{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-1250.52","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 1250.52","heading":"What fee policies apply to operational records?","body":"(a) For operational records, we may charge search fees even if the records are not releasable or we do not find any responsive records during our search.\n(b) If you are a noncommercial FOIA requester entitled to receive 100 free pages, but the records cannot be copied onto standard-sized (8.5″ by 11″) photocopy paper, we copy them on larger paper and reduce the copy fee by the normal charge for 100 standard-sized photocopies. If the records are not on textual media (e.g., they are photographs or electronic files), we provide the equivalent of 100 pages of standard-sized paper copies for free.\n(c) We do not charge you any fee if the total cost for processing your request is $25 or less.\n(d) If estimated search or review fees exceed $50, we will contact you. If you have specified a different limit that you are willing to spend, we will contact you only if we estimate the fees will exceed that specified amount.","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 C—Fees"],"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":"7465e7cb374098994fa13842ea26f4c82488256d792fb150bb52ed542a9e57c6","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-1250.51","next":"us/36-cfr-1250.53"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}