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Wash. Rev. Code § 43.43.705 (2026)

Identification data—Processing procedure—Definitions

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Upon the receipt of identification data from criminal justice agencies within this state, the section shall immediately cause the files to be examined and upon request shall promptly return to the contributor of such data a transcript of the record of previous arrests and dispositions of the persons described in the data submitted.
Upon application, the section shall furnish to criminal justice agencies a transcript of the criminal history record information available pertaining to any person of whom the section has a record.
For the purposes of RCW 43.43.700 through 43.43.785 the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
"Criminal history record information" includes, and shall be restricted to identifying data and information recorded as the result of an arrest or other initiation of criminal proceedings and the consequent proceedings related thereto. "Criminal history record information" shall not include intelligence, analytical, or investigative reports and files.
"Criminal justice agencies" are those public agencies within or outside the state which perform, as a principal function, activities directly relating to the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication or rehabilitation of criminal offenders.
The section may refuse to furnish any information pertaining to the identification or history of any person or persons of whom it has a record, or other information in its files and records, to any applicant if the chief determines that the applicant has previously misused information furnished to such applicant by the section or the chief believes that the applicant will not use the information requested solely for the purpose of due administration of the criminal laws or for the purposes enumerated in RCW 43.43.760(4). The applicant may appeal such determination by notifying the chief in writing within thirty days. The hearing shall be before an administrative law judge appointed under chapter 34.12 RCW and in accordance with procedures for adjudicative proceedings under chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 2006 c 294 s 2; 1999 c 151 s 1101; 1989 c 334 s 7; 1987 c 486 s 10; 1985 c 201 s 8; 1977 ex.s. c 314 s 14; 1972 ex.s. c 152 s 2.]

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Part headings not law—Effective date—1999 c 151: See notes following RCW 18.28.010.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2011–2023 · leading case: Bainbridge Police Guild v. City of Puyallup, 259 P.3d 190 (Wash. 2011).
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Bainbridge Police Guild v. City of Puyallup, 259 P.3d 190 (Wash. 2011). · cites it 3× “RCW 43.43.705 (emphasis added); LAWS OF 1977, 1st Ex.”
Bainbridge Island Police Guild v. City of Puyallup, 172 Wash. 2d 398 (Wash. 2011). · cites it 3× “RCW 43.43.705 (emphasis added); Laws of 1977, 1st Ex.”
Ochoa v. Campbell, 266 F. Supp. 3d 1237 (E.D. Wash. 2017). · cites it 2× “100(2) directs that “the records of a person confined in jail shall be held in confidence and shall be made available only to criminal justice agencies as defined in RCW 43.43.705.” (emphasis added). "Criminal justice agencies” are defined as "those public agencies within or…”
Bini v. City of Vancouver, 218 F. Supp. 3d 1196 (W.D. Wash. 2016). “However, when deciding Bain-bridge Island Police Guild, the Washington Supreme Court interpreted the CRPA consistently with the definition of “criminal history record information” set forth in RCW 43.”
Vitaliy Kertchen, V. Washington State Patrol (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 4× “, RCW 43.43.705 (requiring the Section to provide “a transcript 2 Public records include “any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government or [a governmental function]” that is “prepared, owned, used, or retained” by any state or local agency.”
Juan Zabala v. Okanogan Cnty., 428 P.3d 124 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “Subsection two of the statute bespeaks, in part: Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the records of a person confined in jail shall be held in confidence and shall be made available only to criminal justice agencies as defined in RCW 43.43.705; or (a) For use…”
Juan Zabala v. Okanogan Cnty., 414 P.3d 585 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). “Subsection two of the statute bespeaks: (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the records of a person confined in jail shall be held in confidence and shall be made available only to criminal justice agencies as defined in RCW 43.43.705; or (a) For use in…”
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