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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 292. Ethics in Public Service |
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Chapter 292-130. Agency organization—Public records. |
Section 292-130-110. Costs of providing copies of public records.
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- (1) Costs for paper copies. There is no fee for inspecting public records. A requestor may obtain standard black and white photocopies or color copies for fifteen cents per page. Copying fees will be waived for twenty-five or fewer photocopies.Before beginning to make the copies, the public records officer or designee may require a deposit of up to ten percent of the estimated costs of copying all the records selected by the requestor. The public records officer or designee may also require the payment of the remainder of the copying costs before providing all the records, or the payment of the costs of copying an installment before providing that installment. The executive ethics board will not charge sales tax when it makes copies of public records.(2) Costs for electronic records. The cost of electronic copies of records shall be one dollar for information on a CD-ROM. There will be no charge for e-mailing electronic records to a requestor.(3) Costs of mailing. The executive ethics board may also charge actual costs of mailing, including the cost of the shipping container.(4) Payment. Payment may be made by cash, check, or money order to the executive ethics board.