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Indiana

Indiana Access to Public Records Act

Ind. Code § 5-14-3-1 et seq.

Public records law for Indiana. Covers state agencies, counties, municipalities, school districts, and special districts.

The clock

7 calendar days

Reasonable time not to exceed 7 calendar days for denial; larger requests reasonable time.

Statutory: Reasonable time not to exceed 7 calendar days for denial; larger requests reasonable time.. Actual medians vary widely by agency and request complexity; simple requests often 7-30 days, complex 60-300+.

Reading the statute itself

The text of this one is not reproduced here. The United States Code carries no copyright, so federal FOIA is printed on this site in full; the fifty state codes are published by fifty legislatures under their own claims of compilation copyright, so they are linked instead. Everything on this page — the deadline, the appeal path, the fee-waiver standard — is Aletheca’s summary of that text, and the official source is one click away.

If they refuse

Appeal deadline
Not specified
Appeal route
Informal inquiry or formal complaint to Public Access Counselor within 30 days; then court.
Litigation
Not specified

Fees and expedition

Quirks worth knowing

Public Access Counselor advisory opinions influential.