Rhode Island Public Records Law

= Short Description =

Who is covered?
Governor: Covered

Legislature: Covered

Courts: Covered only in respect to their administrative function

Advisory Committees:

What is the process like?
Anyone can request records. Each public body is in charge of setting its own process for requests. However, a public body may not require written requests. If a request is to be denied it must be issued within 10 business days of reciept. Search charges cannot exceed $15 per hour and nothing may be charged for the first hour of search. Copies can be made for no more than $0.15 per page. No more than the reasonable actual cost may be charged for providing public records.

Most recent changes?
1998

= Legislation =

The following are bills introduced in 2011:

= Articles, Blog Posts, etc =