RCW 42.30.200 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 30 / Section 200
RCW 42.30.200: Governing body of recognized student association at college or university—Chapter applicability to.
Status: in_force

The multimember student board which is the governing body of the recognized student association at a given campus of a public institution of higher education is hereby declared to be subject to the provisions of the open public meetings act as contained in this chapter, as now or hereafter amended. For the purposes of this section, "recognized student association" shall mean any body at any of the state's colleges and universities which selects officers through a process approved by the student body and which represents the interests of students. Any such body so selected shall be recognized by and registered with the respective boards of trustees and regents of the state's colleges and universities: PROVIDED, That there be no more than one such association representing undergraduate students, no more than one such association representing graduate students, and no more than one such association representing each group of professional students so recognized and registered at any of the state's colleges or universities.
RCW 42.16.020 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16 / Section 020
RCW 42.16.020: Salaried officers not to receive witness fees—Exceptions.
Status: in_force

No state, county, municipal, or other public officer within the state of Washington, who receives from the state, or from any county or municipality therein, a fixed and stated salary as compensation for services rendered as such public officer shall be allowed or paid any per diem for attending or testifying on behalf of the state of Washington, or any county or municipality therein, at any trial or other judicial proceeding, in any state, county, or municipal court within this state; nor shall such officer, in any case, be allowed nor paid any per diem for attending or testifying in any state or municipal court of this state, in regard to matters and information that have come to his or her knowledge in connection with and as a result of the performance of his or her duties as a public officer as aforesaid: PROVIDED, This section shall not apply when any deduction shall be made from the regular salary of such officer by reason of his or her being in attendance upon the superior court, but in such cases regular witness fees shall be paid; and further, that if a public officer be subpoenaed and required to appear or testify in judicial proceedings in a county other than that in which he or she resides, then said public officer shall be entitled to receive per diem and mileage as provided by statute in other cases; and, PROVIDED FURTHER, That this section shall not apply to police officers when called as witnesses in the superior courts during hours when they are off duty as such officers. A law enforcement officer who has issued a notice of traffic infraction is not entitled to receive witness fees or mileage in a contested traffic infraction case.The term of office of all county and precinct officers shall be four years and until their successors are elected and qualified and assume office in accordance with RCW 29A.60.280 : PROVIDED, That this section and RCW 36.16.010 shall not apply to county commissioners.
RCW 42.56.350 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 350
RCW 42.56.350: Health professionals.
Status: in_force

(1) The federal social security number of individuals governed under chapter 18.130 RCW maintained in the files of the department of health is exempt from disclosure under this chapter. The exemption in this section does not apply to requests made directly to the department from federal, state, and local agencies of government, and national and state licensing, credentialing, investigatory, disciplinary, and examination organizations. (2) The current residential address and current residential telephone number of a health care provider governed under chapter 18.130 RCW maintained in the files of the department are exempt from disclosure under this chapter, if the provider requests that this information be withheld from public inspection and copying, and provides to the department of health an accurate alternate or business address and business telephone number. The current residential address and residential telephone number of a health care provider governed under RCW 18.130.040 maintained in the files of the department of health shall automatically be withheld from public inspection and copying unless the provider specifically requests the information be released, and except as provided for under *RCW 42.56.070 (9).
RCW 42.62.010 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 62 / Section 010
RCW 42.62.010: Definitions—Chapter 42.17A RCW applies.
Status: in_force

The definitions used in chapter 42.17A RCW apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
RCW 42.52.410 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 410
RCW 42.52.410: Filing complaint—Whistleblower protection—Penalty for reprisal or retaliation.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may, personally or by his or her attorney, make, sign, and file with the appropriate ethics board a complaint on a form provided by the appropriate ethics board. The complaint shall state the name of the person alleged to have violated this chapter or rules adopted under it and the particulars thereof, and contain such other information as may be required by the appropriate ethics board. (2) If it has reason to believe that any person has been engaged or is engaging in a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under it, an ethics board may issue a complaint. (3)(a) A state employee who files a complaint with the appropriate ethics board shall be afforded the protection afforded to a whistleblower under RCW 42.40.050 and 49.60.210 (2), subject to the limitations of RCW 42.40.035 and 42.40.910 . An agency, manager, or supervisor may not retaliate against a state employee who, after making a reasonable attempt to ascertain the correctness of the information furnished, files a complaint with the appropriate ethics board. (b) A state employee may not be denied the protections in chapter 42.40 RCW even if the ethics board denies an investigation of the complaint. (4) If a determination is made that a reprisal or retaliatory action has been taken against the state employee, the retaliator may be subject to a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars.
RCW 42.30.075 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 30 / Section 075
RCW 42.30.075: Schedule of regular meetings—Publication in state register—Notice of change—"Regular" meetings defined.
Status: in_force

State agencies which hold regular meetings shall file with the code reviser a schedule of the time and place of such meetings on or before January of each year for publication in the Washington state register. Notice of any change from such meeting schedule shall be published in the state register for distribution at least twenty days prior to the rescheduled meeting date. For the purposes of this section "regular" meetings shall mean recurring meetings held in accordance with a periodic schedule declared by statute or rule.
RCW 42.36.090 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36 / Section 090
RCW 42.36.090: Participation of challenged member of decision-making body.
Status: in_force

In the event of a challenge to a member or members of a decision-making body which would cause a lack of a quorum or would result in a failure to obtain a majority vote as required by law, any such challenged member(s) shall be permitted to fully participate in the proceeding and vote as though the challenge had not occurred, if the member or members publicly disclose the basis for disqualification prior to rendering a decision. Such participation shall not subject the decision to a challenge by reason of violation of the appearance of fairness doctrine.
RCW 42.56.360 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 360
RCW 42.56.360: Health care.
Status: in_force

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(1) The following health care information is exempt from disclosure under this chapter: (a) Information obtained by the pharmacy quality assurance commission as provided in RCW 69.45.090 ; (b) Information obtained by the pharmacy quality assurance commission or the department of health and its representatives as provided in RCW 69.41.044 , 69.41.280 , and 18.64.420 ; (c) Information and documents created specifically for, and collected and maintained by a quality improvement committee under RCW 43.70.510 , 70.230.080 , or 70.41.200 , or by a peer review committee under RCW 4.24.250 , or by a quality assurance committee pursuant to RCW 74.42.640 or 18.20.390 , or by a hospital, as defined in RCW 43.70.056 , for reporting of health care-associated infections under RCW 43.70.056 , a notification of an incident under RCW 70.56.040 (5), and reports regarding adverse events under RCW 70.56.020 (2)(b), regardless of which agency is in possession of the information and documents; (d)(i) Proprietary financial and commercial information that the submitting entity, with review by the department of health, specifically identifies at the time it is submitted and that is provided to or obtained by the department of health in connection with an application for, or the supervision of, an antitrust exemption sought by the submitting entity under RCW 43.72.310 ; (ii) If a request for such information is received, the submitting entity must be notified of the request. Within ten business days of receipt of the notice, the submitting entity shall provide a written statement of the continuing need for confidentiality, which shall be provided to the requester. Upon receipt of such notice, the department of health shall continue to treat information designated under this subsection (1)(d) as exempt from disclosure; (iii) If the requester initiates an action to compel disclosure under this chapter, the submitting entity must be joined as a party to demonstrate the continuing need for confidentiality; (e) Records of the entity obtained in an action under RCW 18.71.300 through 18.71.340 ; (f) Complaints filed under chapter 18.130 RCW after July 27, 1997, to the extent provided in RCW 18.130.095 (1); (g) Information obtained by the department of health under chapter 70.225 RCW; (h) Information collected by the department of health under chapter 70.245 RCW except as provided in RCW 70.245.150 ; (i) Cardiac and stroke system performance data submitted to national, state, or local data collection systems under RCW 70.168.150 (2)(b); (j) All documents, including completed forms, received pursuant to a wellness program under RCW 41.04.362 , but not statistical reports that do not identify an individual; (k) Data and information exempt from disclosure under RCW 43.371.040 ; (l) Medical information contained in files and records of members of retirement plans administered by the department of retirement systems or the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 retirement board, as provided to the department of retirement systems under RCW 41.04.830 ; and (m) Data submitted to the data integration platform under RCW 71.24.908 . (2) Chapter 70.02 RCW applies to public inspection and copying of health care information of patients. (3)(a) Documents related to infant mortality reviews conducted pursuant to RCW 70.05.170 are exempt from disclosure as provided for in RCW 70.05.170 (3). (b)(i) If an agency provides copies of public records to another agency that are exempt from public disclosure under this subsection (3), those records remain exempt to the same extent the records were exempt in the possession of the originating entity. (ii) For notice purposes only, agencies providing exempt records under this subsection (3) to other agencies may mark any exempt records as "exempt" so that the receiving agency is aware of the exemption, however whether or not a record is marked exempt does not affect whether the record is actually exempt from disclosure. (4) Information and documents related to maternal mortality reviews conducted pursuant to RCW 70.54.450 are confidential and exempt from public inspection and copying. (5) Patient health care information contained in reports submitted under RCW 71.24.847 (2) are confidential and exempt from public inspection.
RCW 42.56.110 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 110
RCW 42.56.110: Destruction of information relating to employee misconduct.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter prevents an agency from destroying information relating to employee misconduct or alleged misconduct, in accordance with RCW 41.06.450 , to the extent necessary to ensure fairness to the employee.
RCW 42.56.090 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 090
RCW 42.56.090: Times for inspection and copying—Posting on website.
Status: in_force

Public records shall be available for inspection and copying during the customary office hours of the agency, the office of the secretary of the senate, and the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives for a minimum of thirty hours per week, except weeks that include state legal holidays, unless the person making the request and the agency, the office of the secretary of the senate, or the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives or its representative agree on a different time. Customary business hours must be posted on the agency or office's website and made known by other means designed to provide the public with notice.
RCW 42.60.030 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 60 / Section 030
RCW 42.60.030: Prohibitions—Law enforcement agencies.
Status: in_force

State and local law enforcement agencies shall not: (1) Collect information on the religious belief, practice, or affiliation of any individual except (a) as part of a criminal investigation of an individual based on reasonable suspicion that the individual has engaged in criminal activity, and when there is a nexus between the criminal activity and the specific information collected about religious belief, practice, or affiliation, or (b) where necessary to provide religious accommodations; or (2) Use public funds, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any criminal, civil, or administrative violation, or warrant for a violation, of any requirement that individuals register with the federal government or any federal agency based on religion.
RCW 42.41.010 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 41 / Section 010
RCW 42.41.010: Policy.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the legislature that local government employees should be encouraged to disclose, to the extent not expressly prohibited by law, improper governmental actions of local government officials and employees. The purpose of this chapter is to protect local government employees who make good-faith reports to appropriate governmental bodies and to provide remedies for such individuals who are subjected to retaliation for having made such reports.
RCW 42.17A.908 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 908
RCW 42.17A.908: Captions.
Status: in_force

Section captions and part headings used in this act do not constitute any part of the law.
RCW 42.12.030 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / Section 030
RCW 42.12.030: Term of person elected to fill vacancy.
Status: in_force

Whenever any officer resigns his or her office before the expiration of his or her term, or the office becomes vacant from any other cause, and at a subsequent special election such vacancy is filled, the person so elected to fill such vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term.
RCW 42.56.550 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 550
RCW 42.56.550: Judicial review of agency actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the motion of any person having been denied an opportunity to inspect or copy a public record by an agency, the superior court in the county in which a record is maintained may require the responsible agency to show cause why it has refused to allow inspection or copying of a specific public record or class of records. The burden of proof shall be on the agency to establish that refusal to permit public inspection and copying is in accordance with a statute that exempts or prohibits disclosure in whole or in part of specific information or records. (2) Upon the motion of any person who believes that an agency has not made a reasonable estimate of the time that the agency requires to respond to a public record request or a reasonable estimate of the charges to produce copies of public records, the superior court in the county in which a record is maintained may require the responsible agency to show that the estimate it provided is reasonable. The burden of proof shall be on the agency to show that the estimate it provided is reasonable. (3) Judicial review of all agency actions taken or challenged under RCW 42.56.030 through 42.56.520 shall be de novo. Courts shall take into account the policy of this chapter that free and open examination of public records is in the public interest, even though such examination may cause inconvenience or embarrassment to public officials or others. Courts may examine any record in camera in any proceeding brought under this section. The court may conduct a hearing based solely on affidavits. (4) Any person who prevails against an agency in any action in the courts seeking the right to inspect or copy any public record or the right to receive a response to a public record request within a reasonable amount of time shall be awarded all costs, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred in connection with such legal action. In addition, it shall be within the discretion of the court to award such person an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars for each day that he or she was denied the right to inspect or copy said public record. (5) For actions under this section against counties, the venue provisions of RCW 36.01.050 apply. (6) Actions under this section must be filed within one year of the agency's claim of exemption or the last production of a record on a partial or installment basis.
RCW 42.17A.470 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 470
RCW 42.17A.470: Contributions on behalf of another.
Status: in_force

(1) A person, other than an individual, may not be an intermediary or an agent for a contribution. (2) An individual may not make a contribution on behalf of another person or entity, or while acting as the intermediary or agent of another person or entity, without disclosing to the recipient of the contribution both his or her full name, street address, occupation, name of employer, if any, or place of business if self-employed, and the same information for each contributor for whom the individual serves as intermediary or agent.
RCW 42.56.315 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 315
RCW 42.56.315: Certain student information.
Status: in_force

Information received by a school district superintendent, a designee of the superintendent, or a principal pursuant to RCW 28A.225.330 , 9A.44.138 , 13.04.155 , 13.40.215 , or 72.09.730 is exempt from disclosure under this chapter.
RCW 42.17A.215 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 215
RCW 42.17A.215: Depositories.
Status: in_force

Each candidate and each political committee shall designate and file with the commission the name and address of not more than one depository for each county in which the campaign is conducted in which the candidate's or political committee's accounts are maintained and the name of the account or accounts maintained in that depository on behalf of the candidate or political committee. The candidate or political committee may at any time change the designated depository and shall file with the commission the same information for the successor depository as for the original depository. The candidate or political committee may not be deemed in compliance with the provisions of this chapter until the information required for the depository is filed with the commission.
RCW 42.52.810 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 810
RCW 42.52.810: Solicitation for the legislative international trade account—Report.
Status: in_force

(1) When soliciting charitable gifts, grants, or donations solely for the legislative international trade account created in RCW 43.15.050 , the president of the senate is presumed not to be in violation of the solicitation and receipt of gift provisions in RCW 42.52.150 (3). (2) When soliciting charitable gifts, grants, or donations solely for the legislative international trade account created in RCW 43.15.050 , state officers and state employees are presumed not to be in violation of the solicitation and receipt of gift provisions in RCW 42.52.150 (3). (3) An annual report of the legislative international trade account activities, including a list of receipts and expenditures, shall be published by the president of the senate and submitted to the house of representatives and the senate and be a public record for the purposes of RCW 42.56.070 .
RCW 42.17A.917 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 917
RCW 42.17A.917: Effective date—2010 c 204 ss 505, 602, and 703.
Status: in_force

Sections 505, 602, and 703 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and take effect immediately [March 25, 2010].
RCW 42.24.150 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 24 / Section 150
RCW 42.24.150: Advancements for travel expenses—Travel expense voucher.
Status: in_force

On or before the fifteenth day following the close of the authorized travel period for which expenses have been advanced to any officer or employee, he or she shall submit to the appropriate official a fully itemized travel expense voucher, for all reimbursable items legally expended, accompanied by the unexpended portion of such advance, if any. Any advance made for this purpose, or any portion thereof, not repaid or accounted for in the time and manner specified herein, shall bear interest at the rate of ten percent per annum from the date of default until paid.
RCW 42.52.820 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 820
RCW 42.52.820: Solicitation for hosting national legislative association conference.
Status: in_force

When soliciting gifts, grants, or donations to host an official conference within the state of Washington of a national legislative association as approved by both the chief clerk and the secretary of the senate, designated legislative officials and designated legislative employees are presumed not to be in violation of the solicitation and receipt of gift provisions in this chapter. For the purposes of this section, any legislative association must include among its membership the Washington state legislature or individual legislators or legislative staff.
RCW 42.08.040 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 08 / Section 040
RCW 42.08.040: Judgment no bar to further action.
Status: in_force

