District of Columbia § 2-533 Letters of denial.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 2-533 — Letters of denial.

District of Columbia·Title 2 Government Administration.·Ch. 5 Administrative Procedure.·Subch. II Freedom of Information.

(a)Denial by a public body of a request for any public record shall contain at least the following:

(1)The specific reasons for the denial, including citations to the particular exemption(s) under § 2-534 relied on as authority for the denial;

(2)The name(s) of the public official(s) or employee(s) responsible for the decision to deny the request; and

(3)Notification to the requester of any administrative or judicial right to appeal under § 2-537 .

(b)Each public body of the District of Columbia shall maintain a file of all letters of denial of requests for public records. This file shall be made available to any person on request for purposes of inspection and/or copying.

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(a) Denial by a public body of a request for any public record shall contain at least the following:

(1) The specific reasons for the denial, including citations to the particular exemption(s) under § 2-534 relied on as authority for the denial;

(2) The name(s) of the public official(s) or employee(s) responsible for the decision to deny the request; and

(3) Notification to the requester of any administrative or judicial right to appeal under § 2-537 .

(b) Each public body of the District of Columbia shall maintain a file of all letters of denial of requests for public records. This file shall be made available to any person on request for purposes of inspection and/or copying.

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Legislative History

Oct. 21, 1968, Pub. L. 90-614, title II, § 203; as added Mar. 29, 1977, D.C. Law 1-96, § 2, 23 DCR 3744; Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-283, § 3(c), 48 DCR 1917