§ 42.56.001 Finding, purpose
§ 42.56.010 Definitions
§ 42.56.020 Short title
§ 42.56.030 Construction
§ 42.56.040 Duty to publish procedures
§ 42.56.050 Invasion of privacy, when
§ 42.56.060 Disclaimer of public liability
§ 42.56.070 Documents and indexes to be made public — Statement of costs
§ 42.56.080 Identifiable records — Facilities for copying — Availability of public records
§ 42.56.090 Times for inspection and copying — Posting on website
§ 42.56.100 Protection of public records — Public access
§ 42.56.110 Destruction of information relating to employee misconduct
§ 42.56.120 Charges for copying
§ 42.56.130 Other provisions not superseded
§ 42.56.140 Public records exemptions accountability committee
§ 42.56.141 Public records exemptions accountability committee — Wolf depredation information exemption
§ 42.56.150 Training — Local elected and statewide elected officials
§ 42.56.152 Training — Public records officers
§ 42.56.155 Assistance by attorney general
§ 42.56.210 Certain personal and other records exempt
§ 42.56.230 Personal information
§ 42.56.235 Religious affiliation exemption
§ 42.56.240 Investigative, law enforcement, and crime victims
§ 42.56.250 Employment and licensing
§ 42.56.260 Real estate transactions
§ 42.56.270 Financial, commercial, and proprietary information
§ 42.56.280 Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, intra-agency memorandums
§ 42.56.290 Agency party to controversy
§ 42.56.300 Archaeological sites
§ 42.56.310 Library records
§ 42.56.315 Certain student information
§ 42.56.320 Educational information
§ 42.56.325 Statewide electronic repository for school meals
§ 42.56.330 Public utilities and transportation
§ 42.56.335 Public utility districts and municipally owned electrical utilities — Restrictions on access by law enforcement authorities
§ 42.56.350 Health professionals
§ 42.56.355 Interstate medical licensure compact
§ 42.56.360 Health care
§ 42.56.365 Vital records
§ 42.56.370 Client records of domestic violence programs, or community sexual assault programs or services for underserved populations
§ 42.56.375 Sexual misconduct — Postsecondary educational institutions — Personal information of witnesses and victims
§ 42.56.380 Agriculture and livestock
§ 42.56.390 Emergency or transitional housing
§ 42.56.395 Affordable housing occupants and tenants
§ 42.56.400 Insurance and financial institutions
§ 42.56.403 Property and casualty insurance statements of actuarial opinion
§ 42.56.410 Employment security department records, certain purposes
§ 42.56.420 Security
§ 42.56.422 Office of cybersecurity — Reports and information
§ 42.56.423 Cybersecurity advisory committee and technology services board security subcommittee
§ 42.56.425 Election security
§ 42.56.430 Fish and wildlife
§ 42.56.440 Veterans’ discharge papers — Exceptions
§ 42.56.450 Check cashers and sellers licensing applications
§ 42.56.460 Fireworks and explosives
§ 42.56.470 Correctional industries workers
§ 42.56.475 Department of corrections and private detention facilities
§ 42.56.510 Duty to disclose or withhold information — Otherwise provided
§ 42.56.520 Prompt responses required
§ 42.56.530 Review of agency denial
§ 42.56.540 Court protection of public records
§ 42.56.550 Judicial review of agency actions
§ 42.56.556 Failure to provide recording of school district board of directors meeting
§ 42.56.560 Application of RCW 42.56.550
§ 42.56.565 Inspection or copying by persons serving criminal sentences — Injunction
§ 42.56.570 Explanatory pamphlet — Advisory model rules — Consultation and training services
§ 42.56.580 Public records officers
§ 42.56.590 Personal information — Notice of security breaches
§ 42.56.592 Personal information — Covered entities
§ 42.56.594 Personal information — Consumer protection
§ 42.56.600 Mediation communications
§ 42.56.610 Certain information from dairies and feedlots limited — Rules
§ 42.56.615 Enumeration data used by the office of financial management for population estimates
§ 42.56.620 Cannabis research licensee reports
§ 42.56.625 Medical cannabis authorization database
§ 42.56.630 Registration information of members of cooperatives to produce and process medical cannabis
§ 42.56.640 Vulnerable individuals, in-home caregivers for vulnerable populations
§ 42.56.645 Release of public information — 2017 c 4 (Initiative Measure No. 1501)
§ 42.56.650 Health carrier data
§ 42.56.655 Explosives exemption report
§ 42.56.660 Agency employee records
§ 42.56.665 Agency employee records — Civil liability
§ 42.56.670 Agency employee records — Model policies
§ 42.56.675 Agency employee records — Lists of names
§ 42.56.680 Residential real property information and borrower personal information
§ 42.56.690 Victim and witness notification program
§ 42.56.692 Victim and witness notification program — Notification enrollment
§ 42.56.900 Purpose — 2005 c 274 §§ 402-429
§ 42.56.904 Intent — 2007 c 391
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 42.56 - Public records act

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.