WAC 44-14-02001
Agency must publish its procedures. An
agency must publish its public records policies,
organizational information, and methods for requestors to
obtain public records. RCW 42.17.250(1)/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 42.17.250(1)/42.56.040(1). An agency
should post its public records rules on its web site. 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 42.17.250(2)/42.56.040(2).
Note:
1See, e.g., WAC 44-06-030 (attorney general office's organizational and public records methods statement).