Washington Public Records

To begin, add a public record or view a list of counties, locations and resources for Washington public records.

The Washington State Archives in Olympia offers a digital archive database on their web site and boasts that it is 'the nation's first archives dedicated specifically to the preservation of electronic records from both State and Local agencies that have permanent, legal, fiscal or historical value.' This database contains more than three and a half million records including public records in Washington such as marriage, naturalization, census, birth, death and military records.

State government records of a historical nature are preserved and maintained at the State Government Archives in Olympia where they document the functions of all branches of state government from the territorial period to present day, making these public records in Washington available to all residents.

Local area Washington public records are housed in one of five regional branch archive locations: Northwest, Southwest, Central, Eastern and Puget Sound Regions, located in Bellevue, Bellingham, Cheney, Ellensburg, and Olympia, respectively.

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Within the state, there are extensive rules and regulations that cover the ability of citizens to gain access to documents containing information about governmental transactions. These rules help to guard and support a person's right to successfully pursue a Washington public records search while at the same time maintaining the balance of individual privacy rights.

Washington County Public Records