Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA)

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal law that gives you the right to access any government records, including Shenandoah National Park records, unless the government reasonably foresees that the release of the information in those records would harm an interest protected by one or more of the nine exemptions or law enforcement exclusions; or, release is prohibited by law.

 

Police Reports

The Privacy Act gives you the right to access any government records the government holds pertaining to you, including Shenandoah National Park records, unless the government reasonably foresees that the release of the information in those records would harm an interest protected by one or more of the nine exemptions, or law enforcement exclusions, or release is prohibited by law.

Shenandoah National Park may release records pertaining to your traffic crashes, personal injuries, or loss/damage of property under the Privacy Act. Complete and submit one of the following forms:

• For a copy of your police report, please submit a completed Request for Individual Access to Records (Form DI-4016).

• If you are requesting your records be released to a third party (e.g., attorneys office, insurance company) submit a completed Consent for Disclosure of Records (Form DI-4017).

Complete all the form fields. Under ‘Additional Information’ please provide identifying information such as name and date of birth and/or driver license number. Provide as much description as possible to aid us in correctly identifying your records; provide a description of the incident, the date and time of the incident, location of the incident, parties involved, investigating officer, incident number, etc. Submit the completed form to Shenandoah National Parks’ Communication Center at one of the following:

Mail
Shenandoah National Park 
Attn: Communication Center 
3655 US Hwy 211 East 
Luray, VA 22835 

Email
[e-mail]
Subject: Privacy Act Request

Fax
540-999-2204

Online Searches

The information you are seeking may already be available on-line. Before making a FOIA request below, you may want to conduct a search of agencies’ websites to see what is already publicly available.

• Visit our FOIA Libraries for collections of publicly available Departmental and Bureau & Office records.

• Search GovInfo for Congressional Records, Congressional Hearings, Presidential papers, the Federal Register, and United States Court opinions.

• Search FOIA.gov to search across all government websites at once.

• Search USA.gov to learn about U.S. Government agencies and services.

FOIA

If you still cannot find the information you are seeking, you may need to submit a formal FOIA request. To submit FOIA requests go to FOIA.gov and create a request for the National Park Service.

If you have questions about what information is available without submitting a FOIA request or where it may be located, contact one of the NPS FOIA Contacts. Our responsibility is to provide you with copies of the documents you are entitled to receive under the law. We want to work with you to achieve that goal.

National Park Service FOIA page
Department of the Interior FOIA page