Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 40 Public Documents, Records, And Publications - Chapter 40.14 Preservation And Destruction Of Public Records

  • 40.14.010 Definition and classification of public records
    As used in this chapter, the term "public records" shall include any paper, correspondence, completed form, bound record book, photograph, film, sound recording, map drawing, ...
  • 40.14.020 Division of archives and records management -- State archivist -- Powers and duties -- Duties of public officials
    All public records shall be and remain the property of the state of Washington. They shall be delivered by outgoing officials and employees to their ...
  • 40.14.022 Division of archives and records management -- Imaging account
    The imaging account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts collected under RCW 40.14.020(8) for contract imaging, micrographics, reproduction, and duplication ...
  • 40.14.024 Division of archives and records management -- Local government archives account
    The local government archives account is created in the state treasury. All receipts collected by the county auditors under RCW 40.14.027 and 36.22.175 for local ...
  • 40.14.025 Division of archives and records management -- Allocation of costs of services -- Archives and records management account
    (1) The secretary of state and the director of financial management shall jointly establish a procedure and formula for allocating the costs of services provided ...
  • 40.14.027 Public archives and records management services -- Judgment debtor surcharge
    State agencies shall collect a surcharge of twenty dollars from the judgment debtor upon the satisfaction of a warrant filed in superior court for unpaid ...
  • 40.14.030 Transfer to state archives -- Certified copies, cost -- Public disclosure
    (1) All public records, not required in the current operation of the office where they are made or kept, and all records of every agency, ...
  • 40.14.040 Records officers -- Designation -- Powers and duties
    Each department or other agency of the state government shall designate a records officer to supervise its records program and to represent the office in ...
  • 40.14.050 Records committee -- Composition, travel expenses, meetings, powers and duties -- Retention schedules
    There is created a committee, to be known as the records committee, composed of the archivist, an appointee of the state auditor, an appointee of ...
  • 40.14.060 Destruction, disposition of official public records or office files and memoranda -- Record retention schedules
    (1) Any destruction of official public records shall be pursuant to a schedule approved under RCW 40.14.050. Official public records shall not be destroyed unless: ...
  • 40.14.070 Destruction, disposition, donation of local government records -- Preservation for historical interest -- Local records committee, duties -- Record retention schedules -- Sealed records
    (1)(a) County, municipal, and other local government agencies may request authority to destroy noncurrent public records having no further administrative or legal value by submitting ...
  • 40.14.080 Chapter not to affect other laws
    The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as repealing or modifying any other acts or parts of acts authorizing the destruction of public ...
  • 40.14.100 Legislative records -- Defined
    As used in RCW 40.14.010 and 40.14.100 through 40.14.180, unless the context requires otherwise, "legislative records" shall be defined as correspondence, amendments, reports, and minutes ...
  • 40.14.110 Legislative records -- Contribution of papers by legislators and employees
    Nothing in RCW 40.14.010 and 40.14.100 through 40.14.180 shall prohibit a legislator or legislative employee from contributing his personal papers to any private library, public ...
  • 40.14.120 Legislative records -- "Clerk," "secretary" defined
    As used in RCW 40.14.010 and 40.14.100 through 40.14.180 "clerk" means clerk of the Washington state house of representatives and "secretary" means the secretary of ...
  • 40.14.130 Legislative records -- Duties of legislative officials, employees and state archivist -- Delivery of records -- Custody -- Availability
    The legislative committee chairman, subcommittee chairman, committee member, or employed personnel of the state legislature having possession of legislative records that are not required for ...
  • 40.14.140 Legislative records -- Party caucuses to be advised -- Information and instructions
    It shall be the duty of the clerk and the secretary to advise the party caucuses in each house concerning the necessity to keep public ...
  • 40.14.150 Legislative records -- Use for research
    Committee records may be used by legislative employees for research at the discretion of the clerk or the secretary.[1971 ex.s. c 102 § 7.] ...
  • 40.14.160 Legislative records -- Rules for access to records
    The clerk or the secretary shall, with advice of the state archivist, prescribe rules for access to records more than three years old when such ...
  • 40.14.170 Legislative records -- Sound recordings
    Any sound recording of debate in the house or senate made by legislative employees shall be preserved by the chief clerk of the house and ...
  • 40.14.180 Legislative records -- Construction -- Confidentiality of bill drafting records
    The provisions of RCW 40.14.010 and 40.14.100 through 40.14.180 shall not be construed as repealing or modifying any other acts or parts of acts authorizing ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009