Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 10.130 · 11 active provisions
The legislature finds that it plays an important role balancing the need to ensure public safety and an individual's right to privacy under both the federal Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the broader protection of individual rights guaranteed by Article I, section 7 of the Washington state Const…
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Agency" includes all state agencies and all local agencies.(2) "Audit trail data" means all forms of data collected or generated by an automated license plate reader system that identify how the system is ac…
(1) Except as provided for in this section, it is unlawful for any agency to access, operate, or use an automated license plate reader system or its associated automated license plate reader data.(2) An agency may access, operate, or use an automated license plate reader system and its associated data only for the foll…
Automated license plate reader data collected by or on behalf of an agency, as authorized pursuant to RCW 10.130.030(2), shall not be used or shared for any other purpose and shall not be retained longer than 21 days, with the following exceptions:(1) When retained pursuant to a valid, court-issued, probable cause felo…
(1) An agency that uses an automated license plate reader system pursuant to RCW 10.130.030(2) shall not:(a) Disclose, share, or permit access to automated license plate reader data except as required in a judicial proceeding;(b) Provide any other entity with direct access to the automated license plate reader system,…
Any information obtained from a knowing violation of RCW 10.130.030 is inadmissible in any civil or criminal case in all courts of general or limited jurisdiction in this state, except with the permission of the person whose rights have been violated in an action brought for damages under RCW 10.130.100.
(1) By July 1, 2027, the attorney general shall develop and publish model policies on the use of automated license plate reader systems consistent with chapter 239, Laws of 2026.(2)(a) By December 1, 2027, any agency that uses an automated license plate reader system pursuant to RCW 10.130.030(2) shall:(i) Adopt a poli…
(1) Each agency operating or accessing an automated license plate reader system shall maintain audit trail data documenting all access to the system. Audit trail data must be retained for two years and must include, at a minimum:(a) A record of each action in which automated license plate reader data is accessed or sea…
(1) The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and is an unfair or…
Any person who willfully and intentionally queries, accesses, or uses an automated license plate reader system for a purpose not specifically authorized under this chapter, or who willfully and intentionally retains, sells, shares, permits access, or disseminates automated license plate reader system data or audit trai…
A person injured by a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action to recover any equitable, declaratory relief, or injunctive relief with respect to the violation; and recover all other appropriate relief, including monetary damages. The court may award to a person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter who pr…