2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
70.48 City and county jails act.
70.48.100 Jail register, open to the public -- Records confidential -- Exception.

RCW 70.48.100 Jail register, open to the public — Records confidential — Exception.

(1) A department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer responsible for the operation of a jail shall maintain a jail register, open to the public, into which shall be entered in a timely basis:

     (a) The name of each person confined in the jail with the hour, date and cause of the confinement; and

     (b) The hour, date and manner of each person's discharge.

     (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section the records of a person confined in jail shall be held in confidence and shall be made available only to criminal justice agencies as defined in RCW 43.43.705; or

     (a) For use in inspections made pursuant to *RCW 70.48.070;

     (b) In jail certification proceedings;

     (c) For use in court proceedings upon the written order of the court in which the proceedings are conducted; or

     (d) Upon the written permission of the person.

     (3)(a) Law enforcement may use booking photographs of a person arrested or confined in a local or state penal institution to assist them in conducting investigations of crimes.

     (b) Photographs and information concerning a person convicted of a sex offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030 may be disseminated as provided in RCW 4.24.550, 9A.44.130, 9A.44.140, 10.01.200, 43.43.540, 43.43.745, 46.20.187, 70.48.470, 72.09.330, and **section 401, chapter 3, Laws of 1990.

[1990 c 3 § 130; 1977 ex.s. c 316 § 10.]

Notes:

Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 70.48.070 was repealed by 1987 c 462 § 23, effective January 1, 1988.      **(2) 1990 c 3 § 401 appears as a note following RCW 9A.44.130.      Index, part headings not law -- Severability -- Effective dates -- Application -- 1990 c 3: See RCW 18.155.900 through 18.155.902.      Severability -- 1977 ex.s. c 316: See note following RCW 70.48.020.