Agency must publish its procedures.
An agency must publish its public records policies, organizational information, and methods for requestors to obtain public records. RCW
42.56.040(1).
1 A state agency must publish its procedures in the Washington Administrative Code and a local agency must prominently display and make them available at the central office of such local agency. RCW
42.56.040(1). An agency should post its public records rules on its website. An agency cannot invoke a procedure if it did not publish or display it as required (unless the party had actual and timely notice of its contents). RCW
42.56.040(2).
Note: | 1See, e.g., WAC 44-06-030 (attorney general's office organizational and public records methods statement); WAC 388-01-020 (department of social and health services organizational structure rule); City of Kirkland Public Records Act Rule 020 available at http://www.kirklandwa.gov/depart/Finance_and_Administration/Public_Records/Public_Records_Request.htm (agency description). |
[Statutory Authority: RCW
42.56.570. WSR 18-06-051, § 44-14-02001, filed 3/2/18, effective 4/2/18. Statutory Authority: 2005 c 483 § 4, RCW
42.17.348. WSR 06-04-079, § 44-14-02001, filed 1/31/06, effective 3/3/06.]