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The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records can explain the RTKL and handles appeals, but it is not a warehouse for county or state-agency records. Submit a request to the agency or local office that keeps the record.
Pennsylvania Office of Open Records
555 Walnut Street, Suite 605
Harrisburg, PA 17101-1925
717-346-9903
Weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.