The Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13) presumes that all government data are public unless a state or federal law says the data is not public. Government data is a term that means all recorded information a government entity has, including paper, email, CD-ROMs, photographs, etc. To learn more about accessing government data, see the Data Practices Policies below:

• Data Practices Policy for Members of the Public

• Data Practices Policy for Data Subjects

How to Make a Data Request

In general, to look at government data or request copies of data that the city keeps, your request must be in writing, and submitted by mail, or email. The following forms may be used to process your request.   

• Data Practices Form for Members of the Public (use for all public data)

• Data Request Form for Data Subjects (use if data is about you and classified as private)

• Data Request Form regarding Police Department data

For data requests from the Police Department, visit Request Police Report for more information.

Data requests not related to Police records may be mailed to or dropped off at: City of Farmington, 430 Third Street, Farmington, MN 55024 (Attn: Data Practices Compliance Official) or emailed. 

NOTE: The Data Practices Act does not require the City of Farmington to answer questions that are not requests for data.