Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Tennessee
freedom of information act
I have requested information under the freedom of information act and have not received a response. What is the statutory time frame in which I should get a response
from my request? If I don't get a response, what can I do?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: freedom of information act
FOIA applied to federal government agencies. Did you seek information from a federal agency? If you have no response, you should contact the agency again and ask for a fax number, then fax your request, and call to confirm that it received the faxed letter. At that point, the agency has about a month to respond to your request one way or another. You can always sue a federal agency for failing to comply with FOIA. Federal courts would have jurisdiction, as would state courts, but you will probably need a lawyer, or at least a lawyer to assist you with the papers you would file.
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