diff --git a/app/search/utils.py b/app/search/utils.py
index 3d6f771d9..de4b09fb9 100644
--- a/app/search/utils.py
+++ b/app/search/utils.py
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ def search_requests(query,
                     sort_title,
                     tz_name,
                     by_phrase=False,
-                    highlight=False):
+                    highlight=False,
+                    for_csv=False):
     """
     The arguments of this function match the request parameters
     of the '/search/requests' endpoints.
@@ -260,6 +261,8 @@ def search_requests(query,
         if True, will come at a slight performance cost (in order to
         restrict highlights to public fields, iterating over elasticsearch
         query results is required)
+    :param for_csv: search for a csv export
+        if True, will not check the maximum value of size against MAX_RESULT_SIZE
     :return: elasticsearch json response with result information
 
     """
@@ -382,6 +385,9 @@ def datestr_local_to_utc(datestr):
             }
         )
 
+    # Calculate result set size
+    result_set_size = size if for_csv else min(size, MAX_RESULT_SIZE)
+
     # search / run query
     results = es.search(
         index=current_app.config["ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX"],
@@ -404,7 +410,7 @@ def datestr_local_to_utc(datestr):
                  'title',
                  'agency_request_summary',
                  'description'],
-        size=min(size, MAX_RESULT_SIZE),
+        size=result_set_size,
         from_=start,
         sort=sort,
     )
diff --git a/app/search/views.py b/app/search/views.py
index e168aeff5..c74a5c6b0 100644
--- a/app/search/views.py
+++ b/app/search/views.py
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ def requests_doc(doc_type):
                 request.args.get('sort_date_submitted'),
                 request.args.get('sort_date_due'),
                 request.args.get('sort_title'),
-                tz_name
+                tz_name,
+                for_csv=True
             )
             total = results["hits"]["total"]
             if total != 0:
@@ -201,6 +202,8 @@ def requests_doc(doc_type):
                     mailing_address = (r.requester.mailing_address
                                        if r.requester.mailing_address is not None
                                        else {})
+                    date_closed = result['_source'].get('date_closed', '')
+                    date_closed = date_closed if str(date_closed) != str(list()) else ''
                     writer.writerow([
                         result["_id"],
                         result["_source"]["agency_name"],
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ def requests_doc(doc_type):
                         result["_source"]["date_created"],
                         result["_source"]["date_submitted"],
                         result["_source"]["date_due"],
-                        result["_source"].get('date_closed', ''),
+                        date_closed,
                         result["_source"]["requester_name"],
                         r.requester.email,
                         r.requester.title,