Legal Trend: Open Records & Smart Phones. Free open records!

Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records ruled this week that a person requesting open records, who uses a smart phone to take pictures of the record cannot be assessed a fee.

“The Office of Open Records ruled “prohibiting the photographing of documents would be contrary to the purpose of the [Right to Know Law], which is to ‘maximize access to government records.’

Free government records, get your free government records…in Pennsylvania.

Governing