Ockerman v. King County Department of Developmental & Environmental Services

—At issue is whether the public records portion of the public disclosure act1 requires an agency to provide an explanation of its estimate of time to respond to a records request where the records are not provided within five days of the request. We must also decide whether the manner of providing the records in this case violated the statute.

We hold that RCW 42.17.320 does not require an agency to provide a written explanation of its reasonable estimate of time when it does not provide the records within five days of the request. We also hold that the manner of providing the records in this…