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Requesting public information in Argentina

Argentina's Law 27,275 of 2016 on the right of access to public information lets anyone request information from national public bodies. The Agency for Access to Public Information (AAIP) oversees the law and hears claims. Requests to the national executive can be made online through the Trámites a Distancia platform.

What it publishes

• Guidance on making requests and claims.
• The text of Law 27,275 on InfoLEG.

Key datasets

• AAIP: access to information
  How to request information and file a claim.
  Updated: Continuous
• Law 27,275
  Full text of the law.
  Updated: As amended
• Trámites a Distancia
  Online platform for requests to the national administration.
  Updated: Continuous

APIs and downloads

• Argentina open data portal
  Datasets published by national bodies.

When it publishes

Under article 11 of the law a request must be answered within 15 working days, extendable once by 15 working days in exceptional cases. Under article 14 a decision can be challenged directly in the federal administrative courts, or by a claim to the AAIP or the body concerned.

How to use it to check a claim

1. Check which exception was cited for a refusal and whether the reasons were given.
2. Provinces have their own access laws and bodies.

Common mistakes

• Assuming the national law covers provincial governments.

Does it cost anything?

Access is free, except for the cost of reproducing information, according to the law.

Links checked 14 October 2026. This page describes what the source publishes and gives no verdict on any claim.