Community Public Records archive
Browse the folder of records our volunteers have received back from their public records requests.
Then learn how to file your own requests at the links below, and get in touch to share what you’ve received so we can add it to our community-built archive.
Learn how to file public records requests
Everyone has the right to inspect the workings of their government. Curious how to request records from your local, state, and federal agencies? Try one of the two methods below.
Filing Instructions
Read this instructional guide on how to file public records requests. You not only can do this for the federal government, but any state or local government agency.
FInd examples on muckrock
Use the MuckRock public information request filing platform to both find examples of public record request text you can reuse, and copies of records that have already been received in response to requests from the very same agencies you might be looking to get documents from.