Reply from the FL OAG

Since I hadn't heard from the Hon. Steve Meadows, I asked the FL OAG if I file a Public Records Request with the OAG or the State Attorney's Office for records. As previously posted, I filed my Public Record Request with State Attorney Meadow's office and according to the AG that was correct. At any rate, I've pasted the Attorney General's Office reply to my inquiry below.



AG to me
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From: AG
To: joe.keegan@gmail.com
Date: Sep 5, 2006 11:05 AM
Subject: In reply to your email
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The Florida Attorney General's Office is in receipt of your inquiry asking
how to submit a public records request for records held by a state
attorney's office, as described in your email. Attorney General Crist
asked that we respond.

Based on the information in your email, it appears that you should submit
such a request directly to the state attorney's office. Generally, you
should submit any request to view or obtain copies of public records to
the custodial agency of the records in question, in this instance,
directly to the state attorney's office.

The elected state attorneys in each of Florida's twenty judicial circuits
operate independently and are not a part of the Attorney General's Office.
The Governor's website provides a list of addresses and phone numbers for
the state attorneys' offices at:

http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/publicsafety/justiceadmin.html

The Attorney General's Government in the Sunshine Manual provides general
information relating to public records and sunshine law. An abridged
electronic edition of the Sunshine Manual is available in a searchable
format on the Attorney General's website:

http://myfloridalegal.com/sun.nsf/manual

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INTERNET COMPLAINT RECEIVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ON 09/01/2006
05:49:53 AM

Joe Keegan

Bonifay, FL 32425
Holmes

joe.keegan@gmail.com


Subject/Category: To whom do I send a PRR for records in a State Attorney's
possession?

Questions/Comments:
Do I send a Public Records Request to the FL Office of Attorney General for
records in the possession of a State Attorney or to the State Attorney's
office? Does the OAG or State Attorney's Office assign the Public Records
Request number with a PRR to a State Attorney's Office?