Records request records · Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City records request (GRAMA)

Salt Lake City records treat a public-records request as a written GRAMA request filed through the City Recorder's public portal. This page records the official source trail for filing, the fee statute, the statutory response clock, and the appeal path — with what each source says and the date it was checked.

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Where to file

Filing channel and office

The portal, office, and mailing address the entity's own pages name for a written GRAMA request.

Filing portal

Salt Lake City's public portal is a JustFOIA account where a written GRAMA request is filed online.

Salt Lake City Public Portal (JustFOIA) · New request page · as of 2026-09-03

Records office

The City Recorder's Office, under the City Attorney's Office, administers Salt Lake City's Public Records Request Program and is the office the JustFOIA portal routes to.

Salt Lake City Recorder · Public records / GRAMA program description · as of 2026-09-03

Mailing address

The City Recorder's Office lists its mailing address as P.O. Box 145515, Salt Lake City, UT 84111-5515, with the office itself at City Hall, Suite 415, 451 South State Street.

Salt Lake City Recorder · Office contact block · as of 2026-09-03

Fees

What the fee statute and the entity say

Utah Code sets the fee mechanics; the entity's own pages set (or do not set) the specific figures.

Fee mechanics

The statute lets Salt Lake City charge a reasonable fee for the actual cost of providing a record, with the first quarter hour of staff time free, and lets the city require prepayment when fees are expected to exceed $50.

Utah Code 63G-2-203 · 63G-2-203(1)(a), (5)(a)(iii), and the prepayment paragraph · as of 2026-09-03

Citywide fee schedule

Salt Lake City's Consolidated Fee Schedule lists GRAMA staff time at $25 per hour, billed in quarter-hour increments, with charges beginning after the first 15 minutes of research or record compilation, and paper photocopies at $0.10 per copy.

Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule — GRAMA / Records · GRAMA Staff Time; Paper photocopies (code ref 2.64.040; amended 2026-06-16 by Ord. 2026-29) · as of 2026-09-03

The clock

The statutory response window

Utah Code sets the deadline for a response and treats silence past that deadline as a denial.

Initial response deadline

Once the City Recorder's Office receives a written request, the statute requires a response as soon as reasonably possible and no later than 10 business days, or 5 business days if the requester shows the request benefits the public rather than the requester.

Utah Code 63G-2-204 · 63G-2-204(4)(a)-(b) · as of 2026-09-03

Silence is a denial

If the city does not provide records or issue a denial inside the initial response window, the statute treats that silence as a denial of the request.

Utah Code 63G-2-204 · 63G-2-204(9) · as of 2026-09-03

Denials and appeals

The appeal path on a denial

A denial, deemed denial, or fee-waiver denial follows a two-step appeal path set by statute.

Appeal to the chief administrative officer

A denial, a deemed denial, a fee-waiver denial, or a challenge to a claimed extraordinary circumstance is appealed to Salt Lake City's chief administrative officer within 30 days of the decision or the deemed-denial date.

Utah Code 63G-2-401 · 63G-2-401(1)(a)-(b) · as of 2026-09-03

Appeal to the director of the Government Records Office

A CAO decision, or CAO silence, is appealed within 30 days to the director of the Government Records Office — the office that replaced the seven-member State Records Committee after Governor Cox signed SB277 in the 2025 General Session.

Utah Code 63G-2-403 · 63G-2-403(1)(a) · as of 2026-09-03

Where the director's appeals are filed

Appeals to the director of the Government Records Office are filed in writing to 346 S. Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, or by email, within the statutory appeal window.

Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, Government Records Access FAQ · Appeal to the Director section · as of 2026-09-03

Known record gaps

What still needs confirming

Gaps in the published record — not filled in with a guess.

The Recorder's GRAMA page does not print fee figures; they live in the city's Consolidated Fee Schedule (GRAMA / Records section). The Police Department publishes a separate schedule that applies to police records only. Ask for a written fee estimate before paying.
The Government Records Access FAQ page does not name the current director of the Government Records Office. Confirm the officeholder directly with the office before addressing correspondence.

What Permitz does

Filed, tracked, and chased against the clock

Permitz files the request, tracks the statutory response window, and logs every touch — filings, fee notices, extension notices, partial productions, and denials. When the entity responds, Permitz delivers what it produced. When the entity denies or stays silent past its deadline, Permitz escalates through the appeal path on the buyer's instruction.

Next step

Send the entity and what you are looking for. Permitz will reply with what the record trail shows and what filing this request would take.

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Boundary

Permitz is not a law firm and does not give advice. It describes records and filing requirements. A question about what a denial or an appeal means for a specific request belongs with a licensed attorney in that jurisdiction.