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 "id": "US-DC-FOIA",
 "title": "District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act Request Letter",
 "jurisdiction": "US-DC",
 "state": "District of Columbia",
 "category": "public-records-requests",
 "category_label": "Public records & FOIA request letters",
 "document_type": "original_request_letter",
 "official_status": "Original request-letter template written by ALL AI FORMS for a public-records law; not an official government form.",
 "issuing_agency": null,
 "official_source_url": null,
 "legal_basis": "D.C. Code § 2-531 et seq. (no standard form)",
 "summary": "This is a request letter under the District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act (D.C. Code § 2-531 et seq.), for records held by a District of Columbia public body.",
 "price": {
  "amount": 4.99,
  "currency": "USD",
  "billing": "one-time"
 },
 "government_fee_note": "Submitting a request is free. Any copy or search charges a public body bills under District of Columbia law are not included. You pay them yourself, directly to the public body, if it bills you. We never collect or pay them.",
 "pay_url": "https://buy.stripe.com/00w9AM8As9pCh2L7pe0VP2Q",
 "page_url": "https://www.allaiforms.com/forms/district-of-columbia-freedom-of-information-act-request-letter/",
 "json_url": "https://www.allaiforms.com/api/forms/US-DC-FOIA.json",
 "free_alternative": true,
 "last_verified": "2026-11-11",
 "listing_updated": "2026-11-13",
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "How do I get the District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act Request Letter?",
   "a": "There is no required form for a District of Columbia foia request. You can write your own letter or use a public body's own free form or portal without paying us, and submitting a request is free. Or fill it in online here: pay $4.99 one-time with Stripe, answer the guided questions, and download your filled-in PDF."
  },
  {
   "q": "Where do I send it?",
   "a": "Send it yourself to the public body's records custodian, by the email or mail address it designates. You can copy the text into its own form. We don't send anything for you."
  },
  {
   "q": "How much does it cost?",
   "a": "Our fee is $4.99. Submitting a request is free. Any copy or search charges a public body bills under District of Columbia law are not included. You pay them yourself, directly to the public body, if it bills you. We never collect or pay them. Our $4.99 is a one-time charge with no subscription."
  },
  {
   "q": "Can I fill it out online?",
   "a": "Yes. After you pay $4.99 with Stripe, our guided questionnaire places your answers on the form and you get: The FOIA request letter PDF, filled in from your answers. You check every entry, sign and file it yourself."
  }
 ]
}