Requesting Public Records

(1) The Director of the Records Management Division is the agency’s designated public requests coordinator. (2) Public record requests shall be made to the Department’s Records Management Division in order to ensure public record requests are routed to the appropriate records custodian and fulfilled in a timely manner. (3) Requests for inspection may be made orally or in writing. Requests for inspection only are not required to be in writing. Requests for copies shall be made in writing. (4) The Department may request a mailing or email address from the requestor for providing any written communication required under the TPRA. (5) All requests shall include a Public Records Request form as provided in Department of Human Resources Policy 12-042. If submitting via mail or other media, then the request must include a Public Records Request form (Policy 12-042) and be mailed to the Department’s Public Records Request Coordinator, Department of Human Resources, 312 Rosa L. Parks ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS CHAPTER 1120-13 Blvd., 17th Floor, Nashville, TN 37243, by e-mail at DOHR.RecMgmt@tn.gov, or by fax at (615) 401-7685. (6) All media requests submitted in accordance with the Tennessee Public Records Act should submit their media request by filling out a Public Records Request form as provided in Department of Human Resources Policy 12-042. If submitting via mail or other media, then the request must include a Public Records Request form as described in Policy 12-042 and be mailed to the Department’s Public Records Request Coordinator, Department of Human Resources, 17th Floor Tennessee Tower, 312 Rosa L. Parks Blvd., Nashville, TN 37243, by email at DOHR.RecMgmt@tn.gov, or by fax at (615) 401-7685.