Kansas Open Records Act (KORA)
The Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) allows you to inspect and obtain copies of public records created or maintained by public agencies in Kansas. KORA, K.S.A. 45-215, declares it is the public policy of Kansas that “public records shall be open for inspection by any person.” Public records are defined as “any recorded information, regardless of form or characteristics, which is made, maintained or kept by or is in the possession of any public agency.”