Kentucky Open Government Coalition
The Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records decisions last week:
1. 25-ORD-113 (In re: Danny Maiden/Office of the Attorney General)
Summary: The Office of the Attorney General did notMviolate the Open Records Act when it invokedKRS 61.878(1)(i) and (j) to withhold records.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-113.pdf
2. 25-ORD-114 (In re: David Gardner/City of Salyersville)
Summary: The City of Salyersville violated the Open Records Act when it delayed the Appellant’s access to records beyond five business days without properly invoking KRS 61.872(5). The Office cannot find the City violated the Act when it claims to have provided all records responsive to a request.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-114.pdf
3. 25-ORD-115 (In re: Kurt Wallace/Bullitt County Detention Center)
Summary: The Bullitt County Detention Center did not violate the Open Records Act when it failed to respond to a request for records within five business days due to closures caused by extreme weather conditions. But the Jail violated the Act when it failed to display its rules and regulations pertaining to public records or contact information for its records custodian on its website, as required by KRS 61.876(2).
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-115.pdf
4. 25-ORD-116 (In re: Scooter Cook/Office of the Attorney General)
Summary: The Office of the Attorney General did notviolate the Open Records Act when it required requests to be signed by the requester and to state the manner in which the requester was a resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-116.pdf
Republished from Kentucky Open Government Coalition under CC-BY-SA 4.0
https://kyopengov.org/blog/open-records-decisions-issued-kentucky-attorney-general-last-week-11
Amye Bensenhaver is a retired assistant attorney general who, for twenty-five years, specialized in Kentucky’s open records and meetings laws. She is the co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.
Mon, May 12, 2025
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Amye Bensenhaver
Kentucky Open Government Coalition
The Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records decisions last week:
1. 25-ORD-113 (In re: Danny Maiden/Office of the Attorney General)
Summary: The Office of the Attorney General did notMviolate the Open Records Act when it invokedKRS 61.878(1)(i) and (j) to withhold records.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-113.pdf
2. 25-ORD-114 (In re: David Gardner/City of Salyersville)
Summary: The City of Salyersville violated the Open Records Act when it delayed the Appellant’s access to records beyond five business days without properly invoking KRS 61.872(5). The Office cannot find the City violated the Act when it claims to have provided all records responsive to a request.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-114.pdf
3. 25-ORD-115 (In re: Kurt Wallace/Bullitt County Detention Center)
Summary: The Bullitt County Detention Center did not violate the Open Records Act when it failed to respond to a request for records within five business days due to closures caused by extreme weather conditions. But the Jail violated the Act when it failed to display its rules and regulations pertaining to public records or contact information for its records custodian on its website, as required by KRS 61.876(2).
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-115.pdf
4. 25-ORD-116 (In re: Scooter Cook/Office of the Attorney General)
Summary: The Office of the Attorney General did notviolate the Open Records Act when it required requests to be signed by the requester and to state the manner in which the requester was a resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-116.pdf
Republished from Kentucky Open Government Coalition under CC-BY-SA 4.0
https://kyopengov.org/blog/open-records-decisions-issued-kentucky-attorney-general-last-week-11
Amye Bensenhaver
Amye Bensenhaver is a retired assistant attorney general who, for twenty-five years, specialized in Kentucky’s open records and meetings laws. She is the co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.