WAC 137-08-090   Request for public records.  (1) All requests for the disclosure of a public record, other than requests by incarcerated offenders for inspection of their health record or central file must be submitted in writing directly to the Department of Corrections Public Records Officer at P.O. Box 41118, Olympia, WA 98504 or via e-mail at publicdisclosureunit@doc1.wa.gov identifying the record sought with reasonable certainty. The written request should include:

     (a) The name of the person requesting the record and their contact information;

     (b) The calendar date on which the request is made; and

     (c) The records requested.

     Incarcerated offenders under the authority of the department of corrections shall submit requests to inspect their own health record or central file to the records manager at the facility in which, they are currently incarcerated.

     (2) A request for disclosure shall be made during customary business hours.

     (3) If the public record contains material exempt from disclosure pursuant to law, including those laws cited in WAC 137-08-150, the department must provide the person requesting disclosure with a written explanation for the nondisclosure, pursuant to WAC 137-08-130.

     (4) Any person continuing to seek disclosure, after having received a written explanation for nondisclosure pursuant to WAC 137-08-130, may request a review under the provisions of WAC 137-08-140.

     (5) When a person's identity is relevant to an exemption, that person may be required to provide personal identification.

     (6) Nothing in this section or elsewhere in this chapter shall be construed to require the department to compile statistics or other information from material contained in public records, where doing so would unduly interfere with other essential functions of the department and is not required for litigation by rules of pretrial discovery.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 72.01.090. 08-04-045, § 137-08-090, filed 1/31/08, effective 3/2/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.250. 82-04-023 (Order 82-3), § 137-08-090, filed 1/26/82.]