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Methodology

Every article on Request Florida Records is built from a content brief produced by a Florida public records subject-matter specialist. The brief identifies the statutes, regulations, AG opinions, and case law that bear on the question, then translates the doctrine into plain language.

Source set

  • The Florida Statutes, Chapter 119, pulled live from Online Sunshine.
  • Article I, Section 24 of the Florida Constitution.
  • The Florida Attorney General's Government-in-the-Sunshine Manual.
  • Florida Attorney General opinions, persuasive only.
  • Florida appellate opinions cited from the original published decision.

Citation rule

Every case citation is verified against the published opinion before publication. We do not publish AI-generated case citations and we do not rely on case-summary services for holdings. Statutes are cited to the most recent codification we have pulled.

Updates

Florida amends Chapter 119 frequently. When a section we have written about changes, we update the article and date the change at the top.

Corrections

A corrections channel is coming soon. When errors surface in the meantime, we update the article and date the change at the top.