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FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT
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In accordance with the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), S.C. Code Ann. §30-4-30, et seq. (1976, as amended), persons have the right to inspect and copy public records. FOIA requests for public records of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office should be directed to: Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, ATTN: Public Information Officer, 305 Camson Rd., Anderson, SC 29625. Requests may also be sent via email to pio@andersonsheriff.com.
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
Please Read Before Submitting
The Anderson County Sheriff's Office, upon written request for records, shall within ten days (excepting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) notify the person making the request that it has been received; however, if the record is more than twenty-four months old at the date the request is made, the Anderson County Sheriff's Office has twenty days (excepting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) to notify the sender that the FOIA has been received.
If the request is granted, the record must be made available no later than thirty calendar days from the date on which the receipt was sent, unless the records are more than twenty-four months old, in which case the Anderson County Sheriff's Office has no later than thirty-five calendar days from the date on which the receipt was provided.
FEE SCHEDULE
In order to help offset the costs of searching for, retrieval and redaction of public records from the Anderson County Sheriff's Office, the following fee schedule applies to FOIA requests and are subject to change:
Incident reports (prior 14 days): $0.25 per page for black & white/$0.35 per page for color
under §30-4-30(D)(2) - in person requests
Hourly staff time: $20 per hour
(If request requires specialized personnel, e.g., IT, legal, executive, etc., hourly rates could increase)
Copies of documents: $0.25 per page for black & white/$0.35 per page for color
CDs or DVDs: $5.00 per disk
(audio, video, photos, etc.)
​USB Drive: $15.00 (up to 2GB) (Large documents, audio, video, photos, etc.)
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Postage: Postage and/or shipping may apply and will be in addition to other fees.
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A deposit of 25% of the estimated costs for searching, retrieval, redacting and reproducing records may be required before searching for or making copies of records. The full balance must be paid at the time of production of the records.
ADDITIONAL INFO
Inspection, copying and production of records are subject to all applicable exemptions, redaction, and/or exclusions provided by FOIA or other state or federal laws. If public records are available and capable of electronic transmission by ACSO, per page copying charges do not apply. However, staff time for searching, retrieval and redaction will still apply. Records not in electronic format may, in ACSO discretion, be converted to and transmitted in electronic format; in such event there will be an additional charge for staff time for converting to electronic format.
REQUEST FORM
A sample form that may be printed out (link above) and used to submit requests for public records from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office may be obtained by clicking the below FOIA Request Form link.
This form is for your convenience, but not required. Whether using this form or any other written request format, providing as much information as possible about the public records you are seeking will facilitate ACSO’s ability to completely respond to your request.
Requests for public records should be sent to: Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, ATTN: Public Information Officer, 305 Camson Rd., Anderson, SC 29625. Requests may also be sent via email to pio@andersonsheriff.com.
PURSUANT TO S.C. CODE ANN. §30-2-50, OBTAINING OR USING PUBLIC RECORDS FOR COMMERCIAL SOLICITATION DIRECTED TO ANY PERSON IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS PROHIBITED, AND IS PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF UP TO $500 AND IMPRISONMENT UP TO ONE YEAR, OR BOTH.