A judgment in favor of a party for one delinquency shall not preclude the same or another party from maintaining another action on the same bond for another delinquency.
RCW 42.62.020 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 62 / Section 020
RCW 42.62.020: Action by candidate for relief and damages—Defenses.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section "synthetic media" means an image, an audio recording, or a video recording of an individual's appearance, speech, or conduct that has been intentionally manipulated with the use of generative adversarial network techniques or other digital technology in a manner to create a realistic but false image, audio, or video that produces: (a) A depiction that to a reasonable individual is of a real individual in appearance, action, or speech that did not actually occur in reality; and (b) A fundamentally different understanding or impression of the appearance, action, or speech than a reasonable person would have from the unaltered, original version of the image, audio recording, or video recording. (2) A candidate whose appearance, action, or speech is altered through the use of a synthetic media in an electioneering communication may seek injunctive or other equitable relief prohibiting the publication of such synthetic media. (3) A candidate whose appearance, action, or speech is altered through the use of a synthetic media in an electioneering communication may bring an action for general or special damages against the sponsor. The court may also award a prevailing party reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. This subsection does not limit or preclude a plaintiff from securing or recovering any other available remedy. (4) It is an affirmative defense for any action brought under this section that the electioneering communication containing a synthetic media includes a disclosure stating, "This (image/video/audio) has been manipulated," in the following manner: (a) For visual media, the text of the disclosure must appear in size easily readable by the average viewer and no smaller than the largest font size of other text appearing in the visual media. If the visual media does not include any other text, the disclosure must appear in a size that is easily readable by the average viewer. For visual media that is a video, the disclosure must appear for the duration of the video; or (b) If the media consists of audio only, the disclosure must be read in a clearly spoken manner and in a pitch that can be easily heard by the average listener, at the beginning of the audio, at the end of the audio, and, if the audio is greater than two minutes in length, interspersed within the audio at intervals of not more than two minutes each. (5) In any action commenced under this section, the plaintiff bears the burden of establishing the use of synthetic media by clear and convincing evidence. (6) Courts are encouraged to determine matters under this section expediently.
RCW 42.56.130 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 130
RCW 42.56.130: Other provisions not superseded.
Status: in_force

The provisions of RCW * 42.56.070 (7) and (8) and 42.56.120 that establish or allow agencies to establish the costs charged for photocopies or electronically produced copies of public records do not supersede other statutory provisions, other than in this chapter, authorizing or governing fees for copying public records.
RCW 42.36.030 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36 / Section 030
RCW 42.36.030: Legislative action of local executive or legislative officials.
Status: in_force

No legislative action taken by a local legislative body, its members, or local executive officials shall be invalidated by an application of the appearance of fairness doctrine.
RCW 42.56.152 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 152
RCW 42.56.152: Training—Public records officers.
Status: in_force

(1) Public records officers designated under RCW 42.56.580 and records officers designated under RCW 40.14.040 must complete a training course regarding the provisions of this chapter, and also chapter 40.14 RCW for records retention. (2) Public records officers must: (a) Complete training no later than ninety days after assuming responsibilities as a public records officer or records manager; and (b) Complete refresher training at intervals of no more than four years as long as they maintain the designation. (3) Training must be consistent with the attorney general's model rules for compliance with the public records act. (4) Training may be completed remotely with technology including but not limited to internet-based training. (5) Training must address particular issues related to the retention, production, and disclosure of electronic documents, including updating and improving technology information services.
RCW 42.23.070 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 23 / Section 070
RCW 42.23.070: Prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

(1) No municipal officer may use his or her position to secure special privileges or exemptions for himself, herself, or others. (2) No municipal officer may, directly or indirectly, give or receive or agree to receive any compensation, gift, reward, or gratuity from a source except the employing municipality, for a matter connected with or related to the officer's services as such an officer unless otherwise provided for by law. (3) No municipal officer may accept employment or engage in business or professional activity that the officer might reasonably expect would require or induce him or her by reason of his or her official position to disclose confidential information acquired by reason of his or her official position. (4) No municipal officer may disclose confidential information gained by reason of the officer's position, nor may the officer otherwise use such information for his or her personal gain or benefit.
RCW 42.20.030 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / Section 030
RCW 42.20.030: Intrusion into and refusal to surrender public office.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall falsely personate or represent any public officer, or who shall willfully intrude himself or herself into a public office to which he or she has not been duly elected or appointed, or who shall willfully exercise any of the functions or perform any of the duties of such officer, without having duly qualified therefor, as required by law, or who, having been an executive or administrative officer, shall willfully exercise any of the functions of his or her office after his or her right to do so has ceased, or wrongfully refuse to surrender the official seal or any books or papers appertaining to such office, upon the demand of his or her lawful successor, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
RCW 42.30.140 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 30 / Section 140
RCW 42.30.140: Chapter controlling—Application.
Status: in_force

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If any provision of this chapter conflicts with the provisions of any other statute, the provisions of this chapter shall control: PROVIDED, That this chapter shall not apply to: (1) The proceedings concerned with the formal issuance of an order granting, suspending, revoking, or denying any license, permit, or certificate to engage in any business, occupation, or profession or to any disciplinary proceedings involving a member of such business, occupation, or profession, or to receive a license for a sports activity or to operate any mechanical device or motor vehicle where a license or registration is necessary; or (2) That portion of a meeting of a quasi-judicial body which relates to a quasi-judicial matter between named parties as distinguished from a matter having general effect on the public or on a class or group; or (3) Matters governed by chapter 34.05 RCW, the Administrative Procedure Act; or (4)(a) Collective bargaining sessions with employee organizations, including contract negotiations, grievance meetings, and discussions relating to the interpretation or application of a labor agreement; or (b) that portion of a meeting during which the governing body is planning or adopting the strategy or position to be taken by the governing body during the course of any collective bargaining, professional negotiations, or grievance or mediation proceedings, or reviewing the proposals made in the negotiations or proceedings while in progress.
RCW 42.56.010 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 010
RCW 42.56.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Agency" includes all state agencies and all local agencies. "State agency" includes every state office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or other state agency. "Local agency" includes every county, city, town, municipal corporation, quasi-municipal corporation, or special purpose district, or any office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency thereof, or other local public agency. "Agency" does not include a comprehensive cancer center participating in a collaborative arrangement as defined in RCW 28B.10.930 that is operated in conformance with RCW 28B.10.930 . (2) "Person in interest" means the person who is the subject of a record or any representative designated by that person, except that if that person is under a legal disability, "person in interest" means and includes the parent or duly appointed legal representative. (3) "Public record" includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government or the performance of any governmental or proprietary function prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics. For the office of the secretary of the senate and the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives, public records means legislative records as defined in RCW 40.14.100 and also means the following: All budget and financial records; personnel leave, travel, and payroll records; records of legislative sessions; reports submitted to the legislature; and any other record designated a public record by any official action of the senate or the house of representatives. This definition does not include records that are not otherwise required to be retained by the agency and are held by volunteers who: (a) Do not serve in an administrative capacity; (b) Have not been appointed by the agency to an agency board, commission, or internship; and (c) Do not have a supervisory role or delegated agency authority. (4) "Writing" means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, and every other means of recording any form of communication or representation including, but not limited to, letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combination thereof, and all papers, maps, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films and prints, motion picture, film and video recordings, magnetic or punched cards, discs, drums, diskettes, sound recordings, and other documents including existing data compilations from which information may be obtained or translated.
RCW 42.17A.475 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 475
RCW 42.17A.475: Certain contributions required to be by written instrument.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not make a contribution of more than *one hundred dollars, other than an in-kind contribution, except by a written instrument containing the name of the donor and the name of the payee. (2) A political committee may not make a contribution, other than in-kind, except by a written instrument containing the name of the donor and the name of the payee.
RCW 42.52.480 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 480
RCW 42.52.480: Action by boards.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, an ethics board may order payment of the following amounts if it finds a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under it after a hearing under RCW 42.52.370 or other applicable law: (a) Any damages sustained by the state that are caused by the conduct constituting the violation; (b) From each such person, a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars per violation or three times the economic value of any thing received or sought in violation of this chapter or rules adopted under it, whichever is greater; and (c) Costs, including reasonable investigative expenses. (2) Damages under this section may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment in a civil case.
RCW 42.56.120 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 120
RCW 42.56.120: Charges for copying.
Status: in_force

(1) No fee shall be charged for the inspection of public records or locating public documents and making them available for copying, except as provided in RCW 42.56.240 (14) and subsection (3) of this section. A reasonable charge may be imposed for providing copies of public records and for the use by any person of agency equipment or equipment of the office of the secretary of the senate or the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives to copy public records, which charges shall not exceed the amount necessary to reimburse the agency, the office of the secretary of the senate, or the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives for its actual costs directly incident to such copying. When calculating any fees authorized under this section, an agency shall use the most reasonable cost-efficient method available to the agency as part of its normal operations. If any agency translates a record into an alternative electronic format at the request of a requestor, the copy created does not constitute a new public record for purposes of this chapter. Scanning paper records to make electronic copies of such records is a method of copying paper records and does not amount to the creation of a new public record. (2)(a) Agency charges for actual costs may only be imposed in accordance with the costs established and published by the agency pursuant to RCW 42.56.070 (7), and in accordance with the statement of factors and manner used to determine the actual costs. In no event may an agency charge a per page cost greater than the actual cost as established and published by the agency. (b) An agency need not calculate the actual costs it charges for providing public records if it has rules or regulations declaring the reasons doing so would be unduly burdensome. To the extent the agency has not determined the actual costs of copying public records, the agency may not charge in excess of: (i) Fifteen cents per page for photocopies of public records, printed copies of electronic public records when requested by the person requesting records, or for the use of agency equipment to photocopy public records; (ii) Ten cents per page for public records scanned into an electronic format or for the use of agency equipment to scan the records; (iii) Five cents per each four electronic files or attachment uploaded to email, cloud-based data storage service, or other means of electronic delivery; and (iv) Ten cents per gigabyte for the transmission of public records in an electronic format or for the use of agency equipment to send the records electronically. The agency shall take reasonable steps to provide the records in the most efficient manner available to the agency in its normal operations; and (v) The actual cost of any digital storage media or device provided by the agency, the actual cost of any container or envelope used to mail the copies to the requestor, and the actual postage or delivery charge. (c) The charges in (b) of this subsection may be combined to the extent that more than one type of charge applies to copies produced in response to a particular request. (d) An agency may charge a flat fee of up to two dollars for any request as an alternative to fees authorized under (a) or (b) of this subsection when the agency reasonably estimates and documents that the costs allowed under this subsection are clearly equal to or more than two dollars. An additional flat fee shall not be charged for any installment after the first installment of a request produced in installments. An agency that has elected to charge the flat fee in this subsection for an initial installment may not charge the fees authorized under (a) or (b) of this subsection on subsequent installments. (e) An agency shall not impose copying charges under this section for access to or downloading of records that the agency routinely posts on its public internet website prior to receipt of a request unless the requestor has specifically requested that the agency provide copies of such records through other means. (f) A requestor may ask an agency to provide, and if requested an agency shall provide, a summary of the applicable charges before any copies are made and the requestor may revise the request to reduce the number of copies to be made and reduce the applicable charges. (3)(a)(i) In addition to the charge imposed for providing copies of public records and for the use by any person of agency equipment copying costs, an agency may include a customized service charge. A customized service charge may only be imposed if the agency estimates that the request would require the use of information technology expertise to prepare data compilations, or provide customized electronic access services when such compilations and customized access services are not used by the agency for other agency purposes. (ii) The customized service charge may reimburse the agency up to the actual cost of providing the services in this subsection. (b) An agency may not assess a customized service charge unless the agency has notified the requestor of the customized service charge to be applied to the request, including an explanation of why the customized service charge applies, a description of the specific expertise, and a reasonable estimate cost of the charge. The notice also must provide the requestor the opportunity to amend his or her request in order to avoid or reduce the cost of a customized service charge. (4) An agency may require a deposit in an amount not to exceed ten percent of the estimated cost of providing copies for a request, including a customized service charge. If an agency makes a request available on a partial or installment basis, the agency may charge for each part of the request as it is provided. If an installment of a records request is not claimed or reviewed, the agency is not obligated to fulfill the balance of the request. An agency may waive any charge assessed for a request pursuant to agency rules and regulations. An agency may enter into any contract, memorandum of understanding, or other agreement with a requestor that provides an alternative fee arrangement to the charges authorized in this section, or in response to a voluminous or frequently occurring request.
RCW 42.52.901 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 901
RCW 42.52.901: Liberal construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be construed liberally to effectuate its purposes and policy and to supplement existing laws as may relate to the same subject.
RCW 42.40.070 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / Section 070
RCW 42.40.070: Summary of chapter available to employees.
Status: in_force

A written summary of this chapter and procedures for reporting improper governmental actions established by the auditor's office shall be made available by each department or agency of state government to each employee upon entering public employment. Such notices may be in agency internal newsletters, included with paychecks or stubs, sent via electronic mail to all employees, or sent by other means that are cost-effective and reach all employees of the government level, division, or subdivision. Employees shall be notified by each department or agency of state government each year of the procedures and protections under this chapter. The annual notices shall include a list of public officials, as defined in RCW 42.40.020 , authorized to receive whistleblower reports. The list of public officials authorized to receive whistleblower reports shall also be prominently displayed in all agency offices.
RCW 42.56.370 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 370
RCW 42.56.370: Client records of domestic violence programs, or community sexual assault programs or services for underserved populations.
Status: in_force

Client records maintained by an agency that is a domestic violence program as defined in RCW 70.123.020 or 70.123.075 or a community sexual assault program or services for underserved populations as defined in RCW 70.125.030 are exempt from disclosure under this chapter.
RCW 42.17A.330 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 330
RCW 42.17A.330: Picture of candidate.
Status: in_force

At least one picture of the candidate used in any political advertising shall have been taken within the last five years and shall be no smaller than any other picture of the same candidate used in the same advertisement.
RCW 42.56.600 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 600
RCW 42.56.600: Mediation communications.
Status: in_force

Records of mediation communications that are privileged under chapter 7.07 RCW are exempt from disclosure under this chapter.
RCW 42.45.150 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 45 / Section 150
RCW 42.45.150: Official stamp.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person intentionally to manufacture, give, sell, procure, or possess a seal or stamp evidencing the current appointment of a person as a notary public until the director has issued a notary commission. The official seal or stamp of a notary public must include: (a) The words "notary public"; (b) The words "state of Washington"; (c) The notary public's name as commissioned; (d) The notary public's commission expiration date; and (e) Any other information required by the director. (2) The size and form or forms of the seal or stamp shall be prescribed by the director in rule. (3) The seal or stamp must be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated. (4) The seal or stamp used at the time that a notarial act is performed must be the seal or stamp evidencing the notary public's commission in effect as of such time, even if the notary public has received the seal or stamp evidencing his or her next commission.
RCW 42.17A.780 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 780
RCW 42.17A.780: Damages, costs, and attorneys' fees—Joint and several liability.
Status: in_force

In any action brought under this chapter, the court may award to the commission all reasonable costs of investigation and trial, including reasonable attorneys' fees to be fixed by the court. If the violation is found to have been intentional, the amount of the judgment, which shall for this purpose include the costs, may be trebled as punitive damages. If damages or trebled damages are awarded in such an action brought against a lobbyist, the judgment may be awarded against the lobbyist, and the lobbyist's employer or employers joined as defendants, jointly, severally, or both. If the defendant prevails, he or she shall be awarded all costs of trial and may be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees to be fixed by the court and paid by the state of Washington.
RCW 42.56.625 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 625
RCW 42.56.625: Medical cannabis authorization database.
Status: in_force

Records in the medical cannabis authorization database established in RCW 69.51A.230 containing names and other personally identifiable information of qualifying patients and designated providers are exempt from disclosure under this chapter.
RCW 42.17A.265 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 265
RCW 42.17A.265: Special reports—Late contributions or large totals—Certain late contributions prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) Treasurers shall prepare and deliver to the commission a special report when a contribution or aggregate of contributions totals one thousand dollars or more, is from a single person or entity, and is received during a special reporting period. (2) A political committee shall prepare and deliver to the commission a special report when it makes a contribution or an aggregate of contributions to a single entity that totals one thousand dollars or more during a special reporting period. (3) An aggregate of contributions includes only those contributions made to or received from a single entity during any one special reporting period. Any subsequent contribution of any size made to or received from the same person or entity during the special reporting period must also be reported. (4) Special reporting periods, for purposes of this section, include: (a) The period beginning on the day after the last report required by RCW 42.17A.235 and 42.17A.240 to be filed before a primary and concluding on the end of the day before that primary; (b) The period twenty-one days preceding a general election; and (c) An aggregate of contributions includes only those contributions received from a single entity during any one special reporting period or made by the contributing political committee to a single entity during any one special reporting period. (5) If a campaign treasurer files a special report under this section for one or more contributions received from a single entity during a special reporting period, the treasurer shall also file a special report under this section for each subsequent contribution of any size which is received from that entity during the special reporting period. If a political committee files a special report under this section for a contribution or contributions made to a single entity during a special reporting period, the political committee shall also file a special report for each subsequent contribution of any size which is made to that entity during the special reporting period. (6) Special reports required by this section shall be delivered electronically, or in written form if an electronic alternative is not available. (a) The special report required of a contribution recipient under subsection (1) of this section shall be delivered to the commission within forty-eight hours of the time, or on the first working day after: The contribution of one thousand dollars or more is received by the candidate or treasurer; the aggregate received by the candidate or treasurer first equals one thousand dollars or more; or any subsequent contribution from the same source is received by the candidate or treasurer. (b) The special report required of a contributor under subsection (2) of this section or RCW 42.17A.625 shall be delivered to the commission, and the candidate or political committee to whom the contribution or contributions are made, within twenty-four hours of the time, or on the first working day after: The contribution is made; the aggregate of contributions made first equals one thousand dollars or more; or any subsequent contribution to the same person or entity is made. (7) The special report shall include: (a) The amount of the contribution or contributions; (b) The date or dates of receipt; (c) The name and address of the donor; (d) The name and address of the recipient; (e) A statement that the candidate or political committee has received a certification from any partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons making a contribution reportable under this section that: (i) The contribution is not financed in any part by a foreign national; and (ii) Foreign nationals are not involved in making decisions regarding the contribution in any way; and (f) Any other information the commission may by rule require. (8) Contributions reported under this section shall also be reported as required by other provisions of this chapter. (9) The commission shall prepare daily a summary of the special reports made under this section and RCW 42.17A.625 . (10) Contributions governed by this section include, but are not limited to, contributions made or received indirectly through a third party or entity whether the contributions are or are not reported to the commission as earmarked contributions under RCW 42.17A.270 .
RCW 42.52.100 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 100
RCW 42.52.100: Conditions on appearance before state agencies or doing business with the state—Hearing—Judicial review.
Status: in_force

