Laws and Rules for Records Management
Laws - Revised Code of Washington (RCW)
- chapter 19.215 RCW - Disposal of Personal Information
- chapter 40.10 RCW - Essential Records
- chapter 40.14 RCW - Preservation and Destruction of Public Records
- chapter 40.16 RCW - Penal Provisions for the Intentional Destruction of Public Records
- chapter 40.20 RCW - Reproduced Records
- chapter 40.26 RCW - Biometric Identifiers
- chapter 42.56 RCW - Public Records Act (responsibility of the Office of the Attorney General)
Rules - Washington Administrative Code (WAC)
- chapter 434-600 WAC - Promulgation
- chapter 434-610 WAC - Definitions
- chapter 434-615 WAC - Custody of Public Records
- chapter 434-620 WAC - Powers and Duties (State Archivist)
- chapter 434-624 WAC - Powers and Duties (State Records Committee)
- chapter 434-630 WAC - Powers and Duties (Local Records Committee)
- chapter 434-635 WAC - Local Records Disposition Authority
- chapter 434-640 WAC - Methods of Records Disposal
- chapter 434-660 WAC - Standards for Public Records
- chapter 434-661 WAC - Real Property Electronic Recording
- chapter 434-662 WAC - Preservation of Electronic Records
- chapter 434-663 WAC - Imaging Systems (Standards)
- chapter 434-670 WAC - Local Records Grant Program
- chapter 434-677 WAC - Security Microfilm (Standards)
- chapter 434-690 WAC - Archives (Public Records Access)