1-27-1 to -19
• Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. 10-7-503 et seq.
• Texas Texas Code § 552
• Utah Utah.Code.ann. 63-2-101 to -207
• Vermont 1 V.S.A. § 316
• Virginia Va. Code § 2.2-3704
•  W. Virgina W.Va. Code § 29B-1-1
•  Washington Wash. Rev. Code Ann. 42.17.250 to .311
•  Wisconsin Wis. Stat. Ann. 19.31 to .39
• Wyoming Wyo.Stat.Ann,9-2-407

The above information can also be found with links at http://www.foiadvocates.com/records.html  For sample requests and examples of actual requests and responses please go to http://crispe.org/forum/index.php