AG OPINION / NEWS RELEASE: City of Parshall

[-Info-Attorney General]

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

 

Opinion #:          2025-O-17

 

Date issued:     December 5, 2025

 

Issued to:           City of Parshall

 

Requests:          1.  Whether the City of Parshall violated N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18 by charging unreasonable fees and requiring payment prior to providing records in response to a request for records.

 

2.  Whether the City of Parshall violated N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18 by not providing a denial or reason for not providing records that may contain confidential or exempt information in response to a request for records.

 

3.  Whether the City of Parshall violated N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18 by not providing the legal authority for the denial of records in response to a request for records.

 

 

Conclusions:    1.  The City of Parshall did not violate N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18 by charging a reasonable fee and requiring payment prior to providing records in response to a request for records.

 

2.  The City of Parshall violated N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18 by refusing to provide records because they may contain confidential information in response to a request for records when those records were able to be redacted.

 

3.  The City of Parshall did not violate N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18 because it provided the requested records. 

 

You can view this opinion here.

 

Thank you!

 

Office of Attorney General

Drew H. Wrigley