Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-218 (2026)
Public inspection and copying of agency rules, final orders and decisions
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) Each agency shall make available for inspection and copying:
- (1) Agency rules, final orders and decisions;
- (2) Written statements of policy or interpretations formulated, adopted or used by the agency in the discharge of its functions;
- (3) Opinions of the attorney general and reporter rendered to the agency; and
- (4) A description of its current organization stating the general course and method of its operation and the methods whereby the public may obtain information or make submissions or requests.
- (b) The agency may charge reasonable compensatory fees for providing any documents specified in this section to requesting persons.
- (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit access to public documents under any other provision of law.
- (d) The segregable portion of any document or other agency record specified in this section shall be provided to any person requesting such document or record after deletion of the portions that are confidential under any provision of law and payment of reasonable compensatory fees to the agency.
Acts 1982, ch. 874, § 28; 1986, ch. 738, § 10; 1994, ch. 903, § 1; 2009, ch. 566, § 22.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1998–1999 · leading case: Reid v. State, 9 S.W.3d 788 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999).
Reid v. State, 9 S.W.3d 788 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “In support of his discovery requests, Reid cites section 4-5-218 of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act (APA), which requires each State agency to make available for inspection and copying the agency’s rules, final orders, and decisions.”
Bryant v. Delbar Prods., Inc., 18 F. Supp. 2d 799 (M.D. Tenn. 1998). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 4-5-218(a)(1) (Supp.1997).”
E.L. Reid v. State (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “6 The Tennessee Claims Commission Act provides, inter alia, that claims proceedings on the Commission’s regular docket “shall be conducted pursuant to rules of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure where applicable and otherwise pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-218(a) — 2 cases
Reid v. State, 9 S.W.3d 788 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “In support of his discovery requests, Reid cites section 4-5-218 of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act (APA), which requires each State agency to make available for inspection and copying the agency’s rules, final orders, and decisions.”
E.L. Reid v. State (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “6 The Tennessee Claims Commission Act provides, inter alia, that claims proceedings on the Commission’s regular docket “shall be conducted pursuant to rules of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure where applicable and otherwise pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-218(a)(1) — 2 cases
Bryant v. Delbar Prods., Inc., 18 F. Supp. 2d 799 (M.D. Tenn. 1998). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 4-5-218(a)(1) (Supp.1997).”
E.L. Reid v. State (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “6 The Tennessee Claims Commission Act provides, inter alia, that claims proceedings on the Commission’s regular docket “shall be conducted pursuant to rules of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure where applicable and otherwise pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-218(a)(l) — 2 cases
Bryant v. Delbar Prods., Inc., 18 F. Supp. 2d 799 (M.D. Tenn. 1998). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 4-5-218(a)(1) (Supp.1997).”
Reid v. State, 9 S.W.3d 788 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “In support of his discovery requests, Reid cites section 4-5-218 of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act (APA), which requires each State agency to make available for inspection and copying the agency’s rules, final orders, and decisions.”
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