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Aletheca

57 statutes · 3,168 counties inherit one

Every law Aletheca files under.

Federal FOIA, the Privacy Act, and the public-records act of all fifty states, the District of Columbia and five territories. The deadline drives the statutory clock; the text beside it is what gets printed, because “10 days” and “10 calendar days to determine, with a 14-day extension” are not the same claim.

Federal

  • Freedom of Information Act

    5 U.S.C. § 552

    Federal Freedom of Information Act governing access to executive branch agency records. Does not apply to Congress, federal courts, or state/local governments.

    20 business days90-day appeal

  • Privacy Act of 1974

    5 U.S.C. § 552a

    Access and amendment of records about oneself held in a system of records. Often paired with FOIA.

    20 business days30-day appeal

States and territories, by how fast they must answer

The spread is the finding. Arkansas gives three days; Alabama gives no number at all. Both are governing the same activity, and a requester who does not know which they are in has no way to tell an ordinary wait from a statutory breach.

3 days or fewer

9 jurisdictions

4–5 days

14 jurisdictions

6–10 days

18 jurisdictions

More than 10 days

2 jurisdictions

No fixed deadline

12 jurisdictions

Machine-readable at /api/v1/laws — deadline, business-vs-calendar flag, appeal path and fee-waiver standard on every row.