36 CFR § 1250.4 - Who can file a FOIA request?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s1250.4"
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title: "36 CFR § 1250.4 - Who can file a FOIA request?"
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1250.4"
section_name: "Who can file a FOIA request?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "PUBLIC AVAILABILITY AND USE"
part_number: "1250"
part_name: "NARA RECORDS SUBJECT TO FOIA"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "44 U.S.C. 2104(a) and 2204 (3)(c)(1); 5 U.S.C. 552; Public Law 114-185; E.O. 13526; E.O. 12600; 52 FR 23781; 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 56504, Sept. 22, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1250.4 Who can file a FOIA request?

Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or public or private organization other than a Federal agency, regardless of nationality, may file a FOIA request with NARA. The Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 551(2), excludes Federal agencies from filing FOIA requests. However, state and local governments may file FOIA requests.