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Can you request plate reader records in Kentucky?
How to request existing agency records, distinguish policies from vehicle sightings, and understand a documented camera-location denial.
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Send the request to the agency holding the records
The Kentucky Attorney General directs residents seeking another agency's records to that agency. Start with its published open-records policy and custodian, rather than sending every request to the Attorney General. Source.
Describe existing records with a clear scope
Possible subjects include a contract, adopted LPR policy, retention schedule, audit report or sharing agreement. Identify a date range and record category. These are suggested request subjects, not a promise that a particular record exists or must be released. A request for every sighting of a vehicle raises different questions from a request for a purchasing contract.
Residency and response rules matter
The Attorney General's 2025 guide explains Kentucky residency requirements and a written response within five business days. That is a response period, not an unconditional promise of production within five days. The guide also explains exemptions, redaction and delayed availability. Source.
Camera-location records can be withheld in a specific case
In decision 26-ORD-068, issued March 2, 2026, the Attorney General upheld Elizabethtown Police's withholding of a record identifying Flock camera locations under the law-enforcement exemption. That decision concerned a particular record and justification. It does not establish that every contract, policy or camera-related record is exempt. Source.
Separate a no-records response from a withholding decision
In 25-ORD-359, dated November 14, 2025, the Attorney General distinguished records an agency says it does not possess from records it withholds. Hillview stated that it had no Flock cameras; the Office could not find an Open Records Act violation on the record before it. That reported statement is not a current equipment audit or proof that no other camera system exists. Keep the specific request and the agency's explanation together. Source.
Keep the request and written response
A denial should be evaluated against the actual record requested and the stated legal grounds. The Attorney General's current guide explains appeals. Neither ownership of a vehicle nor finding a camera on a map establishes an automatic right to obtain every associated police record. Source.
Questions and answers
Does this page send an open-records request?
No. It explains sources and request categories; it does not submit a request.
Does a map point mean police must disclose all of its data?
No. A public location source and an agency-held plate record are different records with different disclosure questions.
Does a no-records response prove there are no cameras?
No. It describes the agency's response to a particular request. Check the date, record category and stated reason; it does not establish a current inventory or the absence of every camera technology.
Sources
- Kentucky Attorney General open-records routing; publication date not stated. Checked 2026-10-23.
- 2025 Kentucky Open Records and Open Meetings guide; publication date not stated. Checked 2026-10-23.
- 26-ORD-068; source dated 2026-03-02. Checked 2026-10-24.
- Kentucky Attorney General decision 25-ORD-359; source dated 2025-11-14. Checked 2026-10-24.