XVII, Sec. 1 Statement of purpose

This section explains why the policy exists. It sets up the rules for how the public can get access to records kept by the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC). The AOC handles the business side of running the court system, and this policy tells people how they can request and view those administrative records.

Think of this as the starting point for the rest of the open records rules. It does not give specific steps for making a request. Instead, it tells you that this is the AOC's official policy on public access, and the sections that follow will spell out the details, like what records are available and how to ask for them.