The Right to Know Law requires each agency to post
the following information at its offices, and on its
website if it has one:
Here are links to the Right to Know information posted on county websites. The numbers indicate, according to the list above, which items are found on each website.
Links and websites are subject to change, of course. This information is accurate as of May 1, 2010. We will try to update this page regularly, but if you find one of these links is broken, or would like to report a change in the Right to Know information provided on a county website, please
- Contact information for the open-records officer.
- Contact information for the Office of Open Records or other applicable appeals officer.
- A form which may be used to file a request.
- Regulations, policies and procedures of the agency relating to this act.
Here are links to the Right to Know information posted on county websites. The numbers indicate, according to the list above, which items are found on each website.
Links and websites are subject to change, of course. This information is accurate as of May 1, 2010. We will try to update this page regularly, but if you find one of these links is broken, or would like to report a change in the Right to Know information provided on a county website, please
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Right to Know Requests" link on home
page. Open records email link provided on page;
other open records officer contact information
found on form and in policy.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records" link prominent on home
page. Thorough presentation of RTK information.
1, 2, 3 | Right-To-Know link under "County News" on
home page. No regulations or policies posted, but
helpful information about commonly requested
documents.
1, 2, 3 | "Open Records Act Requests" page linked
off Information Services on home page. "Policy"
document PDF consists of contact information, but
no policies.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Berks County Open Records" link on
home page. Office of Open Records contact
information in policy PDF
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Right to Know" link prominent on home
page
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Government" link prominent on
home page. Good and complete information.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records Office" link on home
page. Good and complete information.
1, 2, 3 | "Open Records" link on home page, but not
easy to see. No regulations or procedures; link to
the Office of Open Records website.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records" link on home page.
Complete information in policy PDF.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found.
1, 3 | Open records officer information and form on
home page.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records Law" page hard to find
under "Services" link. Full policy posted. Office
addresses for specific types of records provided,
but no open records officer information.
Out-of-date request form wrongly asks if requester
is Pennsylvania resident and asks requester to
describe records requested using old law's
definition of public record. Link to state Office
of Open Records, but no contact information.
1, 2, 4 | "PA Open Records Law" link on home page.
No form available. Link to state Office of Open
Records says "visit their website for guidelines
and forms."
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records Office" link on County
Government home page. Only policy provided is
standard fee structure. Link to state Office of
Open Records, but no contact information.
1 | "Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Act" link under
General Information menu on home page. Right to
Know Act page deals almost exclusively with access
to judicial records. Form provided is for judicial
records. No Right to Know information or form for
local agency records. Page states $7/15 min. fee
for redaction/retrieval of records, which is not
permitted per state Office of Open Records
directive.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found. There is
a "Web Access" link which notes a fee-based service
for accessing assessment, prothonotary and register
and record documents online.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found.
1, 2, 3 | "Open Records" link on home page. Only
names, some email links, for open records officers.
Links to county fees and policies go to blank
pages. Online county records request form. Links to
state Office of Open Records pages and information.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records Office" link under
Commissioners menu on home page. Good contact
information for open records officer, but Right to
Know policy and forms links are in an odd spot not
visually connected with the other information, and
hard to find. County also has Public Records
archive online.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records" link on "About the
County" page, linked from home page. Link to state
Office of Open Records website, no contact
information.
1, 3, 4 | "Open Records" link in Departments menu
on home page. Posted Open Records policy outdated:
Although it was amended Sept. 9, 2008, after the
new Right to Know Law was passed, it calls for the
county to have its own "Open Records Exception
Official" to issue final determinations on appeals.
The policy makes no mention of the state Office of
Open Records, which has sole authority to issue
final determinations on local agency appeals under
the new law.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Record Policy" link on home
page. All required information provided.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Public Records" link on home page.
Must click further to get to Right to Know Law
information. Link to state Office of Open Records
information and pages.
1, 3, 4 | "Open Records Information" link on home
page. Open Record Policy PDF mentions state Office
of Open Records will hear appeals, but provides no
contact information. No OOR links on site.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records Policy" in "County Quick
Clicks" menu on home page. State Office of Open
Records contact information on policy PDF.
1, 4 | Tiny "Open records policy" link at very
bottom of home page. Although Open Records Policy
page mentions Act 3 of 2008, appeals process
information is outdated and wrong, stating that
appeals are to be heard by the county
commissioners. The policy makes no mention of the
state Office of Open Records, which has sole
authority to issue final determinations on local
agency appeals under the new law. No form.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found. A search
of the site for "open records" uncovers a Dec. 10,
2008, newsletter that mentions the appointment of
the chief clerk as the open records officer, and
provides a phone number. The chief clerk's page has
contact information, but no Right to Know
information.
1, 2, 3 | "Open Records Request" link on home page.
Other than open records officer contact
information, all Right to Know information consists
of links to the state Office of Open Records
website.
1, 2, 4 | "Indiana's New Right to Know Policy" link
on home page opens a PDF which is the source of all
Right to Know Law information on the site. Open
records office contact information is contained
within the policy document, as is the address of
the state Office of Open Records. No request form
provided.
NOTE: No Jefferson County government website found.
[Link is to Jefferson County Department of
Development]
3, 4 | A "Juniata County Right to Know Policy"
section near the bottom of the home page contains
links to a request form and a PDF of the county's
Right to Know Policy, which is the source of all
Right to Know Law information on the website. The
policy document contains mailing addresses for
record keepers at various agencies, but does not
name an open-records officer, and no phone numbers,
fax numbers or email addresses are given. The
policy document mentions the state Office of Open
Records, but provides no contact information or
links.
