Alabama Open Records


  1. Alabama Open Records
    1. Alabama laws and court cases
    2. Letter Generator
    3. Exemptions
    4. Open Records Contact Addresses
    5. Sunshine Troublemaker of the Week
    6. Blogs, websites and resources that use open records
    7. News articles about Open Records in Alabama
      1. 2008
      2. 2007

Alabama laws and court cases

Alabama State Statute (Go to section 41-13-1.)
Open Government Guide to Alabama Open Records Law by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press


Letter Generator

Generate an open records request that conforms to Alabama's requirements


Exemptions

Alabama Exemptions - Document types exempted from public access in Alabama.


Open Records Contact Addresses

Excel Spreadsheet of Alabama School Superintendents


Sunshine Troublemaker of the Week

Alabama resident Kathy Barnes has received the coveted STOTW Award. Read all about her open records adventures, and see what other states have citizens who have earned the award, here.


Blogs, websites and resources that use open records

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Blog posts tagged Alabama open records


News articles about Open Records in Alabama

Alabama Press Association

2008

May 12, 2008: Public records sought
April 30, 2008: City to provide residents with more government records
April 26, 2008: Column: The long and winding road of FOIA requests
April 19, 2008: More sunshine planned for council records
April 11, 2008: Council has yet to take action on city’s open records policy
April 10, 2008: Open means open
March 22, 2008: Citizen’s group pleased with changes in charges for Fairhope public records
March 18, 2008: Sunshine week designed to shed light on the importance of open government
February 29, 2008: Public record still not being released by Ozark City Schools
February 25, 2008: Judge rules 'official' discipline in teacher's personnel file public
February 20, 2008: JSU refuses newspaper's request for athletic info.
February 5, 2008: Defense lawyers object to police video costs
January 30, 2008: Getting public records to the people
January 16, 2008: Judge denies motions to dismiss Barksdale suit

2007

November 10, 2007: Barksdale attorneys press open records case
October 23, 2007: Organization wants records from School System on suspensions, federal funding, etc.
October 19, 2007: Lawrence releases partial list released
October 11, 2007: No subpoena needed
October 9, 2007: Public records request leads to dispute
October 3, 2007: Letters, faxes, and e-mail (Opinion column)
September 22, 2007: A step toward truth (Opinion column)
September 21, 2007: Suit seeks Barksdale's inmate file
September 21, 2007: Lawsuit filed in inmate death
September 21, 2007:Hundreds of pages denied to lawyer
September 18, 2007: Just tell the truth (Opinion column)
September 6, 2007: The airplane records released by Alabama's environmental agency still leave many questions unanswered (Opinion column)
August 29, 2007: Alabama Department of Environmental Management to post aerial reconnaissance records online
July 25, 2007: Judge rules twice that state must provide records


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  • Recent comments:
    Maverick:Very nice addition, thank you! I hope to have a full list of exemptions to all states' laws at some point. This elimination of an extra step will be even more of a help then.
    IConrad:Edited the url for the exemptions page to bypass additional step for additional readers; now goes directly to Alabama section.
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