Public Records Act Deskbook: Washington's Public Disclosure and Open Public Meetings Laws (WSBA)

Publisher:: Washington State Bar Association
Publication date:: 2020-02-27

ISBN:: 978-0-88129-375-3

Description:

Comprehensive coverage of Washington's Public Records Act, chapter 42.56 RCW (the PRA), as well as related areas of public access to government records and proceedings – now updated with a 2020 supplement. Its focus is on the law applicable to making, responding to, and litigating PRA requests.

Index

About the Editors-in-Chief
Appendix Exemptions from Public Records Disclosure and Confidential Records
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 10 Personnel Records of Public Employees
Chapter 11 Disclosure of Medical Information
Chapter 12 Various Government Service Exemptions (Juvenile, Family Law, Public Assistance and Benefits, Vehicles)
Chapter 13 Business-related Information,Trade Secrets, Copyrights, and Related Exemptions
Chapter 14 Attorney-client Privilege and Other Discovery Exemptions
Chapter 15 Exemptions Outside of Public Records Act
Chapter 16 Court Remedies to Obtain Disclosure
Chapter 17 Reverse PRA Action (Private Party Seeking to Prevent Disclosure)
Chapter 18 Court-Awarded Attorney Fees, Costs, and Penalties
Chapter 19 Preservation and Destruction of Public Records
Chapter 2 The Public Records Act Genesis and Guiding Spirit
Chapter 20 Introduction to the Federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Chapter 21 Access to Court Proceedings and Court Records
Chapter 22 Open Public Meetings Act
Chapter 3 Judicial Perspectives on Open Courts and Court Records
Chapter 4 The Scope of the Public Records Act What Is an agency and a public Record
Chapter 5 How to Make Public Records Requests
Chapter 6 How Agencies Should Respond to Public Records Requests
Chapter 7 Statutory Construction
Chapter 8 Privacy
Chapter 9 Investigative, Law Enforcement, and Security Records
Subject Index
Table of Cases
Table of Contents
Table of References
Table of Statutes/Regulations
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