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Oregon Public Records Law Page 3 of 13 ~ 4. A public body may disclose a home address or personal telephone number of an individual I exempt from disclosure under subsection (1) of this section upon court order, on request from any law enforcement agency or with the consent of the individual. ii 5. A public body shall not be held liable for granting or denying an exemption from disclosure under this section or any other unauthorized release of a home address or personal telephone number granted an exemption from disclosure under this section. 6. This section does not apply to county property and lien records. <1993 C.787 S5; 1995 C.742 S12> Note: 192.445 was added to and made a part of 192.410 to 192.505 by legislative action but ~ was not. added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for ~ further explanation. 1 192.450 Petition to review denial of right to inspect state public record; appeal from decision of Attorney General denying inspection. j 1. Subject to ORS 192.480, any person denied the right to inspect or to receive a copy of any public record of a state agency may petition the Attorney General to review the public record to determine if it may be withheld from public inspection. The burden is on the agency to sustain its action. The Attorney General shall issue an order denying or granting the petition, or denying it in part and granting it in part, within. seven days from the day the Attorney General receives the petition. 2. If the Attorne General rants the etition and orders the state agency to disclose the record, or if Y g p the Attorney General grants the petition in part and orders the state agency to disclose a portion of the record, the state agency shall comply with the order in full within seven days after issuance of the order, unless within the seven-day period it issues a notice of its intention to institute proceedings for injunctive or declaratory relief in the Circuit Court for Marion County. Copies of the notice shall be sent to the Attorney General and by certified mail to the petitioner at the address shown on the petition. The state agency shall institute the proceedings within seven days after it issues its notice of intention to do so. If the Attorney General denies the petition in whole or in part, or if the state agency continues to withhold the record or a part of it notwithstanding an order to disclose by the Attorney General, the person seeking disclosure may institute such roceedin s. P g 3. The Attorney General shall serve as counsel for the state agency in a suit filed under subsection (2) of this section if the suit arises out of a determination by the Attorney General that the public record should not be disclosed, or that a part of the public record should not be disclosed if the state agency has fully complied with the order of the Attorney General requiring disclosure of another part or parts of the public record, and in no other case. In any case in which the Attorney General is prohibited from serving as counsel for the state agency, the agency may retain special counsel. <1973 C.794 S6; 1975 C.308 S2> 192.460 Procedure to review denial of right to inspect other public records. ORS 192.450 is equally applicable to the case of a person denied the right to inspect or receive a copy of any public record of a public body other than a state agency, except that in such case the district attorney of the county in which the public body is located, or if it is located in more than one county the district attorney of the county in which the administrative offices of the public body are located, shall carry out the functions of the Attorney General, and any suit filed shall be filed in the circuit court for such county, and except that the district attorney shall not serve as counsel for the public body, in the cases permitted under ORS 192.450 (3), unless the district attorney ordinarily serves as counsel http://www.open-oregon.com/New Pages/192-410.shtml 3/11/2004