Submit a Request
Submit a request form from above or send by postal mail, email, or in-person.
| Police Records |
City Records |
Court Records |
Bonney Lake Police
18421 Veterans Memorial Dr E
Bonney Lake, WA 98391 |
Justice & Municipal Center
9002 Main St. E., Ste 300
Bonney Lake, WA 98391 |
Justice & Municipal Center
Attn: Municipal Court
9002 Main St. E., Ste 100
Bonney Lake, WA 98391 |
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Agency Receives Request
If a disclosure request is received during normal business hours, the City will provide a response by the 5th business day after receipt. If the request is received when City offices are closed, the 5-business day response period will start on the next occurring business day. Within 5-business days of the receipt by the City of the request for disclosure, the Public Records Officer or designee shall:
(1) Provide the record, or the portion of the record(s) subject to disclosure, after the payment of applicable fees; or
(2) Acknowledge the City's receipt of the request, accompanied by an estimate of time necessary for further response; or
(3) Deny the request accompanied by an explanation of the basis of denial; or
(4) Request a deposit for the records requested along with an estimate of time necessary to complete the request; or
(5) Ask for clarification of the request for records.
The City will work to expedite a response to your disclosure request. Requests will generally be handled in the order received. However, the City may handle simple requests first based on our best estimate of how to most expeditiously handle the total number of current requests.
Installments
If it is determined that a request may take a significant amount of time or potentially have a high volume of results, the City may choose to release records in installments over time. The agency will provide an estimate of time for any anticipated installment.
The Public Records Officer may require the requester to deposit a sum equal to 10% of the estimated cost prior to duplication of the records. In the event that a deposit is required, the City will notify the requester of the necessity of the deposit. If the actual duplication and deposit fees are less than the amount deposited by the requester, the City will return the sum in excess of the actual amount to the requester.
Exemptions
The Public Records Act and General Rule 31 provides several types of documents, or information within documents, that are exempt from public inspection and copying. In addition, documents are exempt from disclosure if any “other statute” exempts or prohibits disclosure. The City will include an exemption log that also shows what pages have redactions and what exemption code was used. The explanation of the exemption code is in the pages following the log.
Emails
Emails that have no redactions will be provided as a PST file. This format is used for outlook emails. There are several free PST viewer software programs that can be downloaded from the internet in order to view these emails without having an outlook account. Any emails that require redactions will be transferred to a PDF file. If a record has both non redacted and redacted responsive emails, there will be both a PST file for the non redacted emails and a PDF file for the redacted emails.
Vacated And Sealed Records
Washington State law allows for the vacation of some misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor convictions. The vacation of a conviction releases the person convicted from all penalties resulting from the conviction. For more information, please see Vacate or Seal a Conviction.
Release
Responsive records will be released as available. If fees are applicable, payment is required before release of records.
Closing
When the agency has completed the request, it will provide a closing letter.