{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-1250.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 1250.4","heading":"Who can file a FOIA request?","body":"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.","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER XII—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER C—PUBLIC AVAILABILITY AND USE","PART 1250—NARA RECORDS SUBJECT TO FOIA","Subpart A—General Information About Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-36.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:44Z","sha256":"976cada8b7a74e633522fd0da1c5400e18c71045d20da01fac514891c44a50ed","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-1250.3","next":"us/36-cfr-1250.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}