RCW 42.56.260
Real estate transactions.
(1) Subject to the time limitations in subsection (2) of this section, the following documents relating to an agency's real estate transactions are exempt from public inspection and copying under this chapter:
(a) Except as provided by chapter 8.26 RCW, the contents of real estate appraisals, made for or by any agency relative to the acquisition or sale of property;
(b) Documents prepared for the purpose of considering the selection of a site or the acquisition of real estate by lease or purchase when public knowledge regarding such consideration would cause a likelihood of increased price, including records prepared for executive session pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(b); and
(c) Documents prepared for the purpose of considering the minimum price of real estate that will be offered for sale or lease when public knowledge regarding such consideration would cause a likelihood of decreased price, including records prepared for executive session pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(c).
(2) The exemptions in this section do not apply when disclosure is mandated by another statute or after the project or prospective project is abandoned or all properties that are part of the project have been purchased, sold, or leased. No appraisal may be withheld for more than three years.
[ 2015 c 150 § 1; 2005 c 274 § 406.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies
Chapter 42.56 - Public Records Act.
42.56.040 - Duty to publish procedures.
42.56.050 - Invasion of privacy, when.
42.56.060 - Disclaimer of public liability.
42.56.070 - Documents and indexes to be made public—Statement of costs.
42.56.080 - Identifiable records—Facilities for copying—Availability of public records.
42.56.090 - Times for inspection and copying—Posting on website.
42.56.100 - Protection of public records—Public access.
42.56.110 - Destruction of information relating to employee misconduct.
42.56.120 - Charges for copying.
42.56.130 - Other provisions not superseded.
42.56.140 - Public records exemptions accountability committee.
42.56.150 - Training—Local elected and statewide elected officials.
42.56.152 - Training—Public records officers.
42.56.155 - Assistance by attorney general.
42.56.210 - Certain personal and other records exempt.
42.56.230 - Personal information.
42.56.235 - Religious affiliation exemption.
42.56.240 - Investigative, law enforcement, and crime victims.
42.56.250 - Employment and licensing.
42.56.260 - Real estate transactions.
42.56.270 - Financial, commercial, and proprietary information.
42.56.280 - Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, intra-agency memorandums.
42.56.290 - Agency party to controversy.
42.56.300 - Archaeological sites.
42.56.315 - Certain student information.
42.56.320 - Educational information.
42.56.325 - Statewide electronic repository for school meals.
42.56.330 - Public utilities and transportation.
42.56.350 - Health professionals.
42.56.355 - Interstate medical licensure compact.
42.56.380 - Agriculture and livestock.
42.56.390 - Emergency or transitional housing.
42.56.400 - Insurance and financial institutions.
42.56.403 - Property and casualty insurance statements of actuarial opinion.
42.56.410 - Employment security department records, certain purposes.
42.56.422 - Office of cybersecurity—Reports and information.
42.56.430 - Fish and wildlife.
42.56.440 - Veterans' discharge papers—Exceptions.
42.56.450 - Check cashers and sellers licensing applications.
42.56.460 - Fireworks and explosives.
42.56.470 - Correctional industries workers.
42.56.475 - Department of corrections.
42.56.510 - Duty to disclose or withhold information—Otherwise provided.
42.56.520 - Prompt responses required.
42.56.530 - Review of agency denial.
42.56.540 - Court protection of public records.
42.56.550 - Judicial review of agency actions.
42.56.560 - Application of RCW 42.56.550.
42.56.565 - Inspection or copying by persons serving criminal sentences—Injunction.
42.56.570 - Explanatory pamphlet—Advisory model rules—Consultation and training services.
42.56.580 - Public records officers.
42.56.590 - Personal information—Notice of security breaches.
42.56.592 - Personal information—Covered entities.
42.56.594 - Personal information—Consumer protection.
42.56.600 - Mediation communications.
42.56.610 - Certain information from dairies and feedlots limited—Rules.
42.56.615 - Enumeration data used by the office of financial management for population estimates.
42.56.620 - Cannabis research licensee reports.
42.56.625 - Medical cannabis authorization database.
42.56.640 - Vulnerable individuals, in-home caregivers for vulnerable populations.
42.56.645 - Release of public information—2017 c 4 (Initiative Measure No. 1501).
42.56.650 - Health carrier data.
42.56.655 - Explosives exemption report.
42.56.660 - Agency employee records.
42.56.665 - Agency employee records—Civil liability.
42.56.670 - Agency employee records—Model policies.
42.56.675 - Agency employee records—Lists of names.
42.56.680 - Residential real property information and borrower personal information.
42.56.690 - Victim and witness notification program.