Connecticut General Statutes
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-7 (2026)
Recording or copying by photographic, micrographic, electronic imaging or other process
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When any officer, office, court, commission, board, institution, department, agent or employee of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, is required or authorized by law or has the duty to record or copy any document, plat, paper or instrument of writing, such recording or copying may be done by any photographic, micrographic, electronic imaging or other process, which clearly and accurately copies, photographs or otherwise reproduces the original document, plat, paper or instrument of writing. Each such photographic, micrographic, electronic imaging or other process shall be subject to the approval of the Public Records Administrator. Properly certified reproductions of any record made under the provisions of this section shall be admissible in evidence in the same manner and entitled to the same weight as copies made and certified from the original.
(1949 Rev., S. 8883; P.A. 97-89, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 97-89 authorized recording or copying by micrographic, electronic imaging or other process and changed the reference to “Properly certified photographic copies” to “Properly certified reproductions”.
See Sec. 3-98 re copies of books, records, papers or documents filed, as required by law, for record in the office of the Secretary of the State.
See Sec. 11-8(b) re appointment of Public Records Administrator.
Cited. 197 C. 698; 206 C. 449.
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34
cases, 1954–2019 · leading case: State v. Santiago, 618 A.2d 32 (Conn. 1992).
State v. Santiago, 618 A.2d 32 (Conn. 1992). “The trial court concluded: “[T]he court has gone through the personnel file of former officer Acevedo for purposes of determining whether or not there is anything in that file that may have something to do with his *336 reputation for truth and veracity.”
Gay & Lesbian Law Students Ass'n v. Bd. of Trs., 673 A.2d 484 (Conn. 1996). “In other words, the legislature was simply attempting to level the playing field between nonmilitary employers and the military, not tilt the field in favor of the military.”
Grimes v. Conservation Comm'n, 703 A.2d 101 (Conn. 1997). “Because it was anticipated that a quorum of the commission would be present at the site inspection, it qualified as a “meeting” pursuant to General Statutes § l-18a (b) 6 of the Freedom of Information Act, General Statutes § 1-7 et seq., and, therefore, was subject to the notice…”
Dom. Violence Servs. of Greater New Haven, Inc. v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 704 A.2d 827 (Conn. App. Ct. 1998). “In December, 1993, the complainant, Ellen Andrews, requested in writing that the plaintiff provide her with certain corporate documents, including its annual report, budget and bylaws pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (act), General Statutes § 1-7 et seq. The plaintiffs…”
Shew v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 714 A.2d 664 (Conn. 1998). “The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether certain documents created by an attorney who had been retained by the town of Rocky Hill (town) to conduct an investigation of the town’s police chief are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, General…”
Gifford v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 631 A.2d 252 (Conn. 1993). “The issue in these appeals is whether a municipal police department arrest report must be disclosed by the police department to the public, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (act); General Statutes §§ 1-7 through 1- 21k; while the criminal prosecution that is related to…”
Univ. of Connecticut v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 585 A.2d 690 (Conn. 1991). “The Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), General Statutes §§ 1-7 through l-21k, lists a number of exemptions from its broad mandate of disclosure.”
Elections Review Comm. of the Eighth Utils. Dist. v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 595 A.2d 313 (Conn. 1991). “Although one member of the ERC, Ellen Burns Landers, the district director, kept informal notes of the meetings, the ERC did not keep minutes and did not follow all of the requirements of the Freedom of *688 Information Act (FOIA); General Statutes §§ 1-7 through l-21k; for…”
City of Norwalk v. Connecticut State Bd. of Labor Relations, 538 A.2d 694 (Conn. 1988). “” The Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, codified as General Statutes §§ 1-7 through 1-21K, and the Norwalk City Charter, article VIII, §§ 1-297 and 1-298, govern proceedings of the Norwalk board of police commissioners.”
In re Final Grand Jury Report Concerning the Torrington Police Dep't, 501 A.2d 377 (Conn. 1985). “The Freedom of Information Act; General Statutes § 1-7 et seq.; guarantees public access to the records of agencies within its jurisdiction but expressly exempts, even for such agencies, records that pertain to “the detection or investigation of crime.”
State Bd. of Labor Relations v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 709 A.2d 1129 (Conn. 1998). “The sole issue to be decided in this certified appeal is whether grievance arbitration proceedings before the plaintiff state board of mediation and arbitration (mediation board) 1 are excluded from the definition of “meeting” set forth in General Statutes § l-18a (b) 2 *489 of…”
Kuchta v. Arisian, 187 A.3d 408 (Conn. 2018). “The legislature enacted a statute limiting placement of advertising signs and structures within a certain distance of highways. See General Statutes § 13a-123. This statute was originally enacted in 1959 and subsequently was amended in 1967 to ensure compliance with the federal…”
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