As defined in Utah Code Ann. § 63G-2-103, public record means a record that is not private, controlled, or protected and is prepared, owned, received or retained by the governmental entity. Records requested must be able to be reproduced from the original record.

A private record generally relates to an individual's private interests and disclosure of such to the public would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy. A record is considered "controlled" if it contains medical, psychiatric or psychological data about an individual. Protected records include, but are not limited to, open and ongoing investigations.

Any person can make a public records request. However, public disclosure is regulated by several different statutes dependent upon the record. If you are the subject of the record (i.e. arrestee or victim), you may be entitled to information not available to the general public.

• Chronological logs (also known as complaint logs or service calls)

• Initial contact reports

• Photographs

• Traffic accident reports

Depending upon the status of the case, these records may not be available at the time of your request.

A governmental entity has ten (10) business days after receiving a written request to provide the record, deny the request or notify the requester that it cannot immediately provide a response due to extraordinary circumstances. Extraordinary circumstances may require more processing time.