36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 3 1998-07-01 1998-07-01 false General. 1250.50 Section 1250.50 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC AVAILABILITY AND USE PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF NARA ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS AND INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS Described Records
§ 1250.50 General.

(a) Except for records made available in accordance with subparts B and C of this part, NARA promptly will make records available to a requester when the request describes the records so as to enable a professional NARA employee to identify and locate the record(s) unless NARA invokes an exemption in accordance with subpart F of this part. NARA will consult with the requester, when necessary, to more specifically identify the requested record(s).

(b) Upon receipt of a request that does not reasonably describe the records requested, NARA may contact the requester to seek a more specific description. The 10-workday time limit set forth in § 1250.56 will not start until NARA receives a request reasonably describing the records.

[50 FR 27202, July 1, 1985, as amended at 52 FR 29521, Aug. 10, 1987]