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Legal briefing tells Clark County officials: assume communications are public records and use county accounts
Summary
County counsel reviewed the Public Records Act, retention duties, the five-business-day response requirement for requests, and best practices for using county email and preserving records rather than using personal devices for county business.
Clark County legal staff warned council members to assume that writings, emails, metadata and many communications about county business are public records and therefore subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. "Assume it's a public record," the presenter said, advising officials to keep county business on county email and not on personal devices.
The presenter summarized the three elements of a public…
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