192.465] ����� 192.420 [1973 c.794 �3; 1999 c.574 �1; 2003 c.403 �1; renumbered 192.314 in 2017] ����� 192.422 Petition form; procedure when petition received. (1) A petition to the Attorney G

192.465]

����� 192.420 [1973 c.794 �3; 1999 c.574 �1; 2003 c.403 �1; renumbered 192.314 in 2017]

����� 192.422 Petition form; procedure when petition received. (1) A petition to the Attorney General or district attorney requesting the Attorney General or district attorney to order a public record to be made available for inspection or to be produced shall be in substantially the following form, or in a form containing the same information:

______________________________________________________________________________

______

(Date)

����� I (we), ____________ (name(s)), the undersigned, request the Attorney General (or District Attorney of ______ County) to order ______ (name of governmental body) and its employees to (make available for inspection) (produce a copy or copies of) the following records:

����� 1. ____________________

(Name or description of record)

����� 2. ____________________

(Name or description of record)

����� I (we) asked to inspect and/or copy these records on ______ (date) at ______ (address). The request was denied by the following person(s):

����� 1. ____________________

(Name of public officer or employee;

title or position, if known)

����� 2. ____________________

(Name of public officer or employee;

title or position, if known)

______________________

(Signature(s))

______________________________________________________________________________

This form should be delivered or mailed to the Attorney General�s office in Salem, or the district attorney�s office in the county courthouse.

����� (2) Promptly upon receipt of such a petition, the Attorney General or district attorney shall notify the public body involved. The public body shall thereupon transmit the public record disclosure of which is sought, or a copy, to the Attorney General, together with a statement of its reasons for believing that the public record should not be disclosed. In an appropriate case, with the consent of the Attorney General, the public body may instead disclose the nature or substance of the public record to the Attorney General. [Formerly 192.470]

����� 192.423 [2007 c.513 �2; renumbered 192.360 in 2017]

����� 192.427 Procedure to review denial by elected official of right to inspect public records. In any case in which a person is denied the right to inspect or to receive a copy of a public record in the custody of an elected official, or in the custody of any other person but as to which an elected official claims the right to withhold disclosure, no petition to require disclosure may be filed with the Attorney General or district attorney, or if a petition is filed it shall not be considered by the Attorney General or district attorney after a claim of right to withhold disclosure by an elected official. In such case a person denied the right to inspect or to receive a copy of a public record may institute proceedings for injunctive or declaratory relief in the appropriate circuit court, as specified in ORS 192.401, 192.411 or 192.415, and the Attorney General or district attorney may upon request serve or decline to serve, in the discretion of the Attorney General or district attorney, as counsel in such suit for an elected official for which the Attorney General or district attorney ordinarily serves as counsel. Nothing in this section shall preclude an elected official from requesting advice from the Attorney General or a district attorney as to whether a public record should be disclosed. [Formerly