On November 17, 2021, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (“Attorney General”) issued an opinion to Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney Melissa A. Schiffel, in which the Attorney General concluded that data that is created by a county office that is stored on servers kept and maintained by a county automatic processing center does not constitute a record under R.C. 149.011(G).
The Attorney General further opined that since such data does not constitute a record, a county automatic data processing center has no authority to produce such data in a public records request made pursuant to R.C. 149.43.
To read this opinion, click here.
Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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