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grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks agoTell that to my town clerk, charging $20 to take pictures of documents with your own phone. This is based on Sec. 1-212 part g (the bottom) of state law And, as a local history researcher, it bites ass.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
It’s still public domain.
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Accurate. I both misread your comment and I have a bee in my bonnet about a $20 fee to take pictures of something you can examine for free.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
They do that because they can. Write a letter to your mayor or executive of whatever municipality that is.
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Technically, it’s not been my municipality that’s charged me, but those around me and where I work. I don’t vote there. My town didn’t exist when the people I’m researching were making records. And at the state level, it comes up every few years but dies in committee. Last time was in 2020, when it died due to the pandemic changes everyone’s focus. I’ll ping my local congresscritter and see if it can be revived–the person advocating for change recently retired, sadly.