California Government Code 7922.540 – (a) A response to a written request for inspection or copies of …
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(a) A response to a written request for inspection or copies of public records that includes a determination that the request is denied, in whole or in part, shall be in writing.
(b) The notification of denial shall set forth the names and titles or positions of each person responsible for the denial.
Terms Used In California Government Code 7922.540
- person: includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or association. See California Government Code 7920.520
- public records: includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics. See California Government Code 7920.530
- writing: means any handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored. See California Government Code 7920.545
(c) An agency shall justify withholding any record by complying with Section 7922.000.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.)