(1) The head of an agency, upon finding that any former state officer or state employee of such agency or any other person has violated any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under it, may, in addition to any other powers the head of such agency may have, bar or impose reasonable conditions upon: (a) The appearance before such agency of such former state officer or state employee or other person; and (b) The conduct of, or negotiation or competition for, business with such agency by such former state officer or state employee or other person, such period of time as may reasonably be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. (2) Findings of violations referred to in subsection (1)(b) of this section shall be made on record after notice and hearing, conducted in accordance with the Washington Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW. Such findings and orders are subject to judicial review. (3) This section does not apply to the legislative or judicial branches of government.
RCW 42.56.450 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 450
RCW 42.56.450: Check cashers and sellers licensing applications.
Status: in_force

Information in an application for licensing or a small loan endorsement under chapter 31.45 RCW regarding the personal residential address, telephone number of the applicant, or financial statement is exempt from disclosure under this chapter.
RCW 42.52.070 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 070
RCW 42.52.070: Special privileges and exemptions—Application of section to legislature.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as required to perform duties within the scope of employment, no state officer or state employee may use his or her position to secure special privileges or exemptions for himself or herself, or his or her spouse, child, parents, or other persons. (2) For purposes of this section, and only as applied to legislators and employees under the jurisdiction of the legislative ethics board, activities within the scope of employment include but are not limited to duties enumerated in law and activities that have a tangible legislative nexus as described in RCW 42.52.175 . (3) For purposes of this section, and only as applied to legislators and employees of the legislative branch, "special privileges" includes, but is not limited to, engaging in behavior that constitutes harassment. As used in this section: (a) "Harassment" means engaging in physical, verbal, visual, or psychological conduct that: (i) Has the purpose or effect of interfering with the person's work performance; (ii) Creates a hostile, intimidating, or offensive work environment; or (iii) Constitutes sexual harassment. (b) "Sexual harassment" means unwelcome or unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual or romantic favors, sexually motivated bullying, or other verbal, visual, physical, or psychological conduct or communication of a sexual or romantic nature, when: (i) Submission to the conduct or communication is either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of current or future employment; (ii) Submission to or rejection of the conduct or communication is used as the basis of an employment decision affecting the person; or (iii) The conduct or communication unreasonably interferes with the person's job performance or creates a work environment that is hostile, intimidating, or offensive.
RCW 42.14.075 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 14 / Section 075
RCW 42.14.075: Meetings of governing bodies of political subdivisions at other than usual places.
Status: in_force

Whenever, due to a catastrophic incident, or when such an event is imminent, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient, or impossible to conduct the affairs of a political subdivision at the regular or usual place or places, the governing body of the political subdivision may meet at any place within or without the territorial limits of the political subdivision on the call of the presiding official or any two members of the governing body. After any emergency relocation, the affairs of political subdivisions shall be lawfully conducted at such emergency temporary location or locations for the duration of the emergency.
RCW 42.45.060 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 45 / Section 060
RCW 42.45.060: Refusal to perform notarial act.
Status: in_force

(1) A notarial officer has the authority to refuse to perform a notarial act if the officer is not satisfied that: (a) The individual executing the record is competent or has the capacity to execute the record; or (b) The individual's signature is knowingly and voluntarily made. (2) A notarial officer has the authority to refuse to perform a notarial act unless refusal is prohibited by law other than this chapter.
RCW 42.52.500 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 500
RCW 42.52.500: Optional hearings by administrative law judge.
Status: in_force

If an ethics board finds that there is reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred, the board shall consider the possibility of the alleged violator having to pay a total amount of penalty and costs of more than five hundred dollars. Based on such consideration, the board may give the person who is the subject of the complaint the option to have an administrative law judge conduct the hearing and rule on procedural and evidentiary matters. The board may also, on its own initiative, provide for retaining an administrative law judge. An ethics board may not require total payment of more than five hundred dollars in penalty and costs in any case where an administrative law judge is not used and the board did not give such option to the person who is the subject of the complaint.
RCW 42.52.822 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 822
RCW 42.52.822: Exemption—Solicitation for regional or national legislative association conferences.
Status: in_force

(1) When soliciting gifts, grants, or donations to a regional or national legislative association for an official conference held outside the state of Washington, legislators who serve as elected leaders of the association and designated legislative employees are presumed not to be in violation of the solicitation and receipt of gift provisions of this chapter. (2) For purposes of this section, any regional or national legislative association is any organization which: (a) Exists for the purpose of supporting legislators in the execution of their official duties; (b) Includes among its membership the Washington state legislature; and (c) Is supported in part by the payment of annual dues by the Washington state legislature.
RCW 42.17A.100 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 100
RCW 42.17A.100: Public disclosure commission—Established—Commissioners—Prohibited activities—Compensation, travel expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) The public disclosure commission is established. The commission shall be composed of five commissioners appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate. The commission shall have the authority and duties as set forth in this chapter. All appointees shall be persons of the highest integrity and qualifications. No more than three commissioners shall have an identification with the same political party. (2) The term of each commissioner shall be five years, which may continue until a successor is appointed, but may not exceed an additional twelve months. No commissioner is eligible for appointment to more than one full term. Any commissioner may be removed by the governor, but only upon grounds of neglect of duty or misconduct in office. (3)(a) During a commissioner's tenure, the commissioner is prohibited from engaging in any of the following activities, either within or outside the state of Washington: (i) Holding or campaigning for elective office; (ii) Serving as an officer of any political party or political committee; (iii) Permitting the commissioner's name to be used in support of or in opposition to a candidate or proposition; (iv) Soliciting or making contributions to a candidate or in support of or in opposition to any candidate or proposition; (v) Participating in any way in any election campaign; or (vi) Lobbying, employing, or assisting a lobbyist, except that a commissioner or the staff of the commission may lobby to the limited extent permitted by RCW 42.17A.635 on matters directly affecting this chapter. (b) This subsection is not intended to prohibit a commissioner from participating in or supporting nonprofit or other organizations, in the commissioner's private capacity, to the extent such participation is not prohibited under (a) of this subsection. (c) The provisions of this subsection do not relieve a commissioner of any applicable disqualification and recusal requirements. (4) A vacancy on the commission shall be filled within thirty days of the vacancy by the governor, with the consent of the senate, and the appointee shall serve for the remaining term of the appointee's predecessor. A vacancy shall not impair the powers of the remaining commissioners to exercise all of the powers of the commission. (5) Three commissioners shall constitute a quorum. The commission shall elect its own chair and adopt its own rules of procedure in the manner provided in chapter 34.05 RCW. (6) Commissioners shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.250 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred while engaged in the business of the commission as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 . The compensation provided pursuant to this section shall not be considered salary for purposes of the provisions of any retirement system created under the laws of this state.
RCW 42.17A.145 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 145
RCW 42.17A.145: Certification of reports.
Status: in_force

Every report and statement required to be filed under this chapter shall identify the person preparing it, and shall be certified as complete and correct, both by the person preparing it and by the person on whose behalf it is filed.
RCW 42.08.020 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 08 / Section 020
RCW 42.08.020: Who may maintain action.
Status: in_force

When a public officer by official misconduct or neglect of duty, shall forfeit his or her official bond or render his or her sureties therein liable upon such bond, any person injured by such misconduct or neglect, or who is by law entitled to the benefit of the security, may maintain an action at law thereon in his or her own name against the officer and his or her sureties to recover the amount to which he or she may by reason thereof be entitled.
RCW 42.56.670 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 670
RCW 42.56.670: Agency employee records—Model policies.
Status: in_force

By January 1, 2020, the attorney general, in consultation with state agencies, shall create model policies for the implementation of chapter 373, Laws of 2019.
RCW 42.16.012 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16 / Section 012
RCW 42.16.012: State payroll revolving account—Disbursements—Sources.
Status: in_force

The amounts to be disbursed from the state payroll revolving account from time to time on behalf of agencies utilizing such account shall be transferred thereto by the state treasurer from appropriated funds properly chargeable with the disbursement for the purposes set forth in RCW 42.16.011 , on or before the day prior to scheduled disbursement.
RCW 42.45.904 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 45 / Section 904
RCW 42.45.904: Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
Status: in_force

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b).
RCW 42.17A.770 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 770
RCW 42.17A.770: Limitation on actions.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in RCW 42.17A.775 (4), any action brought under the provisions of this chapter must be commenced within five years after the date when the violation occurred.
RCW 42.56.250 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 250
RCW 42.56.250: Employment and licensing.
Status: in_force

(1) The following employment and licensing information is exempt from public inspection and copying under this chapter: (a) Test questions, scoring keys, and other examination data used to administer a license, employment, or academic examination; (b) All applications for public employment other than for vacancies in elective office, including the names of applicants, resumes, and other related materials submitted with respect to an applicant; (c) Professional growth plans (PGPs) in educator license renewals submitted through the eCert system in the office of the superintendent of public instruction; (d) The following information held by any public agency in personnel records, public employment related records, volunteer rosters, or included in any mailing list of employees or volunteers of any public agency: Residential addresses, residential telephone numbers, personal wireless telephone numbers, personal email addresses, social security numbers, driver's license numbers, identicard numbers, payroll deductions including the amount and identification of the deduction, and emergency contact information of employees or volunteers of a public agency, and the names, dates of birth, residential addresses, residential telephone numbers, personal wireless telephone numbers, personal email addresses, social security numbers, and emergency contact information of dependents of employees or volunteers of a public agency. For purposes of this subsection (1)(d), "employees" includes independent provider home care workers as defined in RCW 74.39A.240 ; (e) Information that identifies a person who, while an agency employee: (i) Seeks advice, under an informal process established by the employing agency, in order to ascertain his or her rights in connection with a possible unfair practice under chapter 49.60 RCW against the person; and (ii) requests his or her identity or any identifying information not be disclosed; (f)(i) Except as provided in (f)(ii) of this subsection, investigative records compiled by an employing agency in connection with an investigation of a possible unfair practice under chapter 49.60 RCW or of a possible violation of other federal, state, or local laws or an employing agency's internal policies prohibiting discrimination or harassment in employment. Records are exempt in their entirety while the investigation is active and ongoing. After the agency has notified the complaining employee of the outcome of the investigation, the records may be disclosed only if the names, images, employee agency job titles, email addresses, and phone numbers of complainants, other accusers, and witnesses are redacted and their voices on any audio recording taken during the course of the investigation have been altered while retaining inflection and tone, except to the extent that such a complainant, other accuser, or witness has consented to the disclosure of such information. The employing agency must inform a complainant, other accuser, or witness that his or her name, image, agency job title, email address, and phone number will be redacted from the investigation records and their voice on any audio recording taken during the course of the investigation will be altered in accordance with this subsection unless he or she consents to disclosure; (ii) After the investigation is complete and the complainant has been notified of the outcome of the investigation, if an elected government official is a complainant, the name and title of such elected government official shall not be redacted from the investigatory records; (g) Criminal history records checks for board staff finalist candidates conducted pursuant to RCW 43.33A.025 ; (h) Photographs and month and year of birth in the personnel files of employees or volunteers of a public agency, including employees and workers of criminal justice agencies as defined in RCW 10.97.030 . The news media, as defined in RCW 5.68.010 (5), shall have access to the photographs and full date of birth. For the purposes of this subsection (1)(h), news media does not include any person or organization of persons in the custody of a criminal justice agency as defined in RCW 10.97.030 ; (i)(i) Any employee's name or other personally identifying information, including but not limited to birthdate, job title, addresses of work stations and locations, work email address, work phone number, bargaining unit, or other similar information, maintained by an agency in personnel-related records or systems, or responsive to a request for a list of individuals subject to the commercial purpose prohibition under RCW 42.56.070 (8), if the employee: (A) Has provided a sworn statement, signed under penalty of perjury and verified by the director of the employing agency or director's designee, that the employee or a dependent of the employee is a survivor of domestic violence as defined in RCW 10.99.020 or 7.105.010 , sexual assault as defined in RCW 70.125.030 or sexual abuse as defined in RCW 7.105.010 , stalking as described in RCW 9A.46.110 or defined in RCW 7.105.010 , or harassment as described in RCW 9A.46.020 or defined in RCW 7.105.010 , and notifying the agency as to why the employee has a reasonable basis to believe that the risk of domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual abuse, stalking, or harassment continues to exist. A sworn statement under this subsection expires after two years, but may be subsequently renewed by providing a new sworn statement to the employee's employing agency; or (B) Provides proof to the employing agency of the employee's participation or the participation of a dependent in the address confidentiality program under chapter 40.24 RCW. (ii) Any documentation maintained by an agency to administer this subsection (1)(i) is exempt from disclosure under this chapter and is confidential and may not be disclosed without consent of the employee who submitted the documentation. Agencies may provide information to their employees on how to submit a request to anonymize their work email address. (iii) For purposes of this subsection (1)(i), "verified" means that the director of the employing agency or director's designee confirmed that the sworn statement identifies the alleged perpetrator or perpetrators by name and, if possible, image or likeness, or that the director or designee obtained from the employee a police report, protection order petition, or other documentation of allegations related to the domestic violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or harassment. (iv) The exemption in this subsection (1)(i) does not apply to public records requests from the news media as defined in RCW 5.68.010 (5); (j) The global positioning system data that would indicate the location of the residence of a public employee or volunteer using the global positioning system recording device; (k) Information relating to a future voter, as provided in RCW 29A.08.725 ; (l) Voluntarily submitted information collected and maintained by a state agency or higher education institution that identifies an individual state employee's personal demographic details. "Personal demographic details" means race or ethnicity, sexual orientation as defined by RCW 49.60.040 , immigration status, national origin, or status as a person with a disability. This exemption does not prevent the release of state employee demographic information in a deidentified or aggregate format; and (m) Benefit enrollment information collected and maintained by the health care authority through its authority as director of the public employees' benefits board and school employees' benefits board programs as authorized by chapter 41.05 RCW. This subsection (1)(m) does not prevent the release of benefit enrollment information in a deidentified or aggregate format. "Benefit enrollment information" means: (i) Information listed in (d) of this subsection; (ii) Personal demographic details as defined in (l) of this subsection; (iii) Benefit elections; (iv) Date of birth; (v) Documents provided for verification of dependency, such as tax returns or marriage or birth certificates; (vi) Marital status; (vii) Primary language spoken; (viii) Tobacco use status; and (ix) Tribal affiliation. (2) Upon receipt of a request for information located exclusively in an employee's personnel, payroll, supervisor, or training file, the agency must provide notice to the employee, to any union representing the employee, and to the requestor. The notice must state: (a) The date of the request; (b) The nature of the requested record relating to the employee; (c) That the agency will release any information in the record which is not exempt from the disclosure requirements of this chapter at least ten days from the date the notice is made; and (d) That the employee may seek to enjoin release of the records under RCW 42.56.540 .
RCW 42.52.185 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 185
RCW 42.52.185: Restrictions on mailings by legislators.
Status: in_force

(1) During the period beginning on the first day of the declaration of candidacy filing period specified in RCW 29A.24.050 in the year of a general election for a state legislator's election to office and continuing through the date of certification of the general election, the legislator may not mail, either by regular mail or email, to a constituent at public expense a letter, newsletter, brochure, or other piece of literature, except for routine legislative correspondence, such as scheduling, and the legislator may, by mail or email, send an individual letter to (a) an individual constituent who has contacted the legislator regarding the subject matter of the letter during the legislator's current term of office; (b) an individual constituent who holds a governmental office with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the letter; or (c) an individual constituent who has received an award or honor of extraordinary distinction of a type that is sufficiently infrequent to be noteworthy to a reasonable person including, but not limited to: (i) An international or national award such as the Nobel prize or the Pulitzer prize; (ii) a state award such as Washington scholar; (iii) an Eagle Scout award; and (iv) a Medal of Honor. (2) A violation of this section constitutes use of the facilities of a public office for the purpose of assisting a campaign under RCW 42.52.180 . (3) The house of representatives and senate shall specifically limit expenditures per member for the total cost of mailings. Those costs include, but are not limited to, production costs, printing costs, and postage costs. The limits imposed under this subsection apply only to the total expenditures on mailings per member and not to any categorical cost within the total. (4) For purposes of this section: (a) "Legislator" means a legislator who is a "candidate," as defined in RCW 42.17A.005 , for any public office. "Legislator" does not include a member of the legislature who has announced their retirement from elected public office and who does not file a declaration of candidacy by the end of the candidacy filing period specified in RCW 29A.24.050 . (b) Persons residing outside the legislative district represented by the legislator are not considered to be constituents, but students, military personnel, or others temporarily employed outside of the district who normally reside in the district are considered to be constituents.
RCW 42.17A.605 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 605
RCW 42.17A.605: Photograph and information—Publication.
Status: in_force

