The Right to Know Law guarantees your right to obtain public records from state and local agencies in Pennsylvania. It also guarantees your right to obtain legislative records from the Pennsylvania General Assembly and financial records from Pennsylvania's judicial system.

The law does not apply to record requests to federal agencies. If you are interested in obtaining federal agency records, you must make your request under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). For more information on making a FOIA request, including a letter generator, see http://rcfp.org/foia/.