Records
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1981-82 #440
Though using the entire period to release a readily available record is not a technical violation of FOIA, it probably violates the spirit of the law where release would not have any way hampered the orderly administration of government.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1981-82 #379A
Statistical information already accumulated by the commissioner of revenue may be released under FOIA.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1981-82 #377A
The business address and type of business license granted is not information protected from disclosure by the tax code.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1981-82 #438
Newsletters prepared by county administrator summarizing issues to be discussed at the next board of supervisors meeting are official records open to the public, even if some of the topics are the proper subject of a closed meeting.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1981-82 #433
Neither applications nor the identities of those applying for nonpaying positions on public boards or commissions are exempt from disclosure as personnel records.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1980-81 #394
Public salaries over $10,000 subject to mandatory disclosure; salaries under $10,000 may be disclosed voluntarily.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1980-81 #395
Official records routinely generated in response to various statutes do not become the working papers of the chief executive officer merely because they are passed on to that office in the ordinary course of business.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1980-81 #391
Arrest warrants and attached papers containing breath analysis results are exempt under FOIA until executed, and not exempt once executed. Official forms used to record the results of breath analyses are excluded from FOIA when their use is restricted to the preliminary determination to charge suspected violators.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1980-81 #392
Records regarding the use of a sheriff’s special account are official records,even if the account is not funded by the county or state, when the funds are used for a public purpose.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1979-80 #389
Records of the identity of students participating in special education programs are exempt from disclosure under the scholastic records exemption. Nothing prevents intra-school board access to those records, though.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1979-80 #385
Because nothing in FOIA demands confidentiality of any record or meeting, school board members-elect may attend executive sessions and review personnel records prior to taking office.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1979-80 #301
Teaching certificates are exempt as personnel records.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1979-80 #377
Judge’s notes on cases over which he/she currently presides exempt under the litigation exemption.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1979-80 #270
Medical records exemption is discretionary, though the subject of the record may compel release to him-/herself or a designated doctor or attorney.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1979-80 #386
Public body may require advance payment, as long as access is not unlawfully limited.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1979-80 #378
School board may not use personnel exemption to discuss general personnel priorities in exeuctive session. Materials held exclusively by school superintendent are exempt working papers even if the superintendent has given a presentation to school board personnel using those materials.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1979-80 #377A
Fees not in excess of the actual cost of providing copies are allowable.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1979-80 #236
Medicare and Medicaid cost reports are open records. Court rulings interpreting the federal FOIA do not apply to Virginia’s FOIA.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1979-80 #384
Jail inmates are entitled to look at their own medical records that are otherwise exempt under FOIA.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1978-79 #313A
Building and zoning permits are official records.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1978-79 #313
Minutes or transcripts of a properly held executive meeting are exempt from mandatory disclsoure.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1978-79 #317A
a report to a public body becomes an official record when it comes in to the body’s possession.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1978-79 #315
financial statements city requires merchants selling goods in the city to file with its purchasing department are official records.