Availability of Records

What Records are Available

• Statutes, regulations, policies
• Minutes and documents cited in open, public meetings
• Salaries and basic information about public employees
• Budget information
• Licensing data about regulated industries

Some records may contain private, privileged or confidential information. Exceptions to the Kansas Open Records Act may include, but not limited to, the following:

What Records are NOT Available

• Certain personnel information
• Records protected by the attorney-client privilege or an attorney work product
• Notes and preliminary drafts
• Correspondence between a private individual and a government agency
• Records related to matters in which administrative or civil litigation is pending, if the records were compiled in the process of detecting or investigating the violations involved.

A detailed list of exemptions to the Kansas Open Records Act can be found in K.S.A. 45-221(a).