(A) All public records shall be open for inspection by any person, except as otherwise provided by KRS 61.870 to 61.884, and suitable facilities shall be made available by each public agency for the exercise of this right. No person shall remove original copies of public records from the offices of any public agency without the written permission of the official custodian of the record.
(B) Any person shall have the right to inspect public records. The official custodian may require:
(1) Written application, signed by the applicant and with his name printed legibly on the application, describing the records to be inspected. The written application shall be hand delivered, mailed, or sent via facsimile to the public agency;
(2) Facsimile transmission of the written application described in division (B)(1) above; or
(3) E-mail of the application described in division (B)(1) above.
(C) A person may inspect the public records:
(1) During the regular office hours of the public agency; or
(2) By receiving copies of the public records from the public agency through the mail. The public agency shall mail copies of the public records to a person whose residence or principal place of business is outside the county in which the public records are located after he precisely describes the public records which are readily available within the public agency. If the person requesting the public records requests that copies of the records be mailed, the official custodian shall mail the copies upon receipt of all fees and the cost of mailing.
(KRS 61.872(1) - (3))