The local records grant program, administered in the office of the secretary of state by the Washington state archives, provides financial assistance to local governments to support records management and preservation efforts, to improve records retention compliance, and to provide technology information systems that improve public records disclosure.

Local records grant program funds are provided for one-time investments and are not an ongoing source of revenue for operation or management costs. A grantee may not supplant local funding with local records grant program funding. The local records grant program is governed by this chapter and by RCW 36.22.175 and chapter 40.14 RCW.