{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"7922.545","citation":"Gov. Code, § 7922.545","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1"},{"name":"DIVISION 10. ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS [7920.000. - 7931.000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-10"},{"name":"PART 3. PROCEDURES AND RELATED MATTERS [7922.500. - 7922.725.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-10/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Request for a Public Record [7922.500. - 7922.605.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-10/part-3/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Procedural Requirements Generally [7922.525. - 7922.545.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-10/part-3/chapter-1/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2.   (AB 473)   Effective January 1, 2022.   Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.","effective":"2022-01-01","html":"<p>(a) In addition to maintaining public records for public inspection during its office hours, a public agency may comply with Section <a href=\"/gov/7922.525\">7922.525</a> by posting any public record on its internet website and, in response to a request for a public record posted on the internet website, directing a member of the public to the location on the internet website where the public record is posted.</p><p>(b) However, if after the public agency directs a member of the public to the internet website, the member of the public requesting the public record requests a copy of the public record due to an inability to access or reproduce the public record from the internet website, the public agency shall promptly provide a copy of the public record pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section <a href=\"/gov/7922.530\">7922.530</a>. </p>","text":"(a) In addition to maintaining public records for public inspection during its office hours, a public agency may comply with Section 7922.525 by posting any public record on its internet website and, in response to a request for a public record posted on the internet website, directing a member of the public to the location on the internet website where the public record is posted. (b) However, if after the public agency directs a member of the public to the internet website, the member of the public requesting the public record requests a copy of the public record due to an inability to access or reproduce the public record from the internet website, the public agency shall promptly provide a copy of the public record pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 7922.530.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/procedural-requirements-generally-7922-545","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}