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Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 40.24.010 (2026)

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The legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, or stalking frequently establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable assailants from finding them. The purpose of this chapter is to enable state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing the location of a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, or stalking, to enable interagency cooperation with the secretary of state in providing address confidentiality for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, or stalking, and to enable state and local agencies to accept a program participant's use of an address designated by the secretary of state as a substitute mailing address. The legislature further intends to provide assistance to program participants who own or desire to own property in the state to protect such ownership from public disclosure.
[ 2019 c 122 s 1; 2008 c 312 s 1; 2001 c 28 s 1; 1998 c 138 s 1; 1991 c 23 s 1.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2008–2024 · leading case: Danny v. Laidlaw Transit Servs., Inc., 193 P.3d 128 (Wash. 2008).
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Danny v. Laidlaw Transit Servs., Inc., 193 P.3d 128 (Wash. 2008). “" RCW 40.24.010. The law provides domestic violence victims another layer of protection by allowing the secretary of state to provide victims with a substitute address in order to prevent abusers from locating their victim.”
Danny v. Laidlaw Transit Servs., Inc., 165 Wash. 2d 200 (Wash. 2008). “” RCW 40.24.010. The law provides domestic violence victims another layer of protection by allowing the secretary of state to provide victims with a substitute address in order to prevent abusers from locating their victim.”
J.S. v. Kent Sch. Dist. (W.D. Wash. 2024). · cites it 2× “Section 40.24.010 of the Revised Code of Washington provides that the purpose and intent of 23 Chapter 40.”
Heather J.E.L. Benedict, V. Kitsap Bank (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “” RCW 40.24.010. Because of Benedict’s threatening and derogatory interactions with the superior court’s judicial assistant, it was not an abuse of discretion for the superior court to order that Benedict only accept service and communication from the court by mail.”
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