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18. Wisconsin Public Records Law --- Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31-19.39

G. Obligation to preserve responsive records. When a public records request is made, the authority is
obligated to preserve responsive records for certain periods of time.
1. After receiving a request for inspection or copying of a record, the authority may not destroy the
record until after the request is granted or until at least sixty days after the request is denied
(ninety days if the requester is a committed or incarcerated person). Wis. Stat. § 19.35(5).
2. If the authority receives written notice that a mandamus action relating to a record has been
commenced under Wis. Stat. § 19.37 (an action to enforce the public records law), the record
may not be destroyed until after the order of the court relating to that record is issued and the
deadline for appealing that order has passed. Wis. Stat. § 19.35(5).
3. If the court order in a mandamus action is appealed, the record may not be destroyed until the
court order resolving the appeal is issued. Wis. Stat. § 19.35(5).
4. If the court orders production of any record and the order is not appealed, the record may not be
destroyed until after the request for inspection or copying has been granted. Wis. Stat.
§ 19.35(5).