Each lobbyist shall at the time the lobbyist registers submit electronically to the commission a recent photograph of the lobbyist of a size and format as determined by rule of the commission, together with the name of the lobbyist's employer, the length of the lobbyist's employment as a lobbyist before the legislature, a brief biographical description, and any other information the lobbyist may wish to submit not to exceed fifty words in length. The photograph, information, and attestation submitted under RCW 42.17A.600 (1)(j) shall be published by the commission on its website.
RCW 42.56.695 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 695
RCW 42.56.695: Intelligent speed assistance devices.
Status: in_force

Any data collected by an intelligent speed assistance device as defined in RCW 46.04.218 is exempt from disclosure under this chapter.
RCW 42.17A.270 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 270
RCW 42.17A.270: Earmarked contributions.
Status: in_force

A political committee receiving a contribution earmarked for the benefit of a candidate or another political committee shall: (1) Report the contribution as required in RCW 42.17A.235 and 42.17A.240 ; (2) Complete a report, entitled "Earmarked contributions," on a form prescribed by the commission that identifies the name and address of the person who made the contribution, the candidate or political committee for whose benefit the contribution is earmarked, the amount of the contribution, and the date that the contribution was received; and (3) Mail or deliver to the commission and the candidate or political committee benefiting from the contribution a copy of the "Earmarked contributions" report within two working days of receipt of the contribution. (4) A candidate or political committee receiving notification of an earmarked contribution under subsection (3) of this section shall report the contribution, once notification of the contribution is received by the candidate or committee, in the same manner as any other contribution, as required by RCW 42.17A.235 and 42.17A.240 .
RCW 42.56.630 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 630
RCW 42.56.630: Registration information of members of cooperatives to produce and process medical cannabis.
Status: in_force

(1) Registration information submitted to the state liquor and cannabis board under RCW 69.51A.250 including the names of all participating members of a cooperative, copies of each member's recognition card, location of the cooperative, and other information required for registration by the state liquor and cannabis board is exempt from disclosure under this chapter. (2) The definitions in this section apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) "Cooperative" means a cooperative established under RCW 69.51A.250 to produce and process cannabis only for the medical use of members of the cooperative. (b) "Recognition card" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 69.51A.010 .
RCW 42.52.803 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 803
RCW 42.52.803: Exemption—Solicitation for legislative oral history account.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not prohibit the secretary of the senate, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, or their designee from soliciting and accepting contributions to the legislative oral history account created in RCW 44.04.345 .
RCW 42.08.170 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 08 / Section 170
RCW 42.08.170: Liability of sureties.
Status: in_force

When the penal sum of any bond amounts to more than two thousand dollars, the sureties may become severally liable for portions, not less than five hundred dollars, of such penal sum, making in the aggregate at least two sureties for the whole penal sum.
RCW 42.56.580 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 580
RCW 42.56.580: Public records officers.
Status: in_force

(1) Each state and local agency shall appoint and publicly identify a public records officer whose responsibility is to serve as a point of contact for members of the public in requesting disclosure of public records and to oversee the agency's compliance with the public records disclosure requirements of this chapter. A state or local agency's public records officer may appoint an employee or official of another agency as its public records officer. (2) For state agencies, the name and contact information of the agency's public records officer to whom members of the public may direct requests for disclosure of public records and who will oversee the agency's compliance with the public records disclosure requirements of this chapter shall be published in the state register at the time of designation and maintained thereafter on the code reviser website for the duration of the designation. (3) For local agencies, the name and contact information of the agency's public records officer to whom members of the public may direct requests for disclosure of public records and who will oversee the agency's compliance within the public records disclosure requirements of this chapter shall be made in a way reasonably calculated to provide notice to the public, including posting at the local agency's place of business, posting on its internet site, or including in its publications.
RCW 42.45.140 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 45 / Section 140
RCW 42.45.140: Short form certificates.
Status: in_force

The following short form certificates of notarial acts are sufficient for the purposes indicated, if completed with the information required by RCW 42.45.130 (1) through (4) and 42.45.280 : (1) For an acknowledgment in an individual capacity: State of ....... County of ....... This record was acknowledged before me on (date) by (name(s) of individuals) . . . . . (Signature of notary public) (Stamp) . . . . (Title of office) My commission expires: . . . . (date) (2) For an acknowledgment in a representative capacity: State of ....... County of ....... This record was acknowledged before me on (date) by (name(s) of individuals) as (type of authority, such as officer or trustee) of (name of party on behalf of whom record was executed) . . . . . (Signature of notary public) (Stamp) . . . . (Title of office) My commission expires: . . . . (date) (3) For verification on oath or affirmation: State of ....... County of ....... Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on (date) by (name(s) of individuals making statement) . . . . . (Signature of notary public) (Stamp) . . . . (Title of office) My commission expires: . . . . (date) (4) For witnessing or attesting a signature: State of ....... County of ....... Signed or attested before me on (date) by (name(s) of individuals) . . . . . (Signature of notary public) (Stamp) . . . . (Title of office) My commission expires: . . . . (date) (5) For certifying or attesting a copy of a record: State of ....... County of ....... I certify that this is a true and correct copy of a record in the possession of ........ Dated: . . . . . . . . (Signature of notary public) (Stamp) . . . . (Title of office) My commission expires: . . . . (date) (6) For certifying the occurrence of an event or the performance of any act: State of ....... County of ....... I certify that the event described in this document has occurred or been performed. Dated: . . . . . . . . (Signature of notary public) (Stamp) . . . . (Title of office) My commission expires: . . . . (date)
RCW 42.48.040 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 48 / Section 040
RCW 42.48.040: Disclosure by research professional.
Status: in_force

No research professional who has established an individually identifiable research record from personal record information pursuant to RCW 42.48.020 (2), or who has established a research record from data or information voluntarily provided by an agency client or employee under a written confidentiality assurance for the explicit purpose of research, may disclose such a record in individually identifiable form unless: (1) The person to whom the research record pertains or the person's legally authorized representative has given prior informed written consent for the disclosure; or (2) The research professional reasonably believes that disclosure will prevent or minimize injury to a person and the disclosure is limited to information necessary to protect the person who has been or may be injured, and the research professional reports the disclosure only to the person involved or the person's guardian, the person's physician, and the agency; or (3)(a) The research record is disclosed in individually identifiable form for the purposes of auditing or evaluating a research program; and (b) The audit or evaluation is authorized or required by federal or state law or regulation or is based upon an explicit provision in a research contract, grant, or other written research agreement; and (c) No subsequent disclosure of the research record in individually identifiable form will be made by the auditor or evaluator except as provided in this section; or (4) The research record is furnished in compliance with a search warrant or court order: PROVIDED, That: (a) The court issues the search warrant or judicial subpoena concerning the research record solely for the purpose of facilitating inquiry into an alleged violation of law by the research professional using the record for a research purpose or by the agency; and (b) Any research record obtained pursuant to (a) of this subsection and any information directly or indirectly derived from the research record shall remain confidential to the extent possible and shall not be used as evidence in an administrative, judicial, or legislative proceeding except against the research professional using the record for a research purpose or against the state agency.
RCW 42.20.110 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / Section 110
RCW 42.20.110: Improper conduct by certain justices.
Status: in_force

It shall be a misdemeanor for any judge or justice of any court not of record, during the hearing of any cause or proceeding therein, to address any person in his or her presence in unfit, unseemly, or improper language.
RCW 42.60.020 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 60 / Section 020
RCW 42.60.020: Prohibitions—Government agencies and public employees.
Status: in_force

A state or local government agency or public employee shall not: (1) Provide or disclose to federal government authorities personally identifiable information regarding the religious beliefs, practices, or affiliation of any individual, except where the employee is a witness to a crime; (2) Use public funds, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to assist in creation, implementation, or enforcement of any government program compiling a list, registry, or database of personally identifiable information about individuals based on religious beliefs, practice, or affiliation, for law enforcement or immigration purposes; or (3) Make personally identifiable information from agency databases available, including any databases maintained by private vendors contracting with the agency, to anyone or any entity for the purpose of investigation or enforcement under any government program compiling a list, registry, or database of individuals based on religious belief, practice, or affiliation, or national origin, or ethnicity for law enforcement or immigration purposes.
RCW 42.17A.905 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 905
RCW 42.17A.905: Chapter, section headings not part of law.
Status: in_force

Chapter and section captions or headings as used in this act do not constitute any part of the law.
RCW 42.45.905 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 45 / Section 905
RCW 42.45.905: Effective date—2017 c 281.
Status: in_force

This act takes effect July 1, 2018.
RCW 42.56.690 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 690
RCW 42.56.690: Victim and witness notification program.
Status: in_force

Information and records related to notification or registration for notification as described in RCW 36.28A.455 are exempt from disclosure under this chapter.
RCW 42.17A.918 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 918
RCW 42.17A.918: Effective date—2010 c 204.
Status: in_force

Sections 101 through 504, 506 through 601, 603 through 702, and 801 through 1103 of chapter 204, Laws of 2010 take effect January 1, 2012.
RCW 42.17A.210 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 210
RCW 42.17A.210: Treasurer.
Status: in_force

(1) Each candidate, within two weeks after becoming a candidate, and each political committee, at the time it is required to file a statement of organization, shall designate and file with the commission the name and address of one legally competent individual, who may be the candidate, to serve as a treasurer. (2) A candidate, a political committee, or a treasurer may appoint as many deputy treasurers as is considered necessary and shall file the names and addresses of the deputy treasurers with the commission. (3)(a) A candidate or political committee may at any time remove a treasurer or deputy treasurer. (b) In the event of the death, resignation, removal, or change of a treasurer or deputy treasurer, the candidate or political committee shall designate and file with the commission the name and address of any successor. (4) No treasurer or deputy treasurer may be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this chapter until the treasurer's or deputy treasurer's name, address, and electronic contact information is filed with the commission.
RCW 42.56.155 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 155
RCW 42.56.155: Assistance by attorney general.
Status: in_force

The attorney general's office may provide information, technical assistance, and training on the provisions of this chapter.
RCW 42.56.420 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 420
RCW 42.56.420: Security.
Status: in_force

The following information relating to security is exempt from disclosure under this chapter: (1) Those portions of records assembled, prepared, or maintained to prevent, mitigate, or respond to criminal terrorist acts, which are acts that significantly disrupt the conduct of government or of the general civilian population of the state or the United States and that manifest an extreme indifference to human life, the public disclosure of which would have a substantial likelihood of threatening public safety, consisting of: (a) Specific and unique vulnerability assessments or specific and unique response or deployment plans, including compiled underlying data collected in preparation of or essential to the assessments, or to the response or deployment plans; and (b) Records not subject to public disclosure under federal law that are shared by federal or international agencies, and information prepared from national security briefings provided to state or local government officials related to domestic preparedness for acts of terrorism; (2) Those portions of records containing specific and unique vulnerability assessments or specific and unique emergency and escape response plans at a city, county, or state adult or juvenile correctional facility, or secure facility for persons civilly confined under chapter 71.09 RCW, the public disclosure of which would have a substantial likelihood of threatening the security of a city, county, or state adult or juvenile correctional facility, secure facility for persons civilly confined under chapter 71.09 RCW, or any individual's safety; (3) Information compiled by school districts or schools in the development of their comprehensive safe school plans under RCW 28A.320.125 , to the extent that they identify specific vulnerabilities of school districts and each individual school; (4) Information regarding the public and private infrastructure and security of computer and telecommunications networks, consisting of security passwords, security access codes and programs, access codes for secure software applications, security and service recovery plans, security risk assessments, and security test results to the extent that they identify specific system vulnerabilities, and other such information the release of which may increase risk to the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of security, information technology infrastructure, or assets; (5) The system security and emergency preparedness plan required under RCW 35.21.228 , 35A.21.300 , 36.01.210 , 36.57.120 , 36.57A.170 , and 81.112.180 ; and (6) Personally identifiable information of employees, and other security information, of a private cloud service provider that has entered into a criminal justice information services agreement as contemplated by the United States department of justice criminal justice information services security policy, as authorized by 28 C.F.R. Part 20.
RCW 42.36.070 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36 / Section 070
RCW 42.36.070: Quasi-judicial proceedings—Prior advisory proceedings.
Status: in_force

Participation by a member of a decision-making body in earlier proceedings that result in an advisory recommendation to a decision-making body shall not disqualify that person from participating in any subsequent quasi-judicial proceeding.
RCW 42.23.030 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 23 / Section 030
RCW 42.23.030: Interest in contracts prohibited—Exceptions.
Status: in_force

No municipal officer shall be beneficially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract which may be made by, through or under the supervision of such officer, in whole or in part, or which may be made for the benefit of his or her office, or accept, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or reward in connection with such contract from any other person beneficially interested therein. This section shall not apply in the following cases: (1) The furnishing of electrical, water or other utility services by a municipality engaged in the business of furnishing such services, at the same rates and on the same terms as are available to the public generally; (2) The designation of public depositaries for municipal funds; (3) The publication of legal notices required by law to be published by any municipality, upon competitive bidding or at rates not higher than prescribed by law for members of the general public; (4) The designation of a school director as clerk or as both clerk and purchasing agent of a school district; (5) The employment of any person by a municipality for unskilled day labor at wages not exceeding $1,000 in any calendar month. The exception provided in this subsection does not apply to a county with a population of 125,000 or more, a city with a population of more than 1,500, an irrigation district encompassing more than 50,000 acres, or a first-class school district; (6)(a) The letting of any other contract in which the total amount received under the contract or contracts by the municipal officer or the municipal officer's business does not exceed $3,000 in any calendar month. (b) However, in the case of a particular officer of a second-class city or town, or a noncharter optional code city, or a member of any county fair board in a county which has not established a county purchasing department pursuant to RCW 36.32.240 , the total amount of such contract or contracts authorized in this subsection (6) may exceed $3,000 in any calendar month but shall not exceed $36,000 in any calendar year. (c)(i) In the case of a particular officer of a rural public hospital district, as defined in RCW 70.44.460 , the total amount of such contract or contracts authorized in this subsection (6) may exceed $1,500 in any calendar month, but shall not exceed $24,000 in any calendar year. (ii) At the beginning of each calendar year, beginning with the 2006 calendar year, the legislative authority of the rural public hospital district shall increase the calendar year limitation described in this subsection (6)(c) by an amount equal to the dollar amount for the previous calendar year multiplied by the change in the consumer price index as of the close of the 12-month period ending December 31st of that previous calendar year. If the new dollar amount established under this subsection is not a multiple of $10, the increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $10. As used in this subsection, "consumer price index" means the consumer price index compiled by the bureau of labor statistics, United States department of labor for the state of Washington. If the bureau of labor statistics develops more than one consumer price index for areas within the state, the index covering the greatest number of people, covering areas exclusively within the boundaries of the state, and including all items shall be used. (d) The exceptions provided in this subsection (6) do not apply to: (i) A sale or lease by the municipality as the seller or lessor; (ii) The letting of any contract by a county with a population of 125,000 or more, a city with a population of 5,000 or more, or an irrigation district encompassing more than 50,000 acres; or (iii) Contracts for legal services, except for reimbursement of expenditures. (e) The municipality shall maintain a list of all contracts that are awarded under this subsection (6). The list must be made available for public inspection and copying; (7) The leasing by a port district as lessor of port district property to a municipal officer or to a contracting party in which a municipal officer may be beneficially interested, if in addition to all other legal requirements, a board of three disinterested appraisers and the superior court in the county where the property is situated finds that all terms and conditions of such lease are fair to the port district and are in the public interest. The appraisers must be appointed from members of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers by the presiding judge of the superior court; (8) The letting of any employment contract for the driving of a school bus in a second-class school district if the terms of such contract are commensurate with the pay plan or collective bargaining agreement operating in the district; (9) The letting of an employment contract as a substitute teacher or substitute educational aide to an officer of a second-class school district that has 300 or fewer full-time equivalent students, if the terms of the contract are commensurate with the pay plan or collective bargaining agreement operating in the district and the board of directors has found, consistent with the written policy under RCW 28A.330.240 , that there is a shortage of substitute teachers in the school district; (10) The letting of any employment contract to the spouse of an officer of a school district, when such contract is solely for employment as a substitute teacher for the school district. This exception applies only if the terms of the contract are commensurate with the pay plan or collective bargaining agreement applicable to all district employees and the board of directors has found, consistent with the written policy under RCW 28A.330.240 , that there is a shortage of substitute teachers in the school district; (11) The letting of any employment contract to the spouse of an officer of a school district if the spouse was under contract as a certificated or classified employee with the school district before the date in which the officer assumes office and the terms of the contract are commensurate with the pay plan or collective bargaining agreement operating in the district. However, in a second-class school district that has less than 200 full-time equivalent students enrolled at the start of the school year as defined in RCW 28A.150.203 , the spouse is not required to be under contract as a certificated or classified employee before the date on which the officer assumes office; (12) The authorization, approval, or ratification of any employment contract with the spouse of a public hospital district commissioner if: (a) The spouse was employed by the public hospital district before the date the commissioner was initially elected; (b) the terms of the contract are commensurate with the pay plan or collective bargaining agreement operating in the district for similar employees; (c) the interest of the commissioner is disclosed to the board of commissioners and noted in the official minutes or similar records of the public hospital district prior to the letting or continuation of the contract; and (d) and the commissioner does not vote on the authorization, approval, or ratification of the contract or any conditions in the contract. A municipal officer may not vote in the authorization, approval, or ratification of a contract in which he or she is beneficially interested even though one of the exemptions allowing the awarding of such a contract applies. The interest of the municipal officer must be disclosed to the governing body of the municipality and noted in the official minutes or similar records of the municipality before the formation of the contract.
RCW 42.56.020 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 020
RCW 42.56.020: Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be known and cited as the public records act.
RCW 42.17A.904 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 904
RCW 42.17A.904: Construction—1973 c 1.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act are to be liberally construed to effectuate the policies and purposes of this act. In the event of conflict between the provisions of this act and any other act, the provisions of this act shall govern.
RCW 42.41.020 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 41 / Section 020
RCW 42.41.020: Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1)(a) "Improper governmental action" means any action by a local government officer or employee: (i) That is undertaken in the performance of the officer's or employee's official duties, whether or not the action is within the scope of the employee's employment; and (ii) That is in violation of any federal, state, or local law or rule, is an abuse of authority, is of substantial and specific danger to the public health or safety, or is a gross waste of public funds. (b) "Improper governmental action" does not include personnel actions including but not limited to employee grievances, complaints, appointments, promotions, transfers, assignments, reassignments, reinstatements, restorations, reemployments, performance evaluations, reductions in pay, dismissals, suspensions, demotions, violations of the local government collective bargaining and civil service laws, alleged labor agreement violations, reprimands, or any action that may be taken under chapter 41.08 , 41.12, 41.14, 41.56, 41.59, or 53.18 RCW or RCW 54.04.170 and 54.04.180 . (2) "Local government" means any governmental entity other than the state, federal agencies, or an operating system established under chapter 43.52 RCW. It includes, but is not limited to cities, counties, school districts, and special purpose districts. (3) "Retaliatory action" means: (a) Any adverse change in a local government employee's employment status, or the terms and conditions of employment including denial of adequate staff to perform duties, frequent staff changes, frequent and undesirable office changes, refusal to assign meaningful work, unwarranted and unsubstantiated letters of reprimand or unsatisfactory performance evaluations, demotion, transfer, reassignment, reduction in pay, denial of promotion, suspension, dismissal, or any other disciplinary action; or (b) hostile actions by another employee towards a local government employee that were encouraged by a supervisor or senior manager or official. (4) "Emergency" means a circumstance that if not immediately changed may cause damage to persons or property.
RCW 42.17A.460 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 460
RCW 42.17A.460: Attribution of contributions generally—"Earmarking."
Status: in_force

