{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-42.56.001","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 42.56.001","heading":"Finding, purpose.","body":"The legislature finds that *chapter 42.17 RCW contains laws relating to several discrete subjects. Therefore, the purpose of chapter 274, Laws of 2005 is to recodify some of those laws and create a new chapter in the Revised Code of Washington that contains laws pertaining to public records.","path":["Title 42","Chapter 42.56"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=42.56.001","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:42:09Z","sha256":"5b0468691840939b552c7fb754aae8bbed9a5cb34ed1f03ac48fab556f6ba8fd","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-42.52.906","next":"us-wa/rcw-42.56.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}