Delaware · Freedom of Information Act

Delaware FOIA's mandatory Attorney General petition, built in

AccessPoint manages Freedom of Information Act requests under 29 Del. C. ch. 100 — the 15-business-day response, the § 10002(o) exemptions, and the mandatory Attorney General petition that precedes Superior Court — pre-configured for Delaware and running inside your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

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Delaware at a glance

Response standard
15 business days from receipt; more time only for voluminous records, records requiring legal advice, or archived records, with a good-faith estimate
Enforcement
Petition the Attorney General's Chief Deputy within 60 days of denial — mandatory before court for state public bodies the AG represents
Exemptions
29 Del. C. § 10002(o)(1)–(19) — nineteen enumerated categories excluded from the public-record definition
Charges
First 20 pages free, then $0.10 per sheet
Oversight
The Chief Deputy Attorney General decides within 20 business days; either side may then appeal to Superior Court
Languages
English

Built for Delaware

One platform for the whole access-and-privacy mandate, pre-configured for this regime and running in your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

FOIA request lifecycle

Intake to release under 29 Del. C. ch. 100 — the 15-business-day response, extension estimates, and release — all on Microsoft 365.

The § 10002(o) exemption categories

Nineteen enumerated exclusions from the public-record definition, tagged per record.

The 15-business-day clock

15 business days from receipt, extended only for voluminous, legal-advice, or archived records — with the good-faith estimate drafted for you.

The mandatory AG petition

Route a denial straight into the Chief Deputy Attorney General petition within the 60-day window — mandatory before court for state bodies the AG represents.

20 free pages, then $0.10/sheet

First 20 pages free, then a flat $0.10 per sheet — computed automatically.

In your own tenant

Every request and record stays inside your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant — no third-party cloud, no cross-border transfers, and no per-user fees.

Court is the second stop, not the first

In Delaware, a denial doesn't go straight to court — it goes to the Attorney General first, on a 60-day, then 20-business-day clock.

Most states let a denied requester go straight to court. Delaware doesn't — not for state public bodies the Attorney General is obligated to represent. A requester has 60 days from the denial to petition the Chief Deputy Attorney General, who must issue a written determination within 20 business days. Only after that determination can either side take the matter to Superior Court. AccessPoint tracks both deadlines and drafts the petition.

60-day petition window Petition the Chief Deputy Attorney General within 60 days of a denial.
20-business-day determination The Chief Deputy must issue a written determination within 20 business days.
Superior Court, second Court review follows the Attorney General's determination, not the original denial.

Configured out of the box

Installing the us-de-foia jurisdiction pack seeds your tenant with everything this regime needs — a starting point you can adjust, not a lock-in.

Pack content last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Related guide: FOI Workflow Quick Check
  • The Delaware Freedom of Information Act (29 Del. C. ch. 100) as the legal-authority and citation spine
  • The Delaware state-holiday calendar and the 15-business-day response clock, with good-faith extension estimates for voluminous, legal-advice, or archived records
  • The § 10002(o)(1)–(19) exemption categories, tagged to the correct paragraph for every excluded record
  • The mandatory Attorney General petition workflow — the 60-day filing window and the 20-business-day Chief Deputy determination
  • Superior Court appeal tracking for determinations either side wishes to challenge
  • First-20-pages-free and $0.10-per-sheet billing, computed automatically
  • Delaware FOIA correspondence templates with statutory wording
  • Delaware timeliness tracking against the 15-business-day standard
A jurisdiction pack's detail panel in AccessPoint settings, showing the pack description, version, what's new, and the checklist of items it imports: legal authorities, calendars, request statuses, request types, extension reasons, requestor categories and consultation types Click to enlarge
What a pack looks like in Settings (the Ontario municipal pack shown): the description, the version and what changed in it, and every item it imports with its statutory basis. Anything you have customized is never overwritten on update.

Delaware Questions

Who can request records under Delaware FOIA?
Delaware FOIA is open to Delaware citizens. AccessPoint captures citizenship at intake so the request is handled on the correct statutory basis from the start.

How quickly must a Delaware public body respond?
Within 15 business days of receipt. More time is available only where records are voluminous, legal advice is required, or records are archived — and even then the body must give a good-faith estimate of when records will be available. AccessPoint tracks the clock and drafts the estimate.

How is a Delaware FOIA denial challenged?
For state public bodies the Attorney General is obligated to represent, a requester must first petition the Chief Deputy Attorney General within 60 days of the denial. The Chief Deputy issues a written determination within 20 business days, and either side may then appeal that determination to Superior Court.

Where does data reside?
Entirely within your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant. Requests, documents, and audit history never leave your control — no third-party cloud, no vendor access, and no cross-border data transfers.

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Flat annual pricing, published in full. Every feature in every size — access requests, privacy impact assessments, breach response, complaints, video & audio redaction, and AI Assist. No per-user or per-module fees.

  • Under 500 employees$2,990/yr
  • 500–2,000 employees$7,990/yr
  • Over 2,000 employees$14,990/yr

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