Public policy that records be open
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Schultz v. Talley (1993)
Most recently applied in Bell v. Topeka, Kansas (May 2008)
L. 1984, ch. 187, § 2; February 9.
(a) It is declared to be the public policy of the state that public records shall be open for inspection by any person unless otherwise provided by this act, and this act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote such policy.
(b) Nothing in this act shall be construed to require the retention of a public record nor to authorize the discard of a public record.
Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.