1, 2, 3, 4 | PDFs of Right to Know Act Policy and
Right to Know Request Form are hard to find. (From
home page, must click on Departments/Agencies, then
go to Board of Commissioners page, which contains
links to Right to Know PDFs.) The Right to Know
forms are also linked from Communications Office
page, although requests aren't handled by that
office. Request form is not included on County
Forms page. Single-page Right to Know Act Policy
document contains contact information for the
county's open records officer and state Office of
Open Records.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records/Right to Know" link on
home page. All required information is available,
although scattered over a number of pages for no
apparent reason.
3, 4 | Small "Right to Know Request Form" link on
home page goes to Right to Know Policy, subsequent
link to form. The policy states that the County
Administrator is designated open records officer,
but provides no contact information. The policy
mentions the state Office of Open Reords, but
provides no contact information or links.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Right to Know Information" link on
home page. All required information provided. State
Office of Open Records contact information
contained in policy document.
1, 3, 4 | "Right to Know" link drops down from
"Contact Us" menu. Policy information is
bare-bones. No contact information or links for the
state Office of Open Records.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Right-To-Know Law" link on home page.
All required information available on Right to Know
page and in Right-To-Know Policy PDF. Link provided
to state Office of Open Records website.
3, 4 | "Right to Know Policy" link on home page,
links to a PDF of county policy. Request form at
end of policy document. Policy states that the
chief clerk is the open records officer but does
not provide contact information. State Office of
Open Records mentioned, but no contact information
or links provided.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records Office" link on home
page. Although county's Right to Know Policy
references the new Right to Know Law, effective
Jan. 1, 2009, its appeals process information is
outdated and wrong, stating that appeals are to be
heard by the county commissioners. The policy makes
no mention of the state Office of Open Records,
which has sole authority to issue final
determinations on local agency appeals under the
new law. However, information from the state Office
of Open Records is on the county's website, as is a
link to the state OOR website.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "2009 Right to Know" link on home
page. County's Right to Know policy PDF includes
open-records officer contact information, state
Office of Open Records information, form and
policy.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records" icon on home page.
"Open Records/Right to Know" page contains basic
information, with link to state Office of Open
Records and its Citizen Guide.
1, 2, 3, 4 | A small "Open Records" link is on the
home page. Although the county's posted "Open
Records Regulations and Procedures" state they were
adopted in November 2008 in conjunction with the
new Right to Know Law, outdated information
regarding requester "exceptions" to be appealed to
the county remains in the document. A note at the
top of the first page mentions that this outdated
information has been "bracketed" to indicate it has
been superceded. However, no updated information
about filing appeals to the state Office of Open
Records is provided. The policy document needs to
be rewritten to remove the bracketed material and
provide correct information on the appeals process.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Right to Know Act" link on home page.
Right to Know page contains all required
information.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records Policy" link on home
page. Open Records Policy page contains link to
download a request form, and link to a policy
document, which contains open records officer
information and address of the state Office of Open
Records.
1, 4 | "Right to Know Policy" link at bottom of
home page. Open Records Policy PDF posted,
containing open records officer contact information
and policies. No request form found. The policy
document contains a link to the state Office of
Open Records, and mentions that the state publishes
a request form on its site.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records and Right to Know" link
on home page. Right to Know Policy PDF contains
open records officer contact information, policy
and form. Policy does not provide contact
information for state Office of Open Records, but
link is provided on home page.
1, 2 | "Open Records" link on bottom of home page.
A brief "Public Notice" about the law is posted,
which refers to the Office of Open Records site for
details. A copy of the OOR's "How to File An
Appeal" document is posted. No request form posted.
1, 3, 4 | "Right to Know Policy" link located on
Policies page located in General Information menu
on home page. Policy document includes open records
officer information and policy information. Contact
information for the state Office of Open Records is
included, but buried. A "Right to Know Act Request
Form" link is posted elsewhere, in General
Information menu on home page.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found.
1, 2, 3 | Open Records page hard to find: Linked at
bottom of Commissioners page, under General menu on
home page. Bare-bones information includes open
records officer mailing address and fax number, no
phone number or email. Downloadable request form.
Link to state Office of Open Reords website, but no
contact information. No policy or procedures
posted.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found.
1, 3 | Right-to-Know Law link at top of home page
along with Open Records Policy Officer phone
number. Right to Know page contains request form
and address to submit it to, presumably that of the
open records officer. No policy or procedures, no
mention of state Office of Open Records.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Right to Know Policy" link on home
page. All required information provided.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found. A "Public
Records" page under Government Offices provides
information only about deed and tax assessment
records.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Right to Know" link on home page. All
required information provided.
3 | Right to Know Request Form in Forms menu on
home page. NOTE: No other Right to Know information
found ... including the address where someone is
supposed to send the request form.
1, 2, 3 | "Public Records" link in General
Information menu on home page. Link to state Office
of Open Records website and FAQs. No policy or
procedures.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records" link in County Links
menu on home page. All required information
provided.
1, 2, 3, 4 | "Open Records Requests" link on home
page. All required information provided, including
a FAQ page.
NOTE: No Right to Know information found. [When
checked 5/1/10, the county website was found as a
sub-page of the Adams County site, with a note
saying it was be reconstructed.]
1, 3, 4 | "County of York Open Records" link on
home page. County open records officer contact
information on policy document. Policy document
mentions state Office of Open Records, but provides
no contact information.