A state-by-state guide
District of Columbia
Although e-mail is not specifically addressed by the statute, it should fall within the definition of a “public record,” which “includes all books, papers, maps, photographs, cards, tapes, recordings or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics prepared, owned, used in the possession of, or retained by a public body” and expressly includes “information stored in an electronic format.” D.C. Code Ann. § 2-502(18).
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