22.2 - RIGHT TO EXAMINE PUBLIC RECORDS -- EXCEPTIONS.
22.2 RIGHT TO EXAMINE PUBLIC RECORDS -- EXCEPTIONS.
1. Every person shall have the right to examine and copy a public
record and to publish or otherwise disseminate a public record or the
information contained in a public record. Unless otherwise provided
for by law, the right to examine a public record shall include the
right to examine a public record without charge while the public
record is in the physical possession of the custodian of the public
record. The right to copy a public record shall include the right to
make photographs or photographic copies while the public record is in
the possession of the custodian of the public record. All rights
under this section are in addition to the right to obtain a certified
copy of a public record under section 622.46.
2. A government body shall not prevent the examination or copying
of a public record by contracting with a nongovernment body to
perform any of its duties or functions.
3. However, notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2, a government
body is not required to permit access to or use of the following:
a. A geographic computer database by any person except upon
terms and conditions acceptable to the governing body. The governing
body shall establish reasonable rates and procedures for the
retrieval of specified records, which are not confidential records,
stored in the database upon the request of any person.
b. Data processing software developed by the government body,
as provided in section 22.3A. Section History: Early Form
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 68A.2] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1185, § 2
C85, § 22.2
89 Acts, ch 189, § 1; 96 Acts, ch 1099, § 14; 98 Acts, ch 1224, §
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Referred to in § 8A.106, 8A.341, 22.14, 68B.32A, 303.19, 331.608,
388.9, 459.304, 459A.208, 904.602