AG OPINION / NEWS RELEASE: Retirement and Investment Office

[-Info-Attorney General]

A new Attorney General’s Open Records Opinion has been issued:

 

Opinion #:	2025-O-22
Date Issued:	December 5, 2025
Issued To:	Retirement and Investment Office
Request:	Whether the Retirement and Investment Office violated the open records laws by denying a request for records containing certain investment manager specific information provided to the Retirement and Investment Office as confidential under N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18.4. Whether the Retirement and Investment Office violated the open records law by failing to provide a breakdown of its investments by country.
Conclusions:	The Retirement and Investment Office did not violate the open records law by denying a request for records containing certain investment manager specific information provided to the Retirement and Investment Office as confidential financial information under N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18.4. The Retirement and Investment Office did not violate the open records law when it did not provide a breakdown of investments by country as the Retirement and Investment Office is not obligated under N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18 to create records that do not exist.
You can view this opinion here.     Thank you!   Office of Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley