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outreach/states-records-law.json
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{
"_meta": {
"purpose": "Per-jurisdiction public-records-law registry used to stamp the correct statute into each unclaimed-property bulk-data request letter.",
"companion": "docs/01-regulatory-state-acquisition-matrix.md + docs/jurisdictions.json",
"law_name": "the state's public-records statute (varies: PRA / FOIA / Sunshine / OPRA / Right-to-Know / etc.)",
"office": "the unclaimed-property administrator that HOLDS the records (the custodian we address)",
"submission_channel": "verify: null = look up the office's current PRA/FOIA submission portal or records-coordinator email before sending; a string = known channel",
"mailing_address": "known good mailing address, else null (do NOT fabricate; confirm from the office's contact page)",
"hard_rule": "Never invent an email address or exact contact. Where submission_channel/mailing_address is null, the letter prints a VERIFY placeholder."
},
"jurisdictions": [
{"code": "AL", "name": "Alabama", "office": "Alabama State Treasury, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "Alabama Open Records Act", "law_cite": "Ala. Code § 36-12-40", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "AK", "name": "Alaska", "office": "Alaska Department of Revenue, Treasury Division (Unclaimed Property)", "law_name": "Alaska Public Records Act", "law_cite": "AS 40.25.110–.125", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "AZ", "name": "Arizona", "office": "Arizona Department of Revenue, Unclaimed Property Unit", "law_name": "Arizona Public Records Law", "law_cite": "A.R.S. § 39-121 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "AR", "name": "Arkansas", "office": "Arkansas Auditor of State, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "Arkansas Freedom of Information Act", "law_cite": "A.C.A. § 25-19-101 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "CA", "name": "California", "office": "California State Controller's Office, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "California Public Records Act", "law_cite": "Cal. Gov. Code § 7920.000 et seq. (formerly § 6250 et seq.)", "mailing_address": "Attn: Public Records Coordinator, P.O. Box 942850, Sacramento, CA 94250-5880", "submission_channel": null, "bulk_download": "https://www.sco.ca.gov/upd_download_property_records.html", "acquisition": "DIRECT DOWNLOAD — SCO publishes the full public unclaimed-property database as free CSV for owner outreach. No PRA letter needed. Page is Cloudflare-gated to scripted fetches; use a real browser. CPRA letter retained only as fallback."},
{"code": "CO", "name": "Colorado", "office": "Colorado Department of the Treasury, Great Colorado Payback (Unclaimed Property)", "law_name": "Colorado Open Records Act (CORA)", "law_cite": "C.R.S. § 24-72-200.1 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "CT", "name": "Connecticut", "office": "Connecticut Office of the State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division (CT Big List)", "law_name": "Connecticut Freedom of Information Act", "law_cite": "Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-200 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "DE", "name": "Delaware", "office": "Delaware Office of Unclaimed Property, Department of Finance", "law_name": "Delaware Freedom of Information Act", "law_cite": "29 Del. C. § 10001 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null, "note": "aggressive holder-audit state; treat data terms carefully"},
{"code": "DC", "name": "District of Columbia", "office": "DC Office of Finance and Treasury, Unclaimed Property Unit", "law_name": "District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act", "law_cite": "D.C. Code § 2-531 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "FL", "name": "Florida", "office": "Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Unclaimed Property (Treasure Hunt)", "law_name": "Florida Public Records Act (Sunshine Law)", "law_cite": "Fla. Stat. ch. 119", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "GA", "name": "Georgia", "office": "Georgia Department of Revenue, Unclaimed Property Program", "law_name": "Georgia Open Records Act", "law_cite": "O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "HI", "name": "Hawaii", "office": "Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, Unclaimed Property Program", "law_name": "Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA)", "law_cite": "HRS ch. 92F", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "ID", "name": "Idaho", "office": "Idaho State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property (Your Money Idaho)", "law_name": "Idaho Public Records Act", "law_cite": "Idaho Code § 74-101 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "IL", "name": "Illinois", "office": "Illinois State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division (I-Cash)", "law_name": "Illinois Freedom of Information Act", "law_cite": "5 ILCS 140", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "IN", "name": "Indiana", "office": "Indiana Office of the Attorney General, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "Indiana Access to Public Records Act (APRA)", "law_cite": "Ind. Code § 5-14-3", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "IA", "name": "Iowa", "office": "Iowa State Treasurer, Great Iowa Treasure Hunt (Unclaimed Property)", "law_name": "Iowa Open Records Law", "law_cite": "Iowa Code ch. 22", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "KS", "name": "Kansas", "office": "Kansas State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "Kansas Open Records Act (KORA)", "law_cite": "K.S.A. § 45-215 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "KY", "name": "Kentucky", "office": "Kentucky State Treasury, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "Kentucky Open Records Act", "law_cite": "KRS 61.870 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "LA", "name": "Louisiana", "office": "Louisiana Department of the Treasury, Unclaimed Property (LaCashClaim)", "law_name": "Louisiana Public Records Act", "law_cite": "La. R.S. 44:1 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "ME", "name": "Maine", "office": "Maine Office of the State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "Maine Freedom of Access Act (FOAA)", "law_cite": "1 M.R.S. § 401 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "MD", "name": "Maryland", "office": "Comptroller of Maryland, Unclaimed Property Unit", "law_name": "Maryland Public Information Act (PIA)", "law_cite": "Md. Code, Gen. Prov. § 4-101 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "MA", "name": "Massachusetts", "office": "Massachusetts State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division (Find Mass Money)", "law_name": "Massachusetts Public Records Law", "law_cite": "M.G.L. c. 66, § 10", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "MI", "name": "Michigan", "office": "Michigan Department of Treasury, Unclaimed Property", "law_name": "Michigan Freedom of Information Act", "law_cite": "MCL 15.231 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "MN", "name": "Minnesota", "office": "Minnesota Department of Commerce, Unclaimed Property Program", "law_name": "Minnesota Government Data Practices Act", "law_cite": "Minn. Stat. ch. 13", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "MS", "name": "Mississippi", "office": "Mississippi State Treasury, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "Mississippi Public Records Act", "law_cite": "Miss. Code § 25-61-1 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "MO", "name": "Missouri", "office": "Missouri State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "Missouri Sunshine Law", "law_cite": "Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 610", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "MT", "name": "Montana", "office": "Montana Department of Revenue, Unclaimed Property", "law_name": "Montana Public Records / Right to Know", "law_cite": "Mont. Const. art. II, § 9; MCA § 2-6-1001 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "NE", "name": "Nebraska", "office": "Nebraska State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division (Nebraska Lost Cash)", "law_name": "Nebraska Public Records Statutes", "law_cite": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-712 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "NV", "name": "Nevada", "office": "Nevada State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "Nevada Public Records Act", "law_cite": "NRS ch. 239", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "NH", "name": "New Hampshire", "office": "New Hampshire State Treasury, Abandoned Property Division", "law_name": "New Hampshire Right-to-Know Law", "law_cite": "RSA ch. 91-A", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "NJ", "name": "New Jersey", "office": "New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Unclaimed Property Administration", "law_name": "New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA)", "law_cite": "N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "NM", "name": "New Mexico", "office": "New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department, Unclaimed Property Unit", "law_name": "New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA)", "law_cite": "NMSA § 14-2-1 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "NY", "name": "New York", "office": "New York Office of the State Comptroller, Office of Unclaimed Funds", "law_name": "New York Freedom of Information Law (FOIL)", "law_cite": "N.Y. Pub. Off. Law § 84 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null, "note": "paid location arrangements restricted; records request subject to NY disclosure rules"},
{"code": "NC", "name": "North Carolina", "office": "North Carolina Department of State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division (NCCash)", "law_name": "North Carolina Public Records Law", "law_cite": "N.C.G.S. ch. 132", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "ND", "name": "North Dakota", "office": "North Dakota Department of Trust Lands, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "North Dakota Open Records Statute", "law_cite": "N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "OH", "name": "Ohio", "office": "Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Unclaimed Funds", "law_name": "Ohio Public Records Act", "law_cite": "R.C. § 149.43", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "OK", "name": "Oklahoma", "office": "Oklahoma State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "Oklahoma Open Records Act", "law_cite": "51 O.S. § 24A.1 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "OR", "name": "Oregon", "office": "Oregon Department of State Lands, Unclaimed Property Program", "law_name": "Oregon Public Records Law", "law_cite": "ORS 192.311 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "PA", "name": "Pennsylvania", "office": "Pennsylvania Treasury, Bureau of Unclaimed Property", "law_name": "Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law", "law_cite": "65 P.S. § 67.101 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "RI", "name": "Rhode Island", "office": "Rhode Island Office of the General Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division (Find RI Money)", "law_name": "Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act (APRA)", "law_cite": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-1 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "SC", "name": "South Carolina", "office": "South Carolina State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Program", "law_name": "South Carolina Freedom of Information Act", "law_cite": "S.C. Code § 30-4-10 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "SD", "name": "South Dakota", "office": "South Dakota Office of the State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "South Dakota Sunshine Law", "law_cite": "SDCL ch. 1-27", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "TN", "name": "Tennessee", "office": "Tennessee Department of Treasury, Unclaimed Property Division (ClaimItTN)", "law_name": "Tennessee Public Records Act", "law_cite": "T.C.A. § 10-7-503 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "TX", "name": "Texas", "office": "Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Unclaimed Property Division (ClaimItTexas)", "law_name": "Texas Public Information Act (PIA)", "law_cite": "Tex. Gov. Code ch. 552", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "UT", "name": "Utah", "office": "Utah State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division (MyCash Utah)", "law_name": "Utah Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA)", "law_cite": "Utah Code § 63G-2-101 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "VT", "name": "Vermont", "office": "Vermont Office of the State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "Vermont Public Records Act", "law_cite": "1 V.S.A. § 315 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "VA", "name": "Virginia", "office": "Virginia Department of the Treasury, Division of Unclaimed Property (Virginia Money Search)", "law_name": "Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA)", "law_cite": "Va. Code § 2.2-3700 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "WA", "name": "Washington", "office": "Washington Department of Revenue, Unclaimed Property Section", "law_name": "Washington Public Records Act", "law_cite": "RCW 42.56", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "WV", "name": "West Virginia", "office": "West Virginia State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "West Virginia Freedom of Information Act", "law_cite": "W. Va. Code § 29B-1-1 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "WI", "name": "Wisconsin", "office": "Wisconsin Department of Revenue, Unclaimed Property Unit", "law_name": "Wisconsin Public Records Law", "law_cite": "Wis. Stat. § 19.31 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null},
{"code": "WY", "name": "Wyoming", "office": "Wyoming State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division", "law_name": "Wyoming Public Records Act", "law_cite": "Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-201 et seq.", "mailing_address": null, "submission_channel": null}
]
}