All contributions made by a person or entity, either directly or indirectly, to a candidate, to a state official against whom recall charges have been filed, or to a political committee, are considered to be contributions from that person or entity to the candidate, state official, or political committee, as are contributions that are in any way earmarked or otherwise directed through an intermediary or conduit to the candidate, state official, or political committee. For the purposes of this section, "earmarked" means a designation, instruction, or encumbrance, whether direct or indirect, expressed or implied, or oral or written, that is intended to result in or does result in all or any part of a contribution being made to a certain candidate or state official. If a conduit or intermediary exercises any direction or control over the choice of the recipient candidate or state official, the contribution is considered to be by both the original contributor and the conduit or intermediary.
RCW 42.45.170 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 45 / Section 170
RCW 42.45.170: Fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The director may establish by rule the maximum fees that may be charged by notaries public for various notarial services. (2) A notary public need not charge fees for notarial acts.
RCW 42.48.030 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 48 / Section 030
RCW 42.48.030: Charge for costs of assistance.
Status: in_force

In addition to the copying charges provided in RCW 42.56.120 , a state agency may impose a reasonable charge for costs incurred in providing assistance in the following research activities involving personal records: (1) Manual or computer screening of personal records for scientific sampling purposes according to specifications provided by the research professional; (2) Manual or computer extraction of information from a universe or sample of personal records according to specifications provided by the research professional; (3) Statistical manipulation or analysis of personal record information, whether manually or by computer, according to specifications provided by the research professional. The charges imposed by the agency may not exceed the amount necessary to reimburse the agency for its actual costs in providing requested research assistance.
RCW 42.17A.575 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 575
RCW 42.17A.575: Public service announcements.
Status: in_force

No state elected official or municipal officer may speak or appear in a public service announcement that is broadcast, shown, or distributed in any form whatsoever during the period beginning January 1st and continuing through the general election if that official or officer is a candidate. If the official or officer does not control the broadcast, showing, or distribution of a public service announcement in which he or she speaks or appears, then the official or officer shall contractually limit the use of the public service announcement to be consistent with this section prior to participating in the public service announcement. This section does not apply to public service announcements that are part of the regular duties of the office that only mention or visually display the office or office seal or logo and do not mention or visually display the name of the official or officer in the announcement.
RCW 42.52.8022 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 8022
RCW 42.52.8022: Exemption—Informational or educational meetings regarding legislative issues.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not prohibit state employees from attending informational or educational meetings regarding legislative issues with a legislator or other elected official. It is not a violation of this chapter to hold such meetings in public facilities, including state-owned or leased buildings. This section is not intended to allow the use of state facilities for a political campaign or for the promotion of or opposition to a ballot proposition.
RCW 42.30.020 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 30 / Section 020
RCW 42.30.020: Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) "Public agency" means: (a) Any state board, commission, committee, department, educational institution, or other state agency which is created by or pursuant to statute, other than courts and the legislature. This does not include a comprehensive cancer center participating in a collaborative arrangement as defined in RCW 28B.10.930 that is operated in conformance with RCW 28B.10.930 ; (b) Any county, city, school district, special purpose district, or other municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state of Washington; (c) Any subagency of a public agency which is created by or pursuant to statute, ordinance, or other legislative act, including but not limited to planning commissions, library or park boards, commissions, and agencies; (d) Any policy group whose membership includes representatives of publicly owned utilities formed by or pursuant to the laws of this state when meeting together as or on behalf of participants who have contracted for the output of generating plants being planned or built by an operating agency. (2) "Governing body" means the multimember board, commission, committee, council, or other policy or rule-making body of a public agency, or any committee thereof when the committee acts on behalf of the governing body, conducts hearings, or takes testimony or public comment. (3) "Action" means the transaction of the official business of a public agency by a governing body including but not limited to receipt of public testimony, deliberations, discussions, considerations, reviews, evaluations, and final actions. "Final action" means a collective positive or negative decision, or an actual vote by a majority of the members of a governing body when sitting as a body or entity, upon a motion, proposal, resolution, order, or ordinance. (4) "Meeting" means meetings at which action is taken.
RCW 42.52.120 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 120
RCW 42.52.120: Compensation for outside activities.
Status: in_force

(1) No state officer or state employee may receive any thing of economic value under any contract or grant outside of his or her official duties. The prohibition in this subsection does not apply where the state officer or state employee has met each of the following conditions: (a) The contract or grant is bona fide and actually performed; (b) The performance or administration of the contract or grant is not within the course of the officer's or employee's official duties, or is not under the officer's or employee's official supervision; (c) The performance of the contract or grant is not prohibited by RCW 42.52.040 or by applicable laws or rules governing outside employment for the officer or employee; (d) The contract or grant is neither performed for nor compensated by any person from whom such officer or employee would be prohibited by RCW 42.52.150 (6) from receiving a gift; (e) The contract or grant is not one expressly created or authorized by the officer or employee in his or her official capacity; (f) The contract or grant would not require unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. (2) In addition to satisfying the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, a state officer or state employee may have a beneficial interest in a grant or contract or a series of substantially identical contracts or grants with a state agency only if: (a) The contract or grant is awarded or issued as a result of an open and competitive bidding process in which more than one bid or grant application was received; or (b) The contract or grant is awarded or issued as a result of an open and competitive bidding or selection process in which the officer's or employee's bid or proposal was the only bid or proposal received and the officer or employee has been advised by the appropriate ethics board, before execution of the contract or grant, that the contract or grant would not be in conflict with the proper discharge of the officer's or employee's official duties; or (c) The process for awarding the contract or issuing the grant is not open and competitive, but the officer or employee has been advised by the appropriate ethics board after the contract or grant has been awarded that the contract or grant would not be in conflict with the proper discharge of the officer's or employee's official duties. (3) A state officer or state employee awarded a contract or issued a grant in compliance with subsection (2) of this section shall file the contract or grant with the appropriate ethics board within thirty days after the date of execution; however, if proprietary formulae, designs, drawings, or research are included in the contract or grant, the proprietary formulae, designs, drawings, or research may be deleted from the contract or grant filed with the appropriate ethics board. (4) This section does not prevent a state officer or state employee from receiving compensation contributed from the treasury of the United States, another state, county, or municipality if the compensation is received pursuant to arrangements entered into between such state, county, municipality, or the United States and the officer's or employee's agency. This section does not prohibit a state officer or state employee from serving or performing any duties under an employment contract with a governmental entity. (5) As used in this section, "officer" and "employee" do not include officers and employees who, in accordance with the terms of their employment or appointment, are serving without compensation from the state of Washington or are receiving from the state only reimbursement of expenses incurred or a predetermined allowance for such expenses.
RCW 42.36.050 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36 / Section 050
RCW 42.36.050: Campaign contributions.
Status: in_force

A candidate for public office who complies with all provisions of applicable public disclosure and ethics laws shall not be limited from accepting campaign contributions to finance the campaign, including outstanding debts; nor shall it be a violation of the appearance of fairness doctrine to accept such campaign contributions.
RCW 42.26.900 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 26 / Section 900
RCW 42.26.900: Effective date—1969 ex.s. c 60.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall take effect July 1, 1969.
RCW 42.62.030 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 62 / Section 030
RCW 42.62.030: Liability of medium disseminating communication.
Status: in_force

(1) For an action brought under RCW 42.62.020 , the sponsor of the electioneering communication may be held liable, and not the medium disseminating the electioneering communication except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. (2) Except when a licensee, programmer, or operator of a federally licensed broadcasting station transmits an electioneering communication that is subject to 47 U.S.C. Sec. 315, a medium may be held liable in a cause of action brought under RCW 42.62.020 if: (a) The medium removes any disclosure described in RCW 42.62.020 (4) from the electioneering communication it disseminates; or (b) Subject to affirmative defenses described in RCW 42.62.020 , the medium changes the content of an electioneering communication such that it qualifies as synthetic media, as defined in RCW 42.62.020 . (3)(a) No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider. However, an interactive computer service may be held liable in accordance with subsection (2) of this section. (b) "Interactive computer service" means any information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including specifically a service or system that provides access to the internet and such systems operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions. (c) "Information content provider" means any person or entity that is responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or development of information provided through the internet or any other interactive computer service.
RCW 42.52.365 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 365
RCW 42.52.365: Executive branch agencies—Ethics advisors—Ethics training.
Status: in_force

(1) Each executive branch agency shall designate an ethics advisor or advisors to assist the agency's employees in understanding their obligations under the ethics in public service act. Agencies shall inform the executive ethics board of their designated advisors. As funding permits and as determined by the executive ethics board and the agency head, the advisors shall receive regular ethics training. (2) Executive branch officers and employees are encouraged to attend ethics training offered by the executive ethics board at least once every thirty-six months.
RCW 42.45.200 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 45 / Section 200
RCW 42.45.200: Commission—Qualifications—Oath—Surety bond—Commission term—Electronic records notary public.
Status: in_force

(1) An individual qualified under subsection (2) of this section may apply to the director for a commission as a notary public. The applicant shall comply with and provide the information required by rules established by the director and pay any application fee. (2) An applicant for a commission as a notary public must: (a) Be at least eighteen years of age; (b) Be a resident of or have a place of employment or practice in this state; (c) Be able to read and write English; and (d) Not be disqualified to receive a commission under RCW 42.45.210 . (3) Before issuance of a commission as a notary public, an applicant for the commission shall execute an oath of office and submit it to the department in the format prescribed by the director in rule. (4) Before issuance of a commission as a notary public, the applicant for a commission shall submit to the director an assurance in the form of a surety bond in the amount established by the director in rule. The assurance must be issued by a surety or other entity licensed or authorized to write surety bonds in this state. The assurance must be effective for a four-year term or for a term that expires on the date the notary public's commission expires. The assurance must cover acts performed during the term of the notary public's commission and must be in the form prescribed by the director. If a notary public violates law with respect to notaries public in this state, the surety or issuing entity is liable under the assurance. The surety or issuing entity shall give at least thirty days' notice to the department before canceling the assurance. The surety or issuing entity shall notify the department not later than thirty days after making a payment to a claimant under the assurance. A notary public may perform notarial acts in this state only during the period that a valid assurance is on file with the department. (5) On compliance with this section, the director shall issue a commission as a notary public to an applicant for a term of four years or for a term that expires on the date of expiration of the assurance, whichever comes first. (6) A commission to act as a notary public authorizes the notary public to perform notarial acts. The commission does not provide the notary public any immunity or benefit conferred by law of this state on public officials or employees. (7) An individual qualified under (a) of this subsection may apply to the director for a commission as an electronic records notary public. The applicant shall comply with and provide the information required by rules established by the director and pay the relevant application fee. (a) An applicant for a commission as an electronic records notary public must hold a commission as notary public. (b) An electronic records notary public commission may take the form of an endorsement to the notary public commission if deemed appropriate by the director.
RCW 42.17A.415 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 415
RCW 42.17A.415: Contributions.
Status: in_force

(1) Contributions to candidates for state office made and received before December 3, 1992, are considered to be contributions under *RCW 42.17.640 through 42.17.790 . Monetary contributions that exceed the contribution limitations and that have not been spent by the recipient of the contribution by December 3, 1992, must be disposed of in accordance with RCW 42.17A.430 . (2) Contributions to other candidates subject to the contribution limits of this chapter made and received before June 7, 2006, are considered to be contributions under *RCW 42.17.640 through 42.17.790 . Contributions that exceed the contribution limitations and that have not been spent by the recipient of the contribution by June 7, 2006, must be disposed of in accordance with RCW 42.17A.430 except for subsections (6) and (7) of that section.
RCW 42.17A.435 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 435
RCW 42.17A.435: Identification of contributions and communications.
Status: in_force

No contribution shall be made and no expenditure shall be incurred, directly or indirectly, in a fictitious name, anonymously, or by one person through an agent, relative, or other person in such a manner as to conceal the identity of the source of the contribution or in any other manner so as to effect concealment.
RCW 42.17A.418 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 418
RCW 42.17A.418: Foreign nationals—Contribution certification.
Status: in_force

(1) Each candidate or political committee that has accepted a contribution, and each out-of-state committee that has accepted a contribution reportable under RCW 42.17A.250 , from a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons must receive a certification from each contributor that: (a) The contribution is not financed in any part by a foreign national; and (b) Foreign nationals are not involved in making decisions regarding the contribution in any way. (2) The certifications must be maintained for a period of no less than three years after the date of the applicable election. (3) At the request of the commission, each candidate or committee required to comply with subsection (1) of this section must provide to the commission copies of the certifications maintained under this section.
RCW 42.20.020 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / Section 020
RCW 42.20.020: Powers may not be delegated for profit.
Status: in_force

Every public officer who, for any reward, consideration, or gratuity paid or agreed to be paid, shall, directly or indirectly, grant to another the right or authority to discharge any function of his or her office, or permit another to perform any of his or her duties, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
RCW 42.14.035 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 14 / Section 035
RCW 42.14.035: Convening legislature at locations other than usual seat of government.
Status: in_force

Whenever, in the judgment of the governor, it becomes impracticable, due to an emergency resulting from a catastrophic incident, to convene the legislature in the usual seat of government at Olympia, the governor may call the legislature into emergency session in any location within this or an adjoining state. The first order of business of any legislature so convened shall be the establishment of temporary emergency seats of government for the state. After any emergency relocation, the affairs of state government shall be lawfully conducted at such emergency temporary location or locations for the duration of the emergency.
RCW 42.41.900 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 41 / Section 900
RCW 42.41.900: Construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed to permit disclosures that would diminish the rights of any person to the continued protection of confidentiality of communications where statute or common law provides such protection.
RCW 42.30.120 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 30 / Section 120
RCW 42.30.120: Violations—Personal liability—Civil penalty—Attorneys' fees and costs.
Status: in_force

(1) Each member of the governing body who attends a meeting of such governing body where action is taken in violation of any provision of this chapter applicable to him or her, with knowledge of the fact that the meeting is in violation thereof, shall be subject to personal liability in the form of a civil penalty in the amount of five hundred dollars for the first violation. (2) Each member of the governing body who attends a meeting of a governing body where action is taken in violation of any provision of this chapter applicable to him or her, with knowledge of the fact that the meeting is in violation thereof, and who was previously assessed a penalty under subsection (1) of this section in a final court judgment, shall be subject to personal liability in the form of a civil penalty in the amount of one thousand dollars for any subsequent violation. (3) The civil penalty shall be assessed by a judge of the superior court and an action to enforce this penalty may be brought by any person. A violation of this chapter does not constitute a crime and assessment of the civil penalty by a judge shall not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction of a criminal offense. (4) Any person who prevails against a public agency in any action in the courts for a violation of this chapter shall be awarded all costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with such legal action. Pursuant to RCW 4.84.185 , any public agency which prevails in any action in the courts for a violation of this chapter may be awarded reasonable expenses and attorney fees upon final judgment and written findings by the trial judge that the action was frivolous and advanced without reasonable cause.
RCW 42.30.080 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 30 / Section 080
RCW 42.30.080: Special meetings.
Status: in_force

