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Wash. Rev. Code § 42.56.580 (2026)

Public records officers

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(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.
[ 2007 c 456 s 6; 2005 c 483 s 3. Formerly RCW 42.17.253.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2009–2019 · leading case: Koenig v. Pierce Cnty., 211 P.3d 423 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009).
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Koenig v. Pierce Cnty., 211 P.3d 423 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “If the act elsewhere required different agencies to coordinate their responses, it would be the duty of the contact person to oversee their coordination.”
Koenig v. Pierce Cnty., 211 P.3d 423 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “If the Act elsewhere required different agencies to coordinate their responses, it would be the duty of the contact person to oversee their coordination.”
Assoc. Press v. Wash. State Legislature (Wash. 2019). “I would hold the secretary and the chief clerk's responsibilities under the PRA are currently limited to the administration oflegislative records, and the legislature, as an "agency," is still obliged to provide all other documents that meet the definition of"public records"…”
Associated Press v. Wash. State Legislature (Wash. 2019). “I would hold the secretary and the chief clerk's responsibilities under the PRA are currently limited to the administration oflegislative records, and the legislature, as an "agency," is still obliged to provide all other documents that meet the definition of"public records"…”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 42.56.580(1) — 2 cases
Assoc. Press v. Wash. State Legislature (Wash. 2019). “I would hold the secretary and the chief clerk's responsibilities under the PRA are currently limited to the administration oflegislative records, and the legislature, as an "agency," is still obliged to provide all other documents that meet the definition of"public records"…”
Associated Press v. Wash. State Legislature (Wash. 2019). “I would hold the secretary and the chief clerk's responsibilities under the PRA are currently limited to the administration oflegislative records, and the legislature, as an "agency," is still obliged to provide all other documents that meet the definition of"public records"…”
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