{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-2-402","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 63G-2-402","heading":"Appealing a decision of a chief administrative officer.","body":"(1) If the decision of the chief administrative officer of a governmental entity under Section 63G-2-401 is to affirm the denial of a record request or to affirm the denial of a fee waiver, the requester may:\n(a)\n(i) appeal the decision to the director, as provided in Section 63G-2-403; or\n(ii) petition for judicial review of the decision in district court, as provided in Section 63G-2-404;\n(b) seek mediation of the access denial or fee waiver denial under Subsection 63A-12-204(1)(a)(iii); or\n(c) appeal the decision to the local appeals board if:\n(i) the decision is of a chief administrative officer of a governmental entity that is a political subdivision; and\n(ii) the political subdivision has established a local appeals board.\n(2) A requester who appeals a chief administrative officer's decision to the director or a local appeals board does not lose or waive the right to seek judicial review of the decision of the director or the local appeals board.\n(3) As provided in Section 63G-2-403, an interested party may appeal to the director of the Government Records Office a chief administrative officer's decision under Section 63G-2-401 affirming an access denial.","path":["Title 63G General Government","Chapter 63G-2 Government Records Access and Management Act","Part 63G-2-4 Appeals"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title63G/Chapter2/63G-2-S402.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"fbc1e148eb95551d985569e6eca9d96925b3229e788898b9b24fa8a28dfbdaee","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-2-401","next":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-2-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}