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§ 25-61-15. Penalty for wrongful denial of access to record.

Any person who shall willfully and knowingly deny to any person access to any public record which is not exempt from the provisions of this chapter shall be liable civilly in a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), plus all reasonable expenses incurred by such person bringing the proceeding.

Sources: Laws, 1983, ch. 424, § 8; Laws, 2008, ch. 562, § 19, eff August 5, 2008 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section.)

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§ 25-61-15. Penalty for wrongful denial of access to record.

Any person who shall willfully and knowingly deny to any person access to any public record which is not exempt from the provisions of this chapter shall be liable civilly in a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), plus all reasonable expenses incurred by such person bringing the proceeding.

Sources: Laws, 1983, ch. 424, § 8; Laws, 2008, ch. 562, § 19, eff August 5, 2008 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section.)

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§ 25-61-15. Penalty for wrongful denial of access to record.

Any person who shall willfully and knowingly deny to any person access to any public record which is not exempt from the provisions of this chapter shall be liable civilly in a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), plus all reasonable expenses incurred by such person bringing the proceeding.

Sources: Laws, 1983, ch. 424, § 8; Laws, 2008, ch. 562, § 19, eff August 5, 2008 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section.)