ORS 192.411: Petition to review denial of right to inspect state public record; appeal from decision of Attorney General denying inspection.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Subject to ORS 192.401 (1) and 192.427, any person denied the right to inspect or to receive a copy of any public record of a state agency may petition the Attorney General to review the public record to determine if it may be withheld from public inspection. Except as provided in ORS 192.401 (2), the burden is on the agency to sustain its action. Except as provided in ORS 192.401 (2), the Attorney General shall issue an order denying or granting the petition, or denying it in part and granting it in part, within seven days from the day the Attorney General receives the petition. (2) If the Attorney General grants the petition and orders the state agency to disclose the public record, or if the Attorney General grants the petition in part and orders the state agency to disclose a portion of the public record, the state agency shall comply with the order in full within seven days after issuance of the order, unless within the seven-day period it issues a notice of its intention to institute proceedings for injunctive or declaratory relief in the Circuit Court for Marion County or, as provided in ORS 192.401 (3), in the circuit court of the county where the public record is held. Copies of the notice shall be sent to the Attorney General and by certified mail to the petitioner at the address shown on the petition. The state agency shall institute the proceedings within seven days after it issues its notice of intention to do so. If the Attorney General denies the petition in whole or in part, or if the state agency continues to withhold the public record or a part of it notwithstanding an order to disclose by the Attorney General, the person seeking disclosure may institute such proceedings. (3) The Attorney General shall serve as counsel for the state agency in a suit filed under subsection (2) of this section if the suit arises out of a determination by the Attorney General that the public record should not be disclosed, or that a part of the public record should not be disclosed if the state agency has fully complied with the order of the Attorney General requiring disclosure of another part or parts of the public record, and in no other case. In any case in which the Attorney General is prohibited from serving as counsel for the state agency, the agency may retain special counsel. [Formerly subsections (1) to (3) of 192.450]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 115-040-0040: Exemption from Disclosure Under ORS 192.410 to 192.505 and Inadmissibility of Mediation Communication Pursuant to OEC Rule 408 — implements
- OAR 115-040-0041: Applicability of Mediator Disclosure Rules — implements
- OAR 115-040-0042: Mediator May Not Disclose Mediation Communications in Subsequent Proceedings — implements
- OAR 115-040-0043: Mediator May Disclose Certain Mediation Communications — implements
- OAR 115-040-0044: Notice of Disclosure of Mediation Communications — implements
- OAR 123-005-0000: Applicability of Rules and Definitions — implements
- OAR 123-005-0010: Access to Records — implements
- OAR 123-005-0020: Requests to Inspect or Obtain Copies of Public Records — implements
- OAR 123-005-0030: Payment for Inspection and Copies of Public Records — implements
- OAR 123-052-2400: Confidential Records — implements
- OAR 123-052-2400: Confidential Records — authority
- OAR 125-020-0010: Definitions — implements
- OAR 125-020-0020: Applicability of Rules — implements
- OAR 125-020-0030: Access to Public Records — implements
- OAR 125-020-0040: Requests to Inspect or Obtain Copies of Public Records — implements
- OAR 125-020-0050: Fees for Public Records and Other Services — implements
- OAR 170-002-0002: Procedure to Request Public Records — authority
- OAR 255-015-0002: Board Records — authority
- OAR 255-015-0003: Oral Record of Hearing — implements
- OAR 330-001-0025: Public Records Request — implements
- OAR 340-011-0310: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Purpose — implements
- OAR 340-011-0310: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Purpose — authority
- OAR 340-011-0320: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Scope — implements
- OAR 340-011-0320: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Scope — authority
- OAR 340-011-0330: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Requests for Review or to Obtain Copies of Public Records — authority
- OAR 340-011-0340: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Costs for Record Review and Copying — authority
- OAR 340-011-0360: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Collecting Fees — authority
- OAR 340-011-0370: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Certification of Copies of Records — authority
- OAR 340-011-0380: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Fee Waivers and Reductions — authority
- OAR 340-011-0390: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Exempt Records — authority
- OAR 340-100-0005: Public Availability of Information — implements
- OAR 340-214-0130: Reporting: Information Exempt from Disclosure — implements
- OAR 409-021-0005: Introduction — implements
- OAR 409-021-0010: Definitions — implements
- OAR 409-021-0115: Calculation of Fees — implements
- OAR 409-021-0120: Inspection of Health Data — implements
- OAR 409-021-0130: Requests to Obtain Copies of Public Use Health Data Files — implements
- OAR 409-021-0140: Requests and Requirements to Obtain Restricted Health Data Sets — implements
- OAR 409-021-0150: Denial of Requests to Inspect or Obtain Copies of Health Data — implements
- OAR 410-120-1980: Requests for Information and Public Records — implements
- OAR 410-133-0340: Client Rights and Record Confidentiality — implements
- OAR 413-010-0068: Disclosure of Information Exempt Under the Public Records Law — implements
- OAR 414-002-0000: Definitions — implements
- OAR 414-002-0000: Definitions — authority
- OAR 414-002-0001: Fees for Inspection or Copies of Public Records and Department Publications; Other Services — implements
- OAR 440-005-0001: Authority for Rules — implements
- OAR 440-005-0005: Applicability of Rule — implements
- OAR 459-060-0001: Definitions — implements
- OAR 459-060-0010: Requests and Fees for Public Records — implements
- OAR 459-060-0020: Confidentiality of Member Records — implements
- OAR 459-060-0030: Disclosure of Records Without Consent — implements
- OAR 459-060-0050: Request for Benefit Estimate — implements
- OAR 581-021-0280: Fees for Copies of Education Records — authority
- OAR 585-001-0007: Definitions — implements
- OAR 585-001-0008: Request to Inspect or Obtain Copies of Public Records — implements
- OAR 585-001-0008: Request to Inspect or Obtain Copies of Public Records — authority
- OAR 690-003-0100: Purpose — implements
- OAR 695-003-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 695-003-0020: Requests to Inspect or Obtain Copies of Public Records — implements
- OAR 695-003-0030: Fees for Inspections or Copies of Public Records — implements
- OAR 695-003-0040: Exception to Fee Charge; Fee Waivers and Reductions — implements
- OAR 733-001-0025: Public Records Request Requirements and Fees — implements
- OAR 736-001-0030: Fees for Public Records — authority
- OAR 806-010-0106: Public Record Requests — authority
- OAR 856-010-0007: Fee For Copies — implements
- OAR 860-001-0060: Public Records Requests — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 192.401 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 192.329: Public body’s response to public records request.
- ORS 192.415: Procedure to review denial of right to inspect other public records; effect of disclosure.
- ORS 192.418: Effect of failure of Attorney General, district attorney or elected official to take timely action on inspection petition.
- ORS 192.427: Procedure to review denial by elected official of right to inspect public records.
- ORS 192.431: Court authority in reviewing action denying right to inspect public records; docketing; costs and attorney fees.
- OAR 604-040-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 605-040-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 607-040-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 611-020-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 617-050-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 623-020-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 642-040-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 644-020-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 645-020-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 646-020-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 647-020-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 648-020-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 656-020-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 657-040-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 658-050-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 664-030-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 668-020-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 669-020-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 670-040-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 678-020-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
- OAR 836-200-0540: Information Claimed to be Trade Secret
- OAR 860-001-0060: Public Records Requests
- OAR 972-020-0030: Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors192.html