All pleadings, papers, evidence records, and files of the commission, including complaints and the identity of complainants, compiled or obtained during the course of an investigation or initial proceeding involving the discipline or retirement of a judge or justice, are exempt from the public disclosure requirements of chapter 42.56 RCW during such investigation or initial proceeding. As of the date of a public hearing, all those records of the initial proceeding that were the basis of a finding of probable cause are subject to the public disclosure requirements of chapter 42.56 RCW.
RCW 2.64.111
Exemption from public disclosure—Records subject to public disclosure, when.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 118 Wash. 2d 782 - In Re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Stoker (1992)
Most recently applied in Keenan v. Allan (August 1996)
2005 c 274 s 201; 1989 c 367 s 6.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.