Records
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1993 #001
Report prepared by the Auditor of Public Accounts (re: adequacy of accounting systems used by commissioners of revenue, directors of finance and other assessing officers) may be disclosed under FOIA.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1992 #157
The names of delinquent taxpayers may be released under FOIA, but the amount of delinquency may not.
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National Rural Utilities v. Greenlief
The tax-exempt status of certain individuals is information that is exempt from disclosure under FOIA by virtue of the Tax Code’s general prohibition against release of taxpayer information.
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James v. Division of Consolidated Services
Va FOIA excludes evidence related to a criminal investigation unless needed for criminal defense.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1991 #081
FOIA doesn’t block an otherwise valid subpoena duces tecum that asks for information that could be exempt under FOIA.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1991 #009
Names, qualifications, evaluations, tests used to evaluate, and how indidivual candidates fared under selection criteria all exempt. General selection criteria not exempt. Certificates issued by Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy regarding persons certified to work in mines must be disclosed.
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Taylor v. Worrell Enterprises
The governor’s itemized telephone bills are official records exempt from disclosure as memoranda, working papers or correspondence.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1991 #013
Files associated with an active investigation may be withheld, but do not have to be after the investigation is complete.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1991 #007
Citizen does not have a right to make a continuing request for records that do not yet exist.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1990 #009
Booking photos and mug shots are official records that must be disclosed.
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Lemond v. McElroy
Documents generated in connection with the payment process of a settlement agreement, after the mutual agreement to settle, are open to public inspection.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1989 #017
University library not required to disclose; titles of books checked out, references questions asked, bibliographies prepared by staff by request, nor must the titles of books ordered by faculty.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1989 #013
Public body not required to compile a record, but must notify the requester within the required time.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1987-88 #033A
Inmates’ medical records need not be disclosed absent authorization from the inmate himself or herself.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1987-88 #035
Settlement agreements may be memoranda, working papers or records prepared specifically for use in litigation – need not be disclosed.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1987-88 #030
A city/county attorney’s itemized billing statement is an official record and must be disclosed to the extend it does not reveal confidential communication, or ongoing criminal investigation matters, or some other information that may be exempt. Reasonable charge for deletions may be made
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Associated Tax Service Inc. v. Fitzpatrick
The purpose or motivation behind a request made under FOIA is irrelevant to a citizen’s entitlement to requested information.
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Saunders v. Pethtel
FOIA and the statute that allows inspection of competitive sealed bids are separate and distinct.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1987-88 #033
Names and salaries of government employees making over $10,000/year are public and may be published by third parties.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1987-88 #037
Jail registers are open records, but some information in a so-called ‘dispatch log’ is confidential, as is some information in a so-called ‘jail log.’
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1986-87 #028
An offer-to-purchase letter is a record compiled specifically for litigation because it will be used in condemnation proceedings should the offer be refused.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1985-86 #333
HUD reports are exempt to the extent that they reveal information about identifiable employees
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1984-85 #170
A death certificate, as a vital record, is not subject to disclosure under FOIA; however there is nothing to prevent someone with independent knowledge of a cause of death from commenting on it.