Legal Opinion
Doe v. Washington State Patrol
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 2016No. 90413-8PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMadsen, C.J.
¶1 At issue is whether RCW 4.24.550, a community notification statute relating to registered sex offenders, constitutes an “other statute” under the Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW, that would exempt the blanket release of level I sex offender registration information from a PRA request. Appellant Donna Zink made several public records requests with the Washington State Patrol (WSP) and the Washington Association of *368Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) for documents pertaining to level I registered sex offenders. Both the WSP and WASPC intended to grant her request, but the WASPC…
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