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FOIA Fees
Fee Guidelines

There is no initial fee to make a FOIA request, and in some cases no fees are charged.

Departmental Regulations allow us to recover part of the costs associated with processing FOIA requests. For fee purposes, FOIA divides requesters into three categories:



Commercial use requesters are charged for any search time, document review, and duplication
News media, educational, or scientific requesters are charged for duplication only after the first 100 pages
All other requesters are charged for search time (after two hours) and duplication (after 100 pages)

You may make a specific statement in your request limiting the amount of fees you are willing to pay. If you do not state a specific fee limit we will assume that you are willing to pay all fees incurred while processing your request.

We may notify you and request advance payment if your estimated fees exceeds(sic) $250.00.