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Advisory Opinion 03-025 03-025

July 31, 2003 · July 31, 2003; Nobles County

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, are the following components of the Nobles County policy regarding public access to the

Commercial value Copy costs Requests for data #Commercial value #Easily accessible for convenient use (13.03, subd. 1) #Reason/justify request and identity not required (13.05, subd. 12) #Written requests, procedures may require
Advisory Opinion 02-011 02-011

March 20, 2002 · March 20, 2002; City of St. Paul

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.03, subdivision 3, clauses (c) and (d), has the City of St. Paul sufficiently justified its charge of $600 for a copy of public data in the database for vehicles towed to the C…

Commercial value Copy costs Legislative authority and intent Requests for data Statutory construction (Ch. 645) #Absurd or unreasonable result (645.17) #Commercial value #Commercial value of data #Requestor responsibility
Advisory Opinion 94-045 94-045

October 20, 1994 · October 20, 1994; School District 777 (Benson)

Are government data, provided to a school district, that consist of a financial profit and loss statement, commodities inventory list, and summary of purchases list, accessible to the public? NOTE: The identification of…

Contracts/privatization Requests for data Trade secret #13.03 subdivision 11 #Contracts #Privatization #Trade secrets (13.37) #Written requests, procedures may require