(1) A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding officer of the governing body of a public agency or by a majority of the members of the governing body by delivering written notice personally, by mail, by fax, or by email to each member of the governing body. Written notice shall be deemed waived in the following circumstances: (a) A member submits a written waiver of notice with the clerk or secretary of the governing body at or prior to the time the meeting convenes. A written waiver may be given by telegram, fax, or email; or (b) A member is actually present at the time the meeting convenes. (2) Notice of a special meeting called under subsection (1) of this section shall be: (a) Delivered to each local newspaper of general circulation and local radio or television station that has on file with the governing body a written request to be notified of such special meeting or of all special meetings; (b) Posted on the agency's website. An agency is not required to post a special meeting notice on its website if it does not have a website or share a website with another agency. Except in the case of a remote meeting or a meeting at which the physical attendance by some or all members of the public is limited due to a declared emergency as provided for in this chapter, an agency is not required to post a special meeting notice on its website if it employs no full-time equivalent employees, or does not employ personnel whose duty, as defined by a job description or existing contract, is to maintain or update the website; and (c) Prominently displayed at the main entrance of the agency's principal location and the meeting site if it is not held at the agency's principal location and is not held as a remote meeting; except that during a declared emergency which prevents a meeting from being held in-person with reasonable safety an agency that hosts a website or shares a website with another agency may instead post notice of a remote meeting without a physical location on the website hosted or shared by the agency. Such notice must be delivered or posted, as applicable, at least 24 hours before the time of such meeting as specified in the notice. (3) The call and notices required under subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall specify the time and place of the special meeting and the business to be transacted. Final disposition shall not be taken on any other matter at such meetings by the governing body. (4) The notices provided in this section may be dispensed with in the event a special meeting is called to deal with an emergency involving injury or damage to persons or property or the likelihood of such injury or damage, when time requirements of such notice would make notice impractical and increase the likelihood of such injury or damage, or when the required notice cannot be posted or displayed with reasonable safety, including but not limited to declared emergencies in which travel to physically post notice is barred or advised against.
RCW 42.08.090 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 08 / Section 090
RCW 42.08.090: Defective bonds validated.
Status: in_force

Whenever any such official bond shall not contain the substantial matter or condition or conditions required by law, or there shall be any defect in the approval or filing thereof, such bond shall not be void so as to discharge such officer and his or her sureties, but they shall be bound to the state, or party interested, and the state or such party may, by action instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction, suggest the defect of such bond or such approval or filing, and recover his or her proper and equitable demand or damages from such officer, and the person or persons, who intended to become, and were included in such bond as sureties.
RCW 42.08.050 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 08 / Section 050
RCW 42.08.050: Recoveries limited to amount of bond.
Status: in_force

In an action upon an official bond, if judgments have been recovered against the surety therein other than by confession, equal in the aggregate to the penalty or any part thereof of such bond, and if such recovery be established on the trial, judgment shall not be given against such surety for an amount exceeding such penalty, or such portion thereof as is not already recovered against him or her.
RCW 42.08.120 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 08 / Section 120
RCW 42.08.120: Additional bond.
Status: in_force

Should such officer, after due notice, fail to appear at the time appointed, the matter may be heard and determined in his or her absence; if after examination the board of county commissioners shall be of opinion that the bond of such officer has become insufficient from any cause whatever, they shall require an additional bond with such security as may be deemed necessary, which said additional bond shall be executed and filed within such time as the board of county commissioners may order; and if any such officer shall fail to execute and file such additional bond within the time prescribed by such order, his or her office shall become vacant.
RCW 42.52.040 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 040
RCW 42.52.040: Assisting in transactions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except in the course of official duties or incident to official duties, no state officer or state employee may assist another person, directly or indirectly, whether or not for compensation, in a transaction involving the state: (a) In which the state officer or state employee has at any time participated; or (b) If the transaction involving the state is or has been under the official responsibility of the state officer or state employee within a period of two years preceding such assistance. (2) No state officer or state employee may share in compensation received by another for assistance that the officer or employee is prohibited from providing under subsection (1) or (3) of this section. (3) A business entity of which a state officer or state employee is a partner, managing officer, or employee shall not assist another person in a transaction involving the state if the state officer or state employee is prohibited from doing so by subsection (1) of this section. (4) This chapter does not prevent a state officer or state employee from assisting, in a transaction involving the state: (a) The state officer's or state employee's parent, spouse or domestic partner, or child, or a child thereof for whom the officer or employee is serving as guardian, executor, administrator, trustee, or other personal fiduciary, if the state officer or state employee did not participate in the transaction; or (b) Another state employee involved in disciplinary or other personnel administration proceedings.
RCW 42.17A.455 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 455
RCW 42.17A.455: Attribution of contributions by controlled entities.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter: (1) A contribution by a political committee with funds that have all been contributed by one person who exercises exclusive control over the distribution of the funds of the political committee is a contribution by the controlling person. (2) Two or more entities are treated as a single entity if one of the two or more entities is a subsidiary, branch, or department of a corporation that is participating in an election campaign or making contributions, or a local unit or branch of a trade association, labor union, or collective bargaining association that is participating in an election campaign or making contributions. All contributions made by a person or political committee whose contribution or expenditure activity is financed, maintained, or controlled by a trade association, labor union, collective bargaining organization, or the local unit of a trade association, labor union, or collective bargaining organization are considered made by the trade association, labor union, collective bargaining organization, or local unit of a trade association, labor union, or collective bargaining organization. (3) The commission shall adopt rules to carry out this section and is not subject to the time restrictions of RCW 42.17A.110 (1).
RCW 42.12.040 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / Section 040
RCW 42.12.040: Vacancy in partisan elective office—Successor elected—When.
Status: in_force

(1) If a vacancy occurs in any partisan elective office in the executive or legislative branches of state government or in any partisan county elective office before the first day of the regular filing period, the position must be open for filing during the regular filing period as provided in RCW 29A.24.171 and a successor shall be elected at the general election. Except during the last year of the term of office, if such a vacancy occurs on or after the first day of the regular filing period, the election of the successor shall occur at the next succeeding general election as provided in RCW 29A.24.171 . The elected successor shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term. This section shall not apply to any vacancy occurring in a charter county which has charter provisions inconsistent with this section. (2) If a vacancy occurs in any legislative office or in any partisan county office after the general election in a year that the position appears on the ballot and before the start of the next term, the term of the successor who is of the same party as the incumbent may commence once he or she has qualified as defined in RCW 29A.04.133 and shall continue through the term for which he or she was elected.
RCW 42.56.640 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 640
RCW 42.56.640: Vulnerable individuals, in-home caregivers for vulnerable populations.
Status: in_force

(1) Sensitive personal information of vulnerable individuals and sensitive personal information of in-home caregivers for vulnerable populations is exempt from inspection and copying under this chapter. (2) The following definitions apply to this section: (a) "In-home caregivers for vulnerable populations" means: (i) Individual providers as defined in RCW 74.39A.240 , (ii) home care aides as defined in RCW 18.88B.010 , and (iii) family child care providers as defined in RCW 41.56.030 . (b) "Sensitive personal information" means names, addresses, GPS [global positioning system] coordinates, telephone numbers, email addresses, social security numbers, driver's license numbers, or other personally identifying information. (c) "Vulnerable individual" has the meaning set forth in RCW 9.35.005 .
RCW 42.30.070 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 30 / Section 070
RCW 42.30.070: Times and places for meetings—Emergencies—Exception.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a public agency shall provide the time for holding regular meetings by ordinance, resolution, bylaws, or by whatever other rule is required for the conduct of business by that body. Unless otherwise provided for in the act under which the public agency was formed, meetings of the governing body need not be held within the boundaries of the territory over which the public agency exercises jurisdiction. If at any time any regular meeting falls on a holiday, such regular meeting shall be held on the next business day. If, by reason of fire, flood, earthquake, or other emergency, there is a need for expedited action by a governing body to meet the emergency, the presiding officer of the governing body may provide for a meeting site other than the regular meeting site, for a remote meeting without a physical location, or for a meeting at which the physical attendance by some or all members of the public is limited due to a declared emergency, and the notice requirements of this chapter shall be suspended during such emergency. It shall not be a violation of the requirements of this chapter for a majority of the members of a governing body to travel together or gather for purposes other than a regular meeting or a special meeting as these terms are used in this chapter: PROVIDED, That they take no action as defined in this chapter.
RCW 42.17A.640 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 640
RCW 42.17A.640: Grass roots lobbying campaigns.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who has made expenditures, not reported by a registered lobbyist under RCW 42.17A.615 or by a candidate or political committee under RCW 42.17A.225 or 42.17A.235 , exceeding *one thousand dollars in the aggregate within any three-month period or exceeding *five hundred dollars in the aggregate within any one-month period in presenting a campaign to the public, a substantial portion of which is intended, designed, or calculated primarily to solicit, urge, or encourage the public to influence legislation, shall register and report, as provided in subsection (2) of this section, as a sponsor of a grass roots lobbying campaign. (2)(a) The sponsor shall register by filing with the commission a registration statement: (i) Within 24 hours of the initial presentation of the campaign to the public during the period: (A) Beginning on the 30th day before a regular legislative session convenes and continuing through the date of final adjournment of that session; or (B) Beginning on the date that a special legislative session has been called or 30 days before the special legislative session is scheduled to convene, whichever is later, and continuing through the date of final adjournment of that session; or (ii) Within five business days of the initial presentation of the campaign to the public during any other period. (b) The registration must show, in such detail as the commission shall prescribe: (i) The sponsor's name, address, and business or occupation and employer, and, if the sponsor is not an individual, the names, addresses, and titles of the controlling persons responsible for managing the sponsor's affairs; (ii) The names, addresses, and business or occupation and employer of all persons organizing and managing the campaign, or hired to assist the campaign, including any public relations or advertising firms participating in the campaign, and the terms of compensation for all such persons; (iii) Each source of funding for the campaign of $25 or more, including: (A) General treasury funds. The name and address of each business, union, group, association, or other organization using general treasury funds for the campaign; however, if such entity undertakes a special solicitation of its members or other persons for the campaign, or it otherwise receives funds for the campaign, that entity shall report pursuant to (b)(ii) of this subsection; and (B) Special solicitations and other funds. The name, address, and, for individuals, occupation and employer, of a person whose funds were used to pay for the campaign, along with the amount; (iv) The purpose of the campaign, including the specific legislation, rules, rates, standards, or proposals that are the subject matter of the campaign; (v) The totals of all expenditures made or incurred to date on behalf of the campaign segregated according to financial category, including but not limited to the following: Advertising, segregated by media, and in the case of large expenditures (as provided by rule of the commission), by outlet; contributions; entertainment, including food and refreshments; office expenses including rent and the salaries and wages paid for staff and secretarial assistance, or the proportionate amount paid or incurred for lobbying campaign activities; consultants; and printing and mailing expenses; and (vi) Such other information as shall be required by the commission by rule in conformance with the policies and purposes of this chapter. (3) Every sponsor who has registered under this section shall file monthly reports with the commission by the tenth day of the month for the activity during the preceding month. The reports shall update the information contained in the sponsor's registration statement and in prior reports and shall show contributions received and totals of expenditures made during the month, in the same manner as provided for in the registration statement. (4) When the campaign has been terminated, the sponsor shall file a notice of termination with the final monthly report. The final report shall state the totals of all contributions and expenditures made on behalf of the campaign, in the same manner as provided for in the registration statement. (5)(a) Any advertising or other mass communication produced as part of a campaign must include the following disclosures: (i) All written communications shall include the sponsor's name and address. All radio and television communications shall include the sponsor's name. The use of an assumed name for the sponsor is unlawful; (ii) If the sponsor is a political committee established, maintained, or controlled directly, or indirectly through the formation of one or more political committees, by an individual, corporation, union, association, or other entity, the communication must include the full name of that individual or entity; and (iii) If the communication costs $1,000 or more, the communication must include: (A) The statement "Top Five Contributors," followed by a listing of the names of each of the five largest sources of funding of $1,000 or more, as reported under subsection (2)(b) of this section, during the 12-month period preceding the date on which the advertisement is initially to be published or otherwise presented to the public; and (B) If one of the "Top Five Contributors" listed includes a political committee, the statement "Top Three Donors to PAC Contributors," followed by a listing of the names of the three individuals or entities other than political committees making the largest aggregate contributions to political committees using the same methodology as provided in RCW 42.17A.350 (2). (b) Abbreviations may be used to describe entities required to be listed under (a) of this subsection if the full name of the entity has been clearly spoken previously during the communication. The information required by (a) of this subsection shall: (i) In a written communication: (A) Appear on the first page or fold of the written advertisement or communication in at least 10-point type, or in type at least 10 percent of the largest size type used in a written communication directed at more than one voter, such as a billboard or poster, whichever is larger; (B) Not be subject to the half-tone or screening process; and (C) Be set apart from any other printed matter. No text may be before, after, or immediately adjacent to the information required by (a) of this subsection; or (ii) In a communication transmitted via television or another medium that includes a visual image or audio: (A) Be clearly spoken; or (B) Appear in print and be visible for at least four seconds, appear in letters greater than four percent of the visual screen height on a solid black background on the entire bottom one-third of the television or visual display screen, or bottom one-fourth of the screen if the sponsor does not have or is otherwise not required to list its top five contributors, and have a reasonable color contrast with the background. (6) The commission is authorized to adopt rules, as needed, to prevent ways to circumvent the purposes of the required disclosures in this section or otherwise in conformance with the policies and purposes of this chapter.
RCW 42.56.400 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 400
RCW 42.56.400: Insurance and financial institutions.
Status: in_force

The following information relating to insurance and financial institutions is exempt from disclosure under this chapter: (1) Records maintained by the board of industrial insurance appeals that are related to appeals of crime victims' compensation claims filed with the board under RCW 7.68.110 ; (2) Information obtained and exempted or withheld from public inspection by the health care authority under RCW 41.05.026 , whether retained by the authority, transferred to another state purchased health care program by the authority, or transferred by the authority to a technical review committee created to facilitate the development, acquisition, or implementation of state purchased health care under chapter 41.05 RCW; (3) The names and individual identification data of either all owners or all insureds, or both, received by the insurance commissioner under chapter 48.102 RCW; (4) Information provided under RCW 48.30A.045 through 48.30A.060 ; (5) Information provided under RCW 48.05.510 through 48.05.535 , 48.43.200 through 48.43.225 , 48.44.530 through 48.44.555 , and 48.46.600 through 48.46.625 ; (6) Examination reports and information obtained by the department of financial institutions from banks under RCW 30A.04.075 , from savings banks under RCW 32.04.220 , from savings and loan associations under RCW 33.04.110 , from credit unions under RCW 31.12.565 , from check cashers and sellers under RCW 31.45.030 (3), and from securities brokers and investment advisers under RCW 21.20.100 , information that could reasonably be expected to reveal the identity of a whistleblower under RCW 21.40.090 , and information received under RCW 43.320.190 , all of which are confidential and privileged information; (7) Information provided to the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.110.040 (3); (8) Documents, materials, or information obtained by the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.02.065 , all of which are confidential and privileged; (9) Documents, materials, or information obtained or provided by the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.31B.015 (2) (l) and (m), 48.31B.025 , 48.31B.030 , 48.31B.035 , and 48.31B.036 , all of which are confidential and privileged; (10) Data filed under RCW 48.140.020 , 48.140.030 , 48.140.050 , and 7.70.140 that, alone or in combination with any other data, may reveal the identity of a claimant, health care provider, health care facility, insuring entity, or self-insurer involved in a particular claim or a collection of claims. For the purposes of this subsection: (a) "Claimant" has the same meaning as in RCW 48.140.010 (2). (b) "Health care facility" has the same meaning as in RCW 48.140.010 (6). (c) "Health care provider" has the same meaning as in RCW 48.140.010 (7). (d) "Insuring entity" has the same meaning as in RCW 48.140.010 (8). (e) "Self-insurer" has the same meaning as in RCW 48.140.010 (11); (11) Documents, materials, or information obtained by the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.135.060 ; (12) Documents, materials, or information obtained by the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.37.060 ; (13) Confidential and privileged documents obtained or produced by the insurance commissioner and identified in RCW 48.37.080 ; (14) Documents, materials, or information obtained by the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.37.140 ; (15) Documents, materials, or information obtained by the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.17.595 ; (16) Documents, materials, or information obtained by the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.102.051 (1) and 48.102.140 (3) and (7)(a)(ii); (17) Documents, materials, or information obtained by the insurance commissioner in the commissioner's capacity as receiver under RCW 48.31.025 and 48.99.017 , which are records under the jurisdiction and control of the receivership court. The commissioner is not required to search for, log, produce, or otherwise comply with the public records act for any records that the commissioner obtains under chapters 48.31 and 48.99 RCW in the commissioner's capacity as a receiver, except as directed by the receivership court; (18) Documents, materials, or information obtained by the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.13.151 ; (19) Data, information, and documents provided by a carrier pursuant to section 1, chapter 172, Laws of 2010; (20) Information in a filing of usage-based insurance about the usage-based component of the rate pursuant to RCW 48.19.040 (5)(b); (21) Data, information, and documents that are submitted to the office of the insurance commissioner by an entity providing health care coverage pursuant to RCW 28A.400.275 ; (22) Data, information, and documents obtained by the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.29.017 ; (23) Information not subject to public inspection or public disclosure under RCW 48.43.730 (5); (24) Documents, materials, or information obtained by the insurance commissioner under chapter 48.05A RCW; (25) Documents, materials, or information obtained by the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.74.025 , 48.74.028 , 48.74.100 (6), 48.74.110 (2) (b) and (c), and 48.74.120 to the extent such documents, materials, or information independently qualify for exemption from disclosure as documents, materials, or information in possession of the commissioner pursuant to a financial conduct examination and exempt from disclosure under RCW 48.02.065 ; (26) Nonpublic personal health information obtained by, disclosed to, or in the custody of the insurance commissioner, as provided in RCW 48.02.068 ; (27) Documents, materials, or other information, including the corporate annual disclosure obtained by the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.195.020 ; (28) Findings and orders disapproving acquisition of a trust institution under RCW 30B.53.100 (3); (29) All claims data, including health care and financial related data received under RCW 41.05.890 , received and held by the health care authority; (30) Documents, materials, or information obtained by the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.150.100 , except for providers' names and business addresses; (31) Contracts not subject to public disclosure under RCW 48.200.040 and 48.43.731 ; and (32) Data, information, and documents obtained from an insurer, or by or from the insurance commissioner, under RCW 48.05.320 .
RCW 42.52.030 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 030
RCW 42.52.030: Beneficial interests in transactions.
Status: in_force

(1) No state officer or state employee, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, may have a beneficial interest in a contract, sale, lease, purchase, or grant that may be made by, through, or is under the supervision of the officer or employee, in whole or in part, or accept any compensation, gratuity, or reward from any other person who has a beneficial interest in the contract, sale, lease, purchase, or grant. (2) No state officer or state employee may participate in a transaction involving the state in his or her official capacity with a person of which the officer or employee is an officer, agent, employee, or member, or in which the officer or employee owns a beneficial interest, except that an officer or employee of an institution of higher education may serve as an officer, agent, employee, or member, or on the board of directors, board of trustees, advisory board, or committee or review panel for any nonprofit institute, foundation, or fund-raising entity; and may serve as a member of an advisory board, committee, or review panel for a governmental or other nonprofit entity.
RCW 42.56.240 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 240
RCW 42.56.240: Investigative, law enforcement, and crime victims.
Status: in_force

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The following investigative, law enforcement, and crime victim information is exempt from public inspection and copying under this chapter: (1) Specific intelligence information and specific investigative records compiled by investigative, law enforcement, and penology agencies, and state agencies vested with the responsibility to discipline members of any profession, the nondisclosure of which is essential to effective law enforcement or for the protection of any person's right to privacy; (2) Information revealing the identity of persons who are witnesses to or victims of crime or who file complaints with investigative, law enforcement, or penology agencies, other than the commission, if disclosure would endanger any person's life, physical safety, or property. If at the time a complaint is filed the complainant, victim, or witness indicates a desire for disclosure or nondisclosure, such desire shall govern. However, all complaints filed with the commission about any elected official or candidate for public office must be made in writing and signed by the complainant under oath; (3) Any records of investigative reports prepared by any state, county, municipal, or other law enforcement agency pertaining to sex offenses contained in chapter 9A.44 RCW or sexually violent offenses as defined in RCW 71.09.020 , which have been transferred to the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs for permanent electronic retention and retrieval pursuant to RCW 40.14.070 (2)(b); (4) License applications under RCW 9.41.070 , except that copies of license applications or information on the applications may be released to law enforcement or corrections agencies or to persons and entities as authorized under RCW 9.41.815 ; (5)(a) Information revealing the specific details that describe an alleged or proven child victim of sexual assault or commercial sexual exploitation under age 18, or the identity or contact information of an alleged or proven child victim of sexual assault or commercial sexual exploitation who is under age 18. Identifying information includes the child victim's name, addresses, location, photograph, and in cases in which the child victim is a relative, stepchild, or stepsibling of the alleged perpetrator, identification of the relationship between the child and the alleged perpetrator. Contact information includes phone numbers, email addresses, social media profiles, and user names and passwords. (b) For purposes of this subsection (5), "commercial sexual exploitation" has the same meaning as in RCW 7.105.010 ; (6) Information contained in a local or regionally maintained gang database as well as the statewide gang database referenced in RCW 43.43.762 ; (7) Data from the electronic sales tracking system established in RCW 69.43.165 ; (8) Information submitted to the statewide unified sex offender notification and registration program under RCW 36.28A.040 (6) by a person for the purpose of receiving notification regarding a registered sex offender, including the person's name, residential address, and email address; (9) Personally identifying information collected by law enforcement agencies pursuant to local security alarm system programs and vacation crime watch programs. Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted so as to prohibit the legal owner of a residence or business from accessing information regarding his or her residence or business; (10) The felony firearm offense conviction database of felony firearm offenders established in RCW 43.43.822 ; (11) The identity of a state employee or officer who has in good faith filed a complaint with an ethics board, as provided in RCW 42.52.410 , or who has in good faith reported improper governmental action, as defined in RCW 42.40.020 , to the auditor or other public official, as defined in RCW 42.40.020 ; (12) The following security threat group information collected and maintained by the department of corrections pursuant to RCW 72.09.745 : (a) Information that could lead to the identification of a person's security threat group status, affiliation, or activities; (b) information that reveals specific security threats associated with the operation and activities of security threat groups; and (c) information that identifies the number of security threat group members, affiliates, or associates; (13) The global positioning system data that would indicate the location of the residence of an employee or worker of a criminal justice agency as defined in RCW 10.97.030 ; (14) Body worn camera recordings to the extent nondisclosure is essential for the protection of any person's right to privacy as described in RCW 42.56.050 , including, but not limited to, the circumstances enumerated in (a) of this subsection. A law enforcement or corrections agency shall not disclose a body worn camera recording to the extent the recording is exempt under this subsection. (a) Disclosure of a body worn camera recording is presumed to be highly offensive to a reasonable person under RCW 42.56.050 to the extent it depicts: (i)(A) Any areas of a medical facility, counseling, or therapeutic program office where: (I) A patient is registered to receive treatment, receiving treatment, waiting for treatment, or being transported in the course of treatment; or (II) Health care information is shared with patients, their families, or among the care team; or (B) Information that meets the definition of protected health information for purposes of the health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 or health care information for purposes of chapter 70.02 RCW; (ii) The interior of a place of residence where a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy; (iii) An intimate image; (iv) A minor; (v) The body of a deceased person; (vi) The identity of or communications from a victim or witness of an incident involving domestic violence as defined in RCW 10.99.020 or sexual assault as defined in RCW 70.125.030 , or disclosure of intimate images as defined in RCW 9A.86.010 . If at the time of recording the victim or witness indicates a desire for disclosure or nondisclosure of the recorded identity or communications, such desire shall govern; or (vii) The identifiable location information of a community-based domestic violence program as defined in RCW 70.123.020 , or emergency shelter as defined in RCW 70.123.020 . (b) The presumptions set out in (a) of this subsection may be rebutted by specific evidence in individual cases. (c) In a court action seeking the right to inspect or copy a body worn camera recording, a person who prevails against a law enforcement or corrections agency that withholds or discloses all or part of a body worn camera recording pursuant to (a) of this subsection is not entitled to fees, costs, or awards pursuant to RCW 42.56.550 unless it is shown that the law enforcement or corrections agency acted in bad faith or with gross negligence. (d) A request for body worn camera recordings must: (i) Specifically identify a name of a person or persons involved in the incident; (ii) Provide the incident or case number; (iii) Provide the date, time, and location of the incident or incidents; or (iv) Identify a law enforcement or corrections officer involved in the incident or incidents. (e)(i) A person directly involved in an incident recorded by the requested body worn camera recording, an attorney representing a person directly involved in an incident recorded by the requested body worn camera recording, a person or his or her attorney who requests a body worn camera recording relevant to a criminal case involving that person, or the executive director from either the Washington state commission on African American affairs, Asian Pacific American affairs, or Hispanic affairs, has the right to obtain the body worn camera recording, subject to any exemption under this chapter or any applicable law. In addition, an attorney who represents a person regarding a potential or existing civil cause of action involving the denial of civil rights under the federal or state Constitution, or a violation of a United States department of justice settlement agreement, has the right to obtain the body worn camera recording if relevant to the cause of action, subject to any exemption under this chapter or any applicable law. The attorney must explain the relevancy of the requested body worn camera recording to the cause of action and specify that he or she is seeking relief from redaction costs under this subsection (14)(e). (ii) A law enforcement or corrections agency responding to requests under this subsection (14)(e) may not require the requesting individual to pay costs of any redacting, altering, distorting, pixelating, suppressing, or otherwise obscuring any portion of a body worn camera recording. (iii) A law enforcement or corrections agency may require any person requesting a body worn camera recording pursuant to this subsection (14)(e) to identify himself or herself to ensure he or she is a person entitled to obtain the body worn camera recording under this subsection (14)(e). (f)(i) A law enforcement or corrections agency responding to a request to disclose body worn camera recordings may require any requester not listed in (e) of this subsection to pay the reasonable costs of redacting, altering, distorting, pixelating, suppressing, or otherwise obscuring any portion of the body worn camera recording prior to disclosure only to the extent necessary to comply with the exemptions in this chapter or any applicable law. (ii) An agency that charges redaction costs under this subsection (14)(f) must use redaction technology that provides the least costly commercially available method of redacting body worn camera recordings, to the extent possible and reasonable. (iii) In any case where an agency charges a requestor for the costs of redacting a body worn camera recording under this subsection (14)(f), the time spent on redaction of the recording shall not count towards the agency's allocation of, or limitation on, time or costs spent responding to public records requests under this chapter, as established pursuant to local ordinance, policy, procedure, or state law. (g) For purposes of this subsection (14): (i) "Body worn camera recording" means a video and/or sound recording that is made by a body worn camera attached to the uniform or eyewear of a law enforcement or corrections officer while in the course of his or her official duties; and (ii) "Intimate image" means an individual or individuals engaged in sexual activity, including sexual intercourse as defined in RCW 9A.44.010 and masturbation, or an individual's intimate body parts, whether nude or visible through less than opaque clothing, including the genitals, pubic area, anus, or postpubescent female nipple. (h) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to restrict access to body worn camera recordings as otherwise permitted by law for official or recognized civilian and accountability bodies or pursuant to any court order. (i) Nothing in this section is intended to modify the obligations of prosecuting attorneys and law enforcement under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S. Ct. 1194, 10 L. Ed. 2d 215 (1963), Kyles v. Whitley , 541 U.S. 419, 115 S. Ct. 1555, 131 L. Ed.2d 490 (1995), and the relevant Washington court criminal rules and statutes. (j) A law enforcement or corrections agency must retain body worn camera recordings for at least 60 days and thereafter may destroy the records in accordance with the applicable records retention schedule; (15) Any records and information contained within the statewide sexual assault kit tracking system established in RCW 43.43.545 ; (16)(a) Survivor communications with, and survivor records maintained by, campus-affiliated advocates. (b) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to restrict access to records maintained by a campus-affiliated advocate in the event that: (i) The survivor consents to inspection or copying; (ii) There is a clear, imminent risk of serious physical injury or death of the survivor or another person; (iii) Inspection or copying is required by federal law; or (iv) A court of competent jurisdiction mandates that the record be available for inspection or copying. (c) "Campus-affiliated advocate" and "survivor" have the definitions in RCW 28B.112.030 ; (17) Information and records prepared, owned, used, or retained by the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs and information and records prepared, owned, used, or retained by the Washington state patrol pursuant to chapter 261, Laws of 2017; (18) Any and all audio or video recordings of child forensic interviews as defined in chapter 26.44 RCW. Such recordings are confidential and may only be disclosed pursuant to a court order entered upon a showing of good cause and with advance notice to the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian. However, if the child is an emancipated minor or has attained the age of majority as defined in RCW 26.28.010 , advance notice must be to the child. Failure to disclose an audio or video recording of a child forensic interview as defined in chapter 26.44 RCW is not grounds for penalties or other sanctions available under this chapter; and (19) Information exempt from public disclosure and copying under RCW 43.10.305 (2)(f).
RCW 42.17A.130 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 130
RCW 42.17A.130: Duties of attorney general.
Status: in_force

The attorney general, through his or her office, shall provide assistance as required by the commission to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter. The commission may employ attorneys who are neither the attorney general nor an assistant attorney general to carry out any function of the attorney general prescribed in this chapter.
RCW 42.36.060 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36 / Section 060
RCW 42.36.060: Quasi-judicial proceedings—Ex parte communications prohibited, exceptions.
Status: in_force

During the pendency of any quasi-judicial proceeding, no member of a decision-making body may engage in ex parte communications with opponents or proponents with respect to the proposal which is the subject of the proceeding unless that person: (1) Places on the record the substance of any written or oral ex parte communications concerning the decision of action; and (2) Provides that a public announcement of the content of the communication and of the parties' rights to rebut the substance of the communication shall be made at each hearing where action is considered or taken on the subject to which the communication related. This prohibition does not preclude a member of a decision-making body from seeking in a public hearing specific information or data from such parties relative to the decision if both the request and the results are a part of the record. Nor does such prohibition preclude correspondence between a citizen and his or her elected official if any such correspondence is made a part of the record when it pertains to the subject matter of a quasi-judicial proceeding.
RCW 42.52.570 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 570
RCW 42.52.570: Private business activity policy—Department of fish and wildlife—Parks and recreation commission.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of fish and wildlife and the parks and recreation commission may approve private business activity in state-owned housing provided under Title 77 RCW or chapter 79A.05 RCW. (2) Prior to granting approval of private business activity in state-owned housing, the department of fish and wildlife and the parks and recreation commission must adopt a private business activity policy that is approved by the executive ethics board. (a) The private business activity policy may only authorize private business activity by the resident state employee while the employee is off duty or the employee's spouse who is approved for residency in the agency housing or the employee's children. (b) The private business activity policy may not allow private business activity that negatively impacts the agency's operations. For the purposes of this section, "negatively impacts" includes but is not limited to: (i) Negative impacts to visitors' services or access; (ii) in-person visits to state-owned housing for the purpose of transacting business that negatively impacts agency operations; (iii) the incurrence of additional expenses by the state; (iv) the use of signage in the state-owned residence; (v) advertising on state-owned property; or (vi) an appearance of state endorsement of the private business activity. (3) The private business activity must comply with all other local, state, and federal laws. (4) All approvals of a private business activity in state-owned housing must be by the agency director or designee in writing. (5) A state employee is presumed not to be in violation of RCW 42.52.070 or 42.52.160 if the employee or the employee's spouse or child complies with this section.
RCW 42.17A.907 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 907
RCW 42.17A.907: Construction—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 112.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this 1976 amendatory act are intended to be remedial and shall be liberally construed, and nothing in this 1976 amendatory act shall be construed to limit the power of the commission under any other provision of *chapter 42.17 RCW.
RCW 42.45.120 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 45 / Section 120
RCW 42.45.120: Foreign notarial act.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, "foreign state" means a government other than the United States, a state, or a federally recognized Indian tribe. (2) If a notarial act is performed under the authority and in the jurisdiction of a foreign state or constituent unit of the foreign state or is performed under the authority of a multinational or international governmental organization, the act has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state. (3) If the title of office and indication of authority to perform notarial acts in a foreign state appears in a digest of foreign law or in a list customarily used as a source for that information, the authority of an officer with that title to perform notarial acts is conclusively established. (4) The signature and official stamp of an individual holding an office described in subsection (3) of this section are prima facie evidence that the signature is genuine and the individual holds the designated title. (5) An apostille in the form prescribed by the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961, and issued by a foreign state party to the Hague Convention conclusively establishes that the signature of the notarial officer is genuine and that the officer holds the indicated office. (6) A consular authentication issued by an individual designated by the United States department of state as a notarizing officer for performing notarial acts overseas and attached to the record with respect to which the notarial act is performed conclusively establishes that the signature of the notarial officer is genuine and that the officer holds the indicated office.
RCW 42.20.060 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / Section 060
RCW 42.20.060: Falsely auditing and paying claims.
Status: in_force

Every public officer, or person holding or discharging the duties of any public office or place of trust under the state or in any county, town or city, a part of whose duty it is to audit, allow or pay, or take part in auditing, allowing or paying, claims or demands upon the state or such county, town or city, who shall knowingly audit, allow or pay, or, directly or indirectly, consent to or in any way connive at the auditing, allowance or payment of any claim or demand against the state or such county, town or city, which is false or fraudulent or contains any charge, item or claim which is false or fraudulent, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
RCW 42.62.040 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 62 / Section 040
RCW 42.62.040: Rule-making authority.
Status: in_force

