Which documents may parties and others ask an administrative agency to inspect or copy, and during what period must that request be made?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
The practice file to read holds the prior notice of the disposition or the notice of hearing, which fixes the start and end of the period the provision sets, the request for inspection or copying with its date, and any paper showing disclosure is restricted under another statute.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading sets out the full conditions: parties and others may request inspection or copying of documents on the results of the investigation into the matter and other documents related to the disposition, in a comment-submission case from the day the prior notice was given until the comment-submission period ends, or in a hearing case from the day the hearing was notified until the hearing closes; outside those windows the request has no footing under this provision.
Another reading notes the scope is not fixed by the provision itself, since the range of documents inspectable or copyable is set by Presidential Decree, and the agency may refuse where another statute restricts disclosure, so the file must show both what the Decree covers and whether any such restriction applies.
Your judgment
When a document records dealings with a third party, what in the file shows whether it is a document related to the disposition the provision lets the request reach?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the Presidential Decree defining the range of documents is amended, or if a court decision explains which documents count as results of the investigation or as related to the disposition.