About Public Records | Office of the Washington State Auditor

What public records does the State Auditor's Office have?

The State Auditor's Office (SAO) has documents connected to our mission of providing independent and transparent examination of how state and local governments, schools, colleges and technical schools use public funds.

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Find information about Washington governments

We provide online access to local government financial data, as well as audits of all of Washington's local governments, state agencies and schools.

Records the SAO does not have

We don't have certain records people are often looking for, but we can help you find them. These include:

Birth, death, marriage and divorce records. For those, please visit the State Department of Health (opens new tab).
Information about property transactions and deeds. Those can be obtained from the county where the property is located. A list of counties is available at the Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington (new tab).
Audit reports released before 2005 are available from the Washington State Archives. You can request a report from the State Archives by emailing research@sos.wa.gov.

Don't see what you want? Here's how to make a public records request

Please read the State Auditor's “Access to Public Records” policy.

There are three ways to file a public records request with SAO. To better help us find what you are looking for, please give as detailed a description as you can of the record you are looking for.

Submit an online public records request form.

Public Records Request Form

Email your request to PublicRecords@sao.wa.gov.
Mail your request to SAO:
- Attn: Public Records Officer
  State Auditor's Office
  PO Box 40031
  Olympia, WA 98504-0031

If you have any questions, please send them to publicrecords@sao.wa.gov.