Open Plate

Public records for the cameras on the road

Ask your city what the plate readers know.

Open Plate writes a ready-to-send public records request for automated license plate readers (Flock and every other vendor) using your state's actual statute, deadline, and fee rules. No AI model required. Sign in if you want to save across devices or plug in your own LLM model.

Start a request How filing works

Sample: Tennessee

Pursuant to the Tennessee Public Records Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-503…

1. The complete current contract, memorandum of understanding, or service agreement with any ALPR vendor…

2. Invoices and payment records for the past three fiscal years…

Written for your statute. You hit send.

01

Name the place

State, ZIP, and who holds the contract: city PD, sheriff, state patrol, or a campus force.

02

Pick the paper

Contracts, invoices, camera maps, sharing deals, Flock audit CSVs. Add anything the list missed.

03

Cap the bill and copy

Your dollar amount shortens expensive searches. The letter is already written for that state’s statute.

Built so a first-timer can file

  • 50 states plus DC, with the real name of the law and the response clock.
  • Residency and ID warnings where the statute actually requires them.
  • ALPR-specific exemptions flagged (Georgia, Maryland, Washington, and others).
  • Budget cap written into the letter so email searches don’t become a surprise invoice.
  • Flock Insights CSV language from the vendor’s own open-records guide.
  • Save on this device, or sign in to keep drafts and optional AI-model polish.

Not legal advice. Pair with DeFlock, Have I Been Flocked, and MuckRock.