(1) Any person desiring to inspect his or her criminal history record information or request a copy of his or her nonconviction data for a reasonable fee may do so at the central records keeping office of any criminal justice agency or at the Washington state patrol criminal records division, during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, excepting legal holidays.
(2) Any person desiring to inspect his or her criminal history record information or request a copy of his or her nonconviction data for a reasonable fee must first permit his or her fingerprints to be taken by the criminal justice agency for identification purposes. The criminal justice agency in its discretion may accept other identification in lieu of fingerprints.
(3) A reasonable period of time, not to exceed thirty minutes, will be allowed each individual to visually examine criminal history record information pertaining to himself or herself.
(4) If any person who desires to examine his or her criminal history record information is unable to read or is otherwise unable to examine same because of a physical disability, he or she may designate another person of their own choice to assist him or her. The person about whom the information pertains must execute, with his or her mark, a form provided by the criminal justice agency consenting to the inspection of criminal history information pertaining to himself or herself by another person for the purpose of it being read or otherwise described to him or her. Such designated person will then be permitted to read or otherwise describe or translate the criminal history record information to the person about whom it pertains.
(5) Each criminal justice agency will develop procedures to ensure that no individual improperly retains or mechanically reproduces nonconviction data during the process of inspection.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters
10.97 and
43.43 RCW. WSR 21-05-044, § 446-20-090, filed 2/11/21, effective 3/14/21; WSR 12-17-114, § 446-20-090, filed 8/21/12, effective 9/21/12; WSR 10-01-109, § 446-20-090, filed 12/17/09, effective 1/17/10; WSR 97-05-048, § 446-20-090, filed 2/18/97, effective 3/21/97. Statutory Authority: RCW
10.97.080 and
10.97.090. WSR 80-08-057 (Order 80-2), § 446-20-090, filed 7/1/80.]