Are E-mail messages considered public records?
Yes. Unless there is a specific exemption in the public records law (see listing of exemptions), the information included in e-mail messages notes are public records. Remember, the definition of public records (see above) says, “… regardless of physical form, characteristics, or means of transmission…”. This means that public records can be in any form or media (i.e., paper, hard or floppy disk, magnetic tape, microfilm/fiche, optical disk, etc.).