The public disclosure commission must adopt rules in furtherance of the purpose of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter constitutes a violation under chapter 42.17A RCW, or otherwise authorizes the public disclosure commission to take action under RCW 42.17A.755 .
RCW 42.56.665 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 665
RCW 42.56.665: Agency employee records—Civil liability.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who requests and obtains a record concerning an agency employee, as described in RCW 42.56.660 , is subject to civil liability if he or she uses the record or information in the record to harass, stalk, threaten, or intimidate that agency employee, or provides the record or information in the record to a person, knowing that the person intends to use it to harass, stalk, threaten, or intimidate that agency employee. (2) Any person liable under subsection (1) of this section may be sued in superior court by any aggrieved party, or in the name of the state by the attorney general or the prosecuting authority of any political subdivision. The court may order an appropriate civil remedy. The plaintiff may recover up to one thousand dollars for each record used in violation of this section, as well as costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. (3) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Agency" means a state agency, including every state office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or other state agency. (b) "Agency employee" means a state agency employee who has made a claim of workplace sexual harassment or stalking with the employing agency, or is named as the victim in the claim. (c) "Record concerning an agency employee" does not include work product created by the agency employee as part of his or her official duties.
RCW 42.45.030 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 45 / Section 030
RCW 42.45.030: Certain notarial acts—Requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) A notarial officer who takes an acknowledgment of a record shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual, that the individual appearing before the officer and making the acknowledgment has the identity claimed and that the signature on the record is the signature of the individual. (2) A notarial officer who takes a verification of a statement on oath or affirmation shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual, that the individual appearing before the officer and making the verification has the identity claimed and that the signature on the statement verified is the signature of the individual. (3) A notarial officer who witnesses or attests to a signature shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual, that the individual appearing before the officer and signing the record has the identity claimed. (4) A notarial officer who certifies or attests a copy of a record or an item that was copied shall compare the copy with the original record or item and determine that the copy is a full, true, and accurate transcription or reproduction of the record or item. (5) A notarial officer may make or note a protest of a negotiable instrument only if the notarial officer is licensed to practice law in this state, acting under the authority of an attorney who is licensed to practice law in this or another state, or acting under the authority of a financial institution regulated by this state, another state, or the federal government. In making or noting a protest of a negotiable instrument the notarial officer or licensed attorney shall determine the matters set forth in RCW 62A.3-505 (b).
RCW 42.52.560 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 560
RCW 42.52.560: Communications from an employee organization or charitable organization—Distribution by state employee.
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a state employee from distributing communications from an employee organization or charitable organization to other state employees if the communications do not support or oppose a ballot proposition or candidate for federal, state, or local public office. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize any lobbying activity with public funds beyond the activity permitted by RCW 42.17A.635 . (2) "Employee organization," for purposes of this section, means any organization, union, or association in which employees participate and that exists for the purpose of collective bargaining with employers or for the purpose of opposing collective bargaining or certification of a union.
RCW 42.17A.345 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 345
RCW 42.17A.345: Commercial advertisers—Public inspection of documents—Copies to commission.
Status: in_force

(1) Each commercial advertiser who has accepted or provided political advertising or electioneering communications during the election campaign shall maintain current books of account and related materials as provided by rule that shall be open for public inspection during normal business hours during the campaign and for a period of no less than five years after the date of the applicable election. The documents and books of account shall specify: (a) The names and addresses of persons from whom it accepted political advertising or electioneering communications; (b) The exact nature and extent of the services rendered; and (c) The total cost and the manner of payment for the services. (2) At the request of the commission, each commercial advertiser required to comply with subsection (1) of this section shall provide to the commission copies of the information that must be maintained and be open for public inspection pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
RCW 42.20.100 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / Section 100
RCW 42.20.100: Failure of duty by public officer a misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Whenever any duty is enjoined by law upon any public officer or other person holding any public trust or employment, their wilful neglect to perform such duty, except where otherwise specially provided for, shall be a misdemeanor.
RCW 42.17A.315 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 315
RCW 42.17A.315: Recordkeeping.
Status: in_force

(1) The sponsor of an electioneering communication shall preserve all financial records relating to the communication, including books of account, bills, receipts, contributor information, and ledgers, for not less than five calendar years following the year in which the communication was broadcast, transmitted, mailed, erected, or otherwise published. (2) All reports filed under RCW 42.17A.305 shall be certified as correct by the sponsor. If the sponsor is an individual using his or her own funds to pay for the communication, the certification shall be signed by the individual. If the sponsor is a political committee, the certification shall be signed by the committee treasurer. If the sponsor is another entity, the certification shall be signed by the individual responsible for authorizing the expenditure on the entity's behalf.
RCW 42.52.460 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 460
RCW 42.52.460: Citizen actions.
Status: in_force

Any person who has notified the appropriate ethics board and the attorney general in writing that there is reason to believe that RCW 42.52.180 is being or has been violated may, in the name of the state, bring a citizen action for any of the actions authorized under this chapter. A citizen action may be brought only if the appropriate ethics board or the attorney general have failed to commence an action under this chapter within forty-five days after notice from the person, the person has thereafter notified the appropriate ethics board and the attorney general that the person will commence a citizen's action within ten days upon their failure to commence an action, and the appropriate ethics board and the attorney general have in fact failed to bring an action within ten days of receipt of the second notice. An action is deemed to have been commenced when the appropriate ethics board or the board's executive director accepts a complaint for filing and initiates a preliminary investigation. If the person who brings the citizen's action prevails, the judgment awarded shall escheat to the state, but the person shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the state of Washington for costs and attorneys' fees incurred. If a citizen's action that the court finds was brought without reasonable cause is dismissed, the court may order the person commencing the action to pay all costs of trial and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the defendant. Upon commencement of a citizen action under this section, at the request of a state officer or state employee who is a defendant, the office of the attorney general shall represent the defendant if the attorney general finds that the defendant's conduct complied with this chapter and was within the scope of employment.
RCW 42.24.110 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 24 / Section 110
RCW 42.24.110: Municipal corporations and political subdivisions—Approving or paying false claim—Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly approves or pays or causes to be approved or paid a false or untrue claim shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and, in addition, he or she shall be civilly liable on his or her bond to the municipal corporation or political subdivision, as the case may be, for the amount so paid or for three hundred dollars whichever is the greater.
RCW 42.56.692 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 692
RCW 42.56.692: Victim and witness notification program—Notification enrollment.
Status: in_force

Information and records prepared, owned, used, or retained by the department of corrections that reveal any notification or request for notification regarding any specific individual, or that reveal the identity, location of, or any information submitted by a person who requests or is invited to enroll for notification under RCW 72.09.712 (2) or 72.09.710 (1), are exempt from public inspection and copying under this chapter.
RCW 42.23.050 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 23 / Section 050
RCW 42.23.050: Prohibited contracts void—Penalties for violation of chapter.
Status: in_force

Any contract made in violation of the provisions of this chapter is void and the performance thereof, in full or in part, by a contracting party shall not be the basis of any claim against the municipality. Any officer violating the provisions of this chapter is liable to the municipality of which he or she is an officer for a penalty in the amount of five hundred dollars, in addition to such other civil or criminal liability or penalty as may otherwise be imposed upon the officer by law. In addition to all other penalties, civil or criminal, the violation by any officer of the provisions of this chapter may be grounds for forfeiture of his or her office.
RCW 42.45.220 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 45 / Section 220
RCW 42.45.220: Database of notaries public.
Status: in_force

The director shall maintain an electronic database of notaries public: (1) Through which a person may verify the authority of a notary public to perform notarial acts; and (2) Which indicates whether a notary public has notified the director that the notary public will be performing notarial acts on electronic records.
RCW 42.36.100 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36 / Section 100
RCW 42.36.100: Judicial restriction of doctrine not prohibited—Construction of chapter.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter prohibits the restriction or elimination of the appearance of fairness doctrine by the appellate courts. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to expand the appearance of fairness doctrine.
RCW 42.17A.430 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 430
RCW 42.17A.430: Disposal of surplus funds.
Status: in_force

The surplus funds of a candidate or a candidate's authorized committee may only be disposed of in any one or more of the following ways: (1) Return the surplus to a contributor in an amount not to exceed that contributor's original contribution; (2) Using surplus, reimburse the candidate for lost earnings incurred as a result of that candidate's election campaign. Lost earnings shall be verifiable as unpaid salary or, when the candidate is not salaried, as an amount not to exceed income received by the candidate for services rendered during an appropriate, corresponding time period. All lost earnings incurred shall be documented and a record thereof shall be maintained by the candidate or the candidate's authorized committee. The committee shall maintain a copy of this record in accordance with *RCW 42.17A.235 (6); (3) Transfer the surplus without limit to a political party or to a caucus political committee; (4) Donate the surplus to a charitable organization registered in accordance with chapter 19.09 RCW; (5) Transmit the surplus to the state treasurer for deposit in the general fund, the Washington state legacy project, state library, and archives account under RCW 43.07.380 , or the legislative international trade account under RCW 43.15.050 , as specified by the candidate or political committee; or (6) Hold the surplus in the depository or depositories designated in accordance with RCW 42.17A.215 for possible use in a future election campaign for the same office last sought by the candidate and report any such disposition in accordance with RCW 42.17A.240 . If the candidate subsequently announces or publicly files for office, the appropriate information must be reported to the commission in accordance with RCW 42.17A.205 through 42.17A.240 . If a subsequent office is not sought the surplus held shall be disposed of in accordance with the requirements of this section. (7) Hold the surplus campaign funds in a separate account for nonreimbursed public office-related expenses or as provided in this section, and report any such disposition in accordance with RCW 42.17A.240 . The separate account required under this subsection shall not be used for deposits of campaign funds that are not surplus. (8) No candidate or authorized committee may transfer funds to any other candidate or other political committee. The disposal of surplus funds under this section shall not be considered a contribution for purposes of this chapter.
RCW 42.48.020 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 48 / Section 020
RCW 42.48.020: Access to personal records.
Status: in_force

(1) A state agency may authorize or provide access to or provide copies of an individually identifiable personal record for research purposes if informed written consent for the disclosure has been given to the appropriate department secretary, or the president of the institution, as applicable, or his or her designee, by the person to whom the record pertains or, in the case of minors and legally incompetent adults, the person's legally authorized representative. (2) A state agency may authorize or provide access to or provide copies of an individually identifiable personal record for research purposes without the informed consent of the person to whom the record pertains or the person's legally authorized representative, only if: (a) The state agency adopts research review and approval rules including, but not limited to, the requirement that the appropriate department secretary, or the president of the institution, as applicable, appoint a standing human research review board competent to review research proposals as to ethical and scientific soundness; and the review board determines that the disclosure request has scientific merit and is of importance in terms of the agency's program concerns, that the research purposes cannot be reasonably accomplished without disclosure of the information in individually identifiable form and without waiver of the informed consent of the person to whom the record pertains or the person's legally authorized representative, that disclosure risks have been minimized, and that remaining risks are outweighed by anticipated health, safety, or scientific benefits; and (b) The disclosure does not violate federal law or regulations; and (c) The state agency negotiates with the research professional receiving the records or record information a written and legally binding confidentiality agreement prior to disclosure. The agreement shall: (i) Establish specific safeguards to assure the continued confidentiality and security of individually identifiable records or record information; (ii) Ensure that the research professional will report or publish research findings and conclusions in a manner that does not permit identification of the person whose record was used for the research. Final research reports or publications shall not include photographs or other visual representations contained in personal records; (iii) Establish that the research professional will destroy the individual identifiers associated with the records or record information as soon as the purposes of the research project have been accomplished and notify the agency to this effect in writing; (iv) Prohibit any subsequent disclosure of the records or record information in individually identifiable form except as provided in RCW 42.48.040 ; and (v) Provide for the signature of the research professional, of any of the research professional's team members who require access to the information in identified form, and of the agency official authorized to approve disclosure of identifiable records or record information for research purposes.
RCW 42.30.035 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 30 / Section 035
RCW 42.30.035: Minutes—Recording of school district board of directors meetings.
Status: in_force

(1) The minutes of all regular and special meetings except executive sessions of such boards, commissions, agencies or authorities shall be promptly recorded and such records shall be open to public inspection. (2) Except in the case of an emergency as provided for in RCW 42.30.070 , and excluding executive sessions, all regular and special meetings of school district boards of directors at which a final action is taken or formal public testimony is accepted shall be audio recorded and such recordings shall be maintained for at least one year. The recording shall include the comments of the directors and the comments of members of the public, if any formal testimony was accepted from the public during the meeting. Subject to the limitations on identifiable records in RCW 42.56.080 (1), such recordings must be provided electronically to the public upon request. It is not a violation of this chapter if a school board attempts to record a meeting in good faith and, due to technological issues, a recording is not made or if any or all of a recording is unintelligible. Whenever possible, school districts are encouraged to make the content of school board of directors meetings, or a summary thereof, available in formats accessible to individuals who need communication assistance and in languages other than English.
RCW 42.56.560 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 560
RCW 42.56.560: Application of RCW 42.56.550.
Status: in_force

The procedures in RCW 42.56.550 govern denials of an opportunity to inspect or copy a public record by the office of the secretary of the senate or the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives.
RCW 42.56.365 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 365
RCW 42.56.365: Vital records.
Status: in_force

All or part of any vital records, reports, supporting documentation, vital statistics, data, or information contained therein under chapter 70.58A RCW are not subject to public inspection and copying under this chapter.
RCW 42.08.010 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 08 / Section 010
RCW 42.08.010: Scope of coverage.
Status: in_force

The official bond of a public officer, to the state, or to any county, city, town or other municipal or public corporation of like character therein, shall be deemed a security to the state, or to such county, city, town or other municipal or public corporation, as the case may be, and also to all persons severally, for the official delinquencies against which it is intended to provide.
RCW 42.45.210 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 45 / Section 210
RCW 42.45.210: Grounds to deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or condition commission of notary public.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to conduct defined as unprofessional under RCW 18.235.130 , the director may take action as provided for in RCW 18.235.110 against a commission as notary public for any act or omission that demonstrates the individual lacks the honesty, integrity, competence, or reliability to act as a notary public, including: (a) Failure to comply with this chapter; (b) A fraudulent, dishonest, or deceitful misstatement or omission in the application for a commission as a notary public submitted to the department; (c) A conviction of the applicant or notary public of any felony or crime involving fraud, dishonesty, or deceit; (d) A finding against, or admission of liability by, the applicant or notary public in any legal proceeding or disciplinary action based on the applicant's or notary public's fraud, dishonesty, or deceit; (e) Failure by the notary public to discharge any duty required of a notary public, whether by this chapter, rules of the director, or any federal or state law; (f) Use of false or misleading advertising or representation by the notary public representing that the notary public has a duty, right, or privilege that the notary public does not have; (g) Violation by the notary public of a rule of the director regarding a notary public; (h) Denial, refusal to renew, revocation, suspension, or conditioning of a notary public commission in another state; (i) Failure of the notary public to maintain an assurance as provided in RCW 42.45.200 (4); or (j) Making or noting a protest of a negotiable instrument without being a person authorized by RCW 42.45.030 (5). (2) If the director denies, refuses to renew, revokes, suspends, imposes conditions, or otherwise sanctions, a commission as a notary public, the applicant or notary public is entitled to timely notice and hearing in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW. (3) The authority of the director to take disciplinary action on a commission as a notary public does not prevent a person from seeking and obtaining other criminal or civil remedies provided by law.
RCW 42.56.040 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 040
RCW 42.56.040: Duty to publish procedures.
Status: in_force

(1) Each state agency shall separately state and currently publish in the Washington Administrative Code and each local agency shall prominently display and make available for inspection and copying at the central office of such local agency, for guidance of the public: (a) Descriptions of its central and field organization and the established places at which, the employees from whom, and the methods whereby, the public may obtain information, make submittals or requests, or obtain copies of agency decisions; (b) Statements of the general course and method by which its operations are channeled and determined, including the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available; (c) Rules of procedure; (d) Substantive rules of general applicability adopted as authorized by law, and statements of general policy or interpretations of general applicability formulated and adopted by the agency; and (e) Each amendment or revision to, or repeal of any of the foregoing. (2) Except to the extent that he or she has actual and timely notice of the terms thereof, a person may not in any manner be required to resort to, or be adversely affected by, a matter required to be published or displayed and not so published or displayed.
RCW 42.23.060 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 23 / Section 060
RCW 42.23.060: Local charter controls chapter.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter conflicts with any provision of a city or county charter, or with any provision of a city-county charter, the charter shall control if it contains stricter requirements than this chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall be considered as minimum standards to be enforced by municipalities.
RCW 42.17A.020 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17A / Section 020
RCW 42.17A.020: Statements and reports public records.
Status: in_force

All statements and reports filed under this chapter shall be public records of the agency where they are filed, and shall be available for public inspection and copying during normal business hours at the expense of the person requesting copies, provided that the charge for such copies shall not exceed actual cost to the agency.
RCW 42.56.700 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 700
RCW 42.56.700: Driver training education course voucher program.
Status: in_force

Any recipient income data collected by the department of licensing as part of the driver training education course voucher program established under RCW 46.82.480 is exempt from disclosure under this chapter.
RCW 42.56.470 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 56 / Section 470
RCW 42.56.470: Correctional industries workers.
Status: in_force

All records, documents, data, and other materials obtained under the requirements of RCW 72.09.115 from an existing correctional industries class I work program participant or an applicant for a proposed new or expanded class I correctional industries work program are exempt from public disclosure under this chapter.
RCW 42.45.902 — Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 45 / Section 902
RCW 42.45.902: Savings.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect the validity or effect of a notarial act performed before July 1, 2018.