Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, and intra-agency memorandums in which opinions are expressed or policies formulated or recommended are exempt under this chapter, except that a specific record is not exempt when publicly cited by an agency in connection with any agency action.
RCW 42.56.280
Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, intra-agency memorandums.
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case RENTAL HOUSING ASS'N v. City of Des Moines (2009)
Most recently applied in Freedom Foundation v. Gregoire (October 2013)
2005 c 274 s 408.
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