January 9, 2024Request: Whether the Board properly denied a request for a licensed chiropractor's response to a complaint in a pending discipline case.Conclusion: While the Board’s decision to deny the records was reasonable given the confidentiality provisions in its statute, absent a peer review committee,...
January 3, 2024Request: Whether the Mandan Fire Department violated the open records law by denying a record request.Conclusion: The Mandan Fire Department Chief’s personal water bill was not a record of the Mandan Fire Department. The record request was properly denied.You can view this opinion...
January 3, 2024Request: Whether the Board of Equalization violated open records law when it failed to provide records.Conclusion: The Board violated open records law when it did not respond to a request for records.You can view this opinion at: 2024-O-01.[print-me] ...
December 27, 2023Request: Whether the Morton County Sheriff’s Office violated open records law when it failed to provide records. Conclusion: The Morton County Sheriff’s Office should have informed the requester that requested records did not exist.You can view this opinion at: 2023-O-09.[print-me] ...
November 20, 2023Request: Did Ramsey County conduct its 2022 annual tax lien foreclosure sale in accordance with N.D.C.C. title 57-28 in that it did not qualify bidders prior to the auction sale and did not provide a contract for deed template prior upon demand?Conclusion: Ramsey...
November 20, 2023Request: Whether three entities violated the open records law by failing to respond to requests for records. Conclusion: Neither the Governor’s Office, the Agriculture Department, nor the NDIT violated the open records law when they failed to respond to a request for records that...
November 20, 2023Request: Whether the Morton County State’s Attorney violated the open records law by denying a record request.Conclusion: The State’s Attorney’s personal water bill was not a record of the Morton County State’s Attorney’s Office. The record request to the Morton County State’s Attorney’s...
November 20, 2023Request: Whether the North Dakota Board of Chiropractic Examiners provided records within a reasonable time.Conclusion: Following a special meeting, held to discuss exempt information in the responsive records, the Board sent a cost estimate for redactions to the requester. The Board provided the...
October 12, 2023Request: Whether the Williston Basin School District #7 properly: 1) noticed an executive session, 2) described the general subject matter and legal authority before entering the executive session, and 3) limited the discussion during the executive session to the legal authority stated.Conclusion: The...
September 28, 2023Request: Whether the City of Fargo responded to a record request within a reasonable time.Conclusion: The City of Fargo did not properly respond to a request for records when it neglected to explain a nearly four-week delay in providing records.You can view this...