Section 10-04-045 - Responses to public records requests(1) Within five business days of receipt of the request, the public records officer will acknowledge receipt and do one or more of the following: (a) Make the records available for inspection or copying;(b) Send copies of the records to the requestor, if copies are requested and the requestor has paid any fees that are due;(c) Provide a reasonable estimate of when the records will be available;(d) Request clarification from the requestor, if the request is unclear or does not sufficiently identify the requested records; or(2) Before providing public records, the public records officer may notify others potentially affected by the disclosure of those records, so that they can seek a court order to prevent or limit the disclosure under RCW 42.56.540. The notice to the affected persons will include a copy of the public records request.(3) Some records are exempt from disclosure, in whole or in part, and may be withheld or redacted.(4) The office is not required to create a record that does not otherwise exist.(5) The public records officer will close a request and inform the requestor that the office has closed the request if the requestor:(a) Withdraws the request;(b) Fails to inspect the records;(c) Fails to pay a fee for records within thirty days after the office sends notification of the fee to the requestor; or(d) Fails to claim copies of records within thirty days after the office sends notification that the copies are available.Wash. Admin. Code § 10-04-045
Adopted by WSR 18-01-144, Filed 12/20/2017, effective 1/20/2018