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Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, Notice of the City of

Gulf Breeze Custodian of Public Records

The Custodian of Public Records for the City of Gulf Breeze is the City Clerk.  The City Clerk’s office is the location where the City’s public records are routinely created, sent, received, maintained, and requested.  The location and contact information is:

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Can’t find it in our archives? Contact us! Every attempt will be made to provide an accurate and timely response to your request, but please NOTE the following items:

• The City shall make every effort to respond fully to all Public Records requests within a reasonable period of time as determined by the volume and complexity of the request.
• The right of access only applies to those records defined as Public Records pursuant to Chapter 119, Florida Statutes.
• The right of access only applies to the City’s existing documents.
• Florida’s Public Records law does not require the Custodian/City Clerk or their designee to create a record in response to a request or perform new analyses of existing information.
• Request(s) should be as specific as possible and provide as much searchable information as possible (i.e.) exact street address, time frame to search, and the type of record/information you hope to acquire from this search.
• Information contained in Public Records that is exempt or confidential pursuant to state or federal law will be redacted prior to the release in response to a request for Public records the nature or volume of Public Records requested to be inspected, examined, or copied is such as to require Extensive use of information technology resources or Extensive clerical or supervisory assistance by personnel of the City or both, the City may charge, in addition to the cost of duplication, a special service charge, which shall be reasonable and shall be based on the actual cost incurred for such Extensive use of information technology resources or the labor cost, including benefits, of the personnel providing the service that is incurred by the City of Gulf Breeze.
• Florida has a very broad public records law. Most written communications to or from the City of Gulf Breeze officials/employees are public records available to the public and media upon request. Your e-mail address and communications may, therefore, be subject to public disclosure.

To obtain public record(s) information, please complete and submit the following form.

Obtain Public Records

To submit a request for a public record, click CREATE and complete the application form. Once you are finished, click Submit to send your application directly to us. After an item is submitted, you will receive a tracking number. To review the status of a request, simply enter your email and tracking number below.

Please complete the required fields and be sure to include accurate contact information for providing copies of the requested documents; be specific in the request and include exact addresses.

Please be aware that the City may not have copies of any and everything requested. Record retention laws differ for different items.

Also, please be aware that some requests may take more time to fulfill than others, especially if the documents are dated prior to electronic file keeping (approximately 2008).

The City will make every attempt to fulfill requests in a timely manner.

Click here to access the Office of the City Clerk’s webpage.