Jamaica

ISO JAM

Jamaica has a rated national right-to-information law (adopted 2002, scored 88/150 by the RTI Rating, checked 2026-07-05), and a candidate service-rights route exists that we have not confirmed against the official text. Subdivision entries below marked “to confirm” are tasks, not facts.

Your first move, anywhere

Request legal route, responsible officer, fees, timeline, appeal route, and one high-value record: budget, contract, land, hospital stock, service standard, audit, court delay, police complaint, or procurement payment.

Convert the legal right into a citizen test: receipt, tracking number, statutory deadline, written reasons, actual record release, appeal, and proactive publication.

Capture flags to watch: Delay; discretion; opacity; fragmentation; fear; patron dependency; counterfeit transparency

Right to information

Sourced

National lawAccess to Information Act, 2002 Official text still to confirm before you rely on it.

RTI Rating score88/150 · rank 63 · Moderate legal framework

Where the law is strong and weakRight of access 3/6 · Scope 19/30 · Requesting procedures 22/30 · Exceptions and refusals 14/30 · Appeals 17/30 · Sanctions and protections 5/8 · Promotional measures 8/16

Source: RTI Rating country data · last checked 2026-07-05

Right to service

To confirm

StatusCandidate legal family, needs official verification

Legal familyCitizen charter / ombudsman / administrative justice route

Candidate route (to confirm)Verify citizen or client service charter, ombudsman jurisdiction, judicial-review/administrative-justice statute, digital-service standards and sectoral deadlines.

The usability test to runReceipt + tracking + deadline + written reason + appeal + remedy + claimant protection

NoteDo not count a Public Service Commission as RTS unless it creates enforceable service standards for citizens.

Sources: OECD Administrative Simplification

Help confirm this

Search the official gazette and government sites for: "Jamaica" "right to service" OR "public service guarantee" OR "citizen charter" OR "service charter" OR "administrative procedure" OR "ombudsman". Found the law? Send it through the route below.

Inside Jamaica: 14 subdivisions

Where a subdivision shows a cited law, the citation comes from the named source and the official text still needs confirming. Where it shows nothing, the national law may apply and the local rules are unconfirmed.

What to confirm at your local office, whichever subdivision you are in

Verify statutory deadline and extension rule.
Verify filing fee, copying fee, waiver, and electronic access rule.
Verify internal review, independent review, judicial review, and silence-as-refusal rule.
Verify relevant information commission, ombudsman, court, tribunal, or internal appeal body.
Verify official web portal or responsible officer contact.

Records that should already be published: Budget; procurement; contract awards; payment status; public land; service standards; audit reports; subsidies; court/police/hospital/school records.

Code	Subdivision	Type	Access-law status	Source · checked
JM-01	Kingston	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-02	Saint Andrew	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-03	Saint Thomas	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-04	Portland	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-05	Saint Mary	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-06	Saint Ann	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-07	Trelawny	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-08	Saint James	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-09	Hanover	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-10	Westmoreland	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-11	Saint Elizabeth	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-12	Manchester	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-13	Clarendon	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
JM-14	Saint Catherine	Parish	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to Information Act, 2002 To confirm	source · 2026-07-05

Right to service, all 14 subdivisions: Candidate legal family, needs official verification (inherited from the national status above).

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