Francis McCourt v. Social Law Library (SPR 20191431)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division

Rebecca S, Murray Supervisor of Records

Francis McCourt MCI- Norfolk

P.O Box 43 Norfolk, MA 02056

Dear Francis McCourt:

This office has received your 07/18/2019 letter requesting various records (RMV records, weather reports, mugshots, police interview notes, as well as various evidence and custody tags.)

This office is statutorily charged with determining the public records status of government records. It is not a warehouse for all government records; therefore, this office does not have custody of any records responsive to your request. This office is the custodian of records solely related to the operation of the Public Records Division.

Each governmental entity in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Commonwealth) retains control of its own records. Accordingly, you must direct your request to the governmental entity that created or received the records you seek, in this instance the Massachusetts department of transportation in regards to RMV requests, and the Chicopee Police Department or Mass. Department of Corrections for any police records. The web site listing all of the governmental entities for the Commonwealth is www.mass.gov/,

The Citizen’s Guide to State Services (Guide), published by another division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, is a good reference source when trying to determine which governmental entity is responsible for a certain subject matter. The web site for the Guide is www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/ciscig/guide.html.

Dberee

Llecen S. Murray Supervisor of Records

One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 * (617) 727-2832 Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre * pre@sec.state.ma.us