{
 "topic": "FOIA section 3(i)",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/3(i)",
 "family": "Responding to requests: deadlines, extensions, copies",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-3-i/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 1,
  "no_violation": 0,
  "no_determination": 1,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Oral versus written verification under section 3(i)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Section 3(i) gives the requester discretion to verify orally or in writing, and a public body may not insist on oral verification.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Whether a requester may verify personhood in writing or orally",
    "date": "2026-06-30",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-94590/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Southern Illinoisan v. Illinois Department of Public Health, 218 Ill. 2d 390, 415 (2006)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Board of Education of Springfield School District No. 186 v. Attorney General of Illinois, 2017 IL 120343",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2015%20IL%20App%20(4th)%20140941/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Paris v. Lake Holiday Property Owners Ass'n, 2013 IL 113907",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Elementary School District 159 v. Schiller, 222 Ill. 2d 130, 145 (2006)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co. v. Pappas, 194 Ill. 2d 99, 106 (2013)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr 51672, issued April 27, 2020",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Applicability of section 3(g) waiver to recurrent requesters",
   "outcome": "no_determination",
   "rule": "The response timeframe for recurrent requesters is governed solely by section 3.2; section 3(g) waiver provisions do not apply to recurrent requesters.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police department video and audio recordings",
    "date": "2023-12-18",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-79252/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  }
 ]
}