Estimate Public Records Request Processing Fees
Government agencies charge per-page copy fees and hourly search costs for public records requests. Price page counts against fee schedules to predict costs.
1 · record category | estimated request pages | copy fee per page dollars
FIRST-LOAD
Input is processed locally and a draft is saved automatically in this browser profile when storage is available. Reset to sample clears that draft; Pro history has its own clear button. A state link encodes your inputs in its URL: share only non-sensitive rows. Browser history, clipboard and anyone receiving the link may retain it. Optional AI use below leaves this device; it is not required.
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the foia-cost triage: your record category | estimated request pages | copy fee per page dollars stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Perspective: Before: Broad requests produce thousands of pages and massive fee bills. After: the foia-cost triage shows the working beside each named row so the reader can change the assumption and inspect the consequence.
2 · Read the foia-cost triage
Fee calculation arithmetic based on statutory rate cards. Not legal advice.
Paid layer: foia-cost triage print and history
one-time step · the free reading above stays complete
Free tier
- one complete foia-cost triage run in the app
- three samples plus unlimited article-demo runs
- unwatermarked result text and an explicit, user-triggered state link
What $4 one-time adds
- print the foia-cost triage with its row workings
- CSV of total FOIA processing cost dollars and row explanations
- last five reading summaries saved in this browser profile
$4 once for repeated filing of the foia-cost triage, not for a better answer. Illustrative time basis: avoiding one five-minute manual reformat per saved reading; no market-price or guaranteed-savings claim.
Local history (this device)
- No saved runs yet — your first run files here.
Checkout is unavailable until a payment link is configured. The optional unlock is browser-local, profile-scoped and best-effort, not server-verified access. Clearing browser data can remove it; there is no account or cross-device recovery.
Boundary and sources
Fee calculation arithmetic based on statutory rate cards. Not legal advice.
- Method: Standard statutory rates range from $0.10 to $0.25 per page.
- All sample records are invented examples. The app does not fetch measurements, policies, files or personal records.
- Google’s official pricing page, fetched 2026-09-29, lists free-tier access including AI Studio. Optional formatting only; limits and availability can change. Free-tier content may be used to improve products. Never paste private records there.
Mechanism: competence-autonomy-loop
Optional AI formatting, not calculation
For this foia-cost triage, use the free AI Studio interface only if available to you, with no paid API key. Manual entry completes the same workflow for free. Supply only fictional or non-sensitive notes. Review its output against the source; never paste unresolved questions into the numeric rows.
Format my non-sensitive notes for a foia-cost triage. Return plain rows only: record category | estimated request pages | copy fee per page dollars. Preserve supplied quantities exactly. Do not guess missing values; list questions separately. Do not calculate or add advice. I will check every row before pasting into the local tool.
Accepted schema: record category | estimated request pages | copy fee per page dollars. No AI response is executed as code.