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Wash. Rev. Code § 43.43.700 (2025)

Identification and criminal history section

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There is hereby established within the Washington state patrol a section on identification and criminal history hereafter referred to as the section.
In order to aid the administration of justice the section shall install systems for the identification of individuals, including the fingerprint system and such other systems as the chief deems necessary. The section shall keep a complete record and index of all information received in convenient form for consultation and comparison.
The section shall obtain from whatever source available and file for record the fingerprints, palmprints, photographs, or such other identification data as it deems necessary, of persons who have been or shall hereafter be lawfully arrested and charged with, or convicted of any criminal offense. The section may obtain like information concerning persons arrested for or convicted of crimes under the laws of another state or government.
[ 2006 c 294 s 1; 1998 c 141 s 2; 1989 c 334 s 6; 1987 c 486 s 9; 1985 c 201 s 7; 1984 c 17 s 17; 1972 ex.s. c 152 s 1.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2023 · leading case: State v. Rivers, 128 P.3d 608 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005).
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State v. Rivers, 128 P.3d 608 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 3× “030 55 and RCW 43.43.700, which the State argues govern the admissibility of the WSP records, deal with such records used to prove the identity of the defendant.”
State v. Adler, 558 P.2d 817 (Wash. Ct. App. 1976). “See RCW 43.43.700.. All of this is hot to say that a defendant is without a remedy should his arrest record be misused.”
State v. Rivers, 128 P.3d 608 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 3× “030 [55] and RCW 43.43.700, which the State argues govern the admissibility of the WSP records, deal with such records used to prove the identity of the defendant.”
Vitaliy Kertchen, V. Washington State Patrol, 532 P.3d 1055 (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 3× “The enabling statute provides that the Section will receive records containing CHRI from other state agencies and is responsible for providing CHRI to various entities, when requested. See, e.g., RCW 43.43.705 (requiring the Section to provide “a transcript 2 Public records…”
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