Call Log Requirements by State

Regulatory Info by State:

1. Alabama: No rulings.
2. Alaska: There are no cases addressing accessibility of telephone call logs.
3. Arizona: Call logs are public record if calls are for a public purpose, including cell phones.
4. Arkansas: If telephone call logs are kept by a public agency, they are subject to disclosure under the FOIA.
5. California: Telephone records are generally public absent specific circumstances justifying their withholding.
6. Colorado: Call logs of calls paid for by the government are public records.
7. Connecticut: Telephone logs are subject to the same rules and exemptions as other public records.
8. Delaware: Not addressed, presumably open.
9. Florida: Telephone numbers, call logs, or records of telephone conversations' public status turns on whether the calls were private or personal but can be public.
10. Georgia: The Act does not exempt telephone call logs.
11. Hawaii: No statutory or case law on this issue.
12. Idaho: Public Records Act broadly defines “public record” such that telephone call logs should fall within its definition.
13. Illinois: No rulings.
14. Indiana: No statutory or case law on this issue.
15. Iowa: The date, time, specific location, and immediate facts and circumstances surrounding a crime or incident are public unless disclosure would jeopardize an investigation or pose a danger.
16. Kansas: “Public record” means any recorded information regardless of form or characteristics.
17. Kentucky: Telephone call logs are subject to the Kentucky Open Records Act.
18. Louisiana: Under the Act, telephone call logs should be treated as public records and should be produced to a requester absent an applicable exemption.
19. Maine: Telephone call logs are public if related to public or government business.
20. Maryland: Not discussed in the PIA.
21. Massachusetts: No rulings.
22. Michigan: Required production of a log indicating what employees listened to the telephone calls.
23. Minnesota: Government telephone call logs are presumptively covered by the Act.
24. Mississippi: Call logs, if maintained by the public body, would be a public record if not exempt under another provision.
25. Missouri: No applicable law in this area.
26. Montana: If the public agency maintains call logs, they are open.
27. Nebraska: There is no express exception to the public records statutes for telephone call logs (unless the record of telephone calls is related to the performance of duties by a member of the Legislature).
28. Nevada: Call logs maintained by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department were public records. Records containing name, address, and telephone or identifying information of a natural person can be considered confidential.
29. New Hampshire: Information, regardless of physical form, kept or maintained in connection with the transaction of public business is considered public.
30. New Jersey: Telephone numbers and names of persons called are not accessible, but the destination location of the calls made is.
31. New Mexico: Telephone logs are available under the broad definition of public record contained in NMSA.
32. New York: See FOIL-AO-1210
33. North Carolina: No rulings.
34. North Dakota: Telephone usage records are generally public records.
35. Ohio: Telephone logs are almost certainly public records.
36. Oklahoma: Telephone call logs of a public body would be a record under the Act because the logs are connected with the transaction of public business.
37. Oregon: Telephone messages on voicemail systems are public records, but public bodies are not required to retain them.
38. Pennsylvania: Mobile phone number logs paid with tax dollars are accessible.
39. Rhode Island: Presumably subject to the Access to Public Records Act (APRA) - a public body that maintains its records in a computer storage system shall provide them in a reasonable format as requested.
40. South Carolina: As long as the call log is held by a public body, it would be considered a public record.
41. South Dakota: Records of telephone calls are specifically exempted.
42. Tennessee: Presumably open, with specific exemptions for protecting individuals with protective orders.
43. Texas: Telephone call logs are considered public information, including personal phone records used for official business.
44. Utah: No rulings.
45. Vermont: To the extent telephone call logs exist, they would be subject to the Public Records Act.
46. Virginia: Not directly addressed by statute, but call logs fall within the definition of "public record."
47. Washington: Ruled call logs held by a third-party telecommunications party were not public record.
48. West Virginia: No specific cases, but likely a court would interpret the term public record to include such logs and embrace FOIA presumption of disclosure
49. Wisconsin: Telephone call logs are not exempt from disclosure.
50. Wyoming: Telephone logs meet the definition of public records in the Act.

District of Columbia: Telephone call logs should fall within the definition of "public record."

Source: https://www.rcfp.org/open-government-sections/4-telephone-call-logs/