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| - **Identify which city agency holds the records (each agency handles its own requests; there is no single citywide portal)** — Requester; use the agency' | - **Identify which city agency holds the records (each agency handles its own requests; there is no single citywide portal)** — Requester; use the agency' | ||
| - | - **Put the request in writing, describe the records specifically, | + | - **Put the request in writing, describe the records specifically, |
| - | - **Use an agency webform where one exists (example: Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals)** — Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals (BMZA). Fill out the BMZA MPIA Request Webform. Or download the BMZA Document Request Form and email it to bmza@baltimorecity.gov with the subject line 'MPIA Request' | + | - **Use an agency webform where one exists (example: Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals)** — Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals (BMZA). Fill out the BMZA MPIA Request Webform. Or download the BMZA Document Request Form and email it to bmza@baltimorecity.gov with the subject line 'MPIA Request' |
| - **Agencies that take requests by email (example: Housing & Community Development)** — Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD), which routes MPIA requests for processing. Fill out the DHCD MPIA request form and email it to dhcd.mpia@baltimorecity.gov. If you want a search for outstanding fees and violations on a property, that is not an MPIA request. You apply for it through a separate process run by the City's Finance Department. ([[https:// | - **Agencies that take requests by email (example: Housing & Community Development)** — Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD), which routes MPIA requests for processing. Fill out the DHCD MPIA request form and email it to dhcd.mpia@baltimorecity.gov. If you want a search for outstanding fees and violations on a property, that is not an MPIA request. You apply for it through a separate process run by the City's Finance Department. ([[https:// | ||
| - | - **Requests to the Office of the Inspector General** — Baltimore City Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Email oig@baltimorecity.gov and Dereka.Bolden@baltimorecity.gov with the subject line 'MD Public Information Act Request' | + | - **Requests to the Office of the Inspector General** — Baltimore City Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Email oig@baltimorecity.gov with the subject line 'MD Public Information Act Request' |
| - **Know the fee rules: the first 2 hours are free, and after that fees must be reasonable and tied to actual costs** — Agency records custodian (state law applies to all city agencies). Under GP § 4-206%%(c)%%, | - **Know the fee rules: the first 2 hours are free, and after that fees must be reasonable and tied to actual costs** — Agency records custodian (state law applies to all city agencies). Under GP § 4-206%%(c)%%, | ||
| - **Ask for a fee waiver if you cannot pay or the request serves the public interest** — Requester, asking the custodian. Ask for a waiver. Under GP § 4-206(e), the custodian may waive fees if you are indigent and file an affidavit of indigency. It may also waive fees if, after considering your ability to pay and other factors, it finds a waiver is in the public interest. ([[https:// | - **Ask for a fee waiver if you cannot pay or the request serves the public interest** — Requester, asking the custodian. Ask for a waiver. Under GP § 4-206(e), the custodian may waive fees if you are indigent and file an affidavit of indigency. It may also waive fees if, after considering your ability to pay and other factors, it finds a waiver is in the public interest. ([[https:// | ||
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| ===== Who to contact ===== | ===== Who to contact ===== | ||
| - | * Department of Public Works MPIA contact: | + | * Department of Public Works MPIA contact: 200 Holliday Street, Suite 203, Baltimore, MD 21202; 410-396-3312 |
| - | * Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals MPIA requests: bmza@baltimorecity.gov (subject: MPIA Request); BMZA, Attn: Carolyn Young, 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 922, Baltimore, MD 21202 | + | * Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals MPIA requests: bmza@baltimorecity.gov (subject: MPIA Request); BMZA, 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 922, Baltimore, MD 21202 |
| * Department of Housing & Community Development MPIA requests: [[dhcd.mpia@baltimorecity.gov]] | * Department of Housing & Community Development MPIA requests: [[dhcd.mpia@baltimorecity.gov]] | ||
| - | * Office of the Inspector General PIA requests: oig@baltimorecity.gov; | + | * Office of the Inspector General PIA requests: oig@baltimorecity.gov (subject: MD Public Information Act Request) |
| * Law Department (as listed on the OIG PIA page): Baltimore City Law Department, City Hall, Room 101, 100 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202; (410) 396-3297 | * Law Department (as listed on the OIG PIA page): Baltimore City Law Department, City Hall, Room 101, 100 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202; (410) 396-3297 | ||
| - | * Board of Finance MPIA contact: | + | * Board of Finance MPIA contact: |
| * Maryland Public Access Ombudsman: Request Mediation link; 410-576-6560; | * Maryland Public Access Ombudsman: Request Mediation link; 410-576-6560; | ||
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