§2-D-10 | IDENTIFICATION OF REQUESTER
Thus, a city may not require an anonymous requester who made a public records request via e-mail to provide an “address or other identifiable source for payment of the associated costs.” Chandler v. City of Greenacres, 140 So. 3d 1080, 1085 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014). Instead, “the city could have sent an estimate of costs through e-mail to the requester just as it could through regular mail, had the request been made via paper by an anonymous requester.” Id. Cf. Consumer Rights, LLC v. Union County, Florida, 159 So. 3d 882, 886 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015), review denied, 177 So. 3d 1264 (Fla. 2015) (“We know of no law that requires a governmental entity to provide public records to a generic email address, at least not until such time as it is made clear that the address belongs to a person”); and Citizens Awareness Foundation, Inc. v. Wantman Group, Inc., 195 So. 3d 396, 402 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016) (“There is a difference between allowing anonymous public records requests and evaluating an agency’s response when such requests are justifiably handled with caution”).
Use these in conjunction with the Guide for Filing Criminal Charges against an Agency/Officer that Violates Public Records Law.
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