Following are the types of public records available on our website or by special request. Before you file a request, please consider including the applicable category or categories from this list. Also be sure it is not one of the commonly requested records we do not hold and cannot provide.
- Administrative Policies and Procedures
- Affirmative Action Plan
- Annual Reports
- Attorney General Index (SAO)
- Audit Findings Index
- Audit Planning Guides for Governments
- Audit Policy Manuals
- Audit Reports
- Local Governments
- State Agencies
- Performance Audit
- Other - Agreed Upon Procedures
- Audit Report Standards for SAO Audit
- Audit Workpapers
- Constituent/Hotline Files
- Continuity of Operations Plan
- Contracts/Interagency Agreements
- County Special Purpose District Annual Filing
- Data Sharing/Confidentiality Agreements/CPA Access Letters
- Executive Calendars
- Facilities Plan
- Facts about SAO
- Fiscal Records
- Billings
- Budgets
- Time Records
- Frequently Called Numbers
- Help Desk Information
- Information Services Standards, Policies and Procedures
- Local Government Annual Reports
- Local Government Budgeting, Accounting, and Reporting Systems (BARS) Manuals
- Local Government Comparative Statistics (LGCS)
- Local Government Compliance Supplement
- Memoranda
- Mission, Vision, and Strategic Goals
- Office Style Manual
- Official Correspondence (includes some emails)
- Peer Review Reports
- Personnel Files
- Employee-Specific Information
- Information for Employees
- QCR Results
- Roster FYI/Q&A Reference
- SAO Bulletin
- Training Materials
- Web Content
- Whistleblower Reports
Please do not submit a request for the following records. We do not hold them and cannot provide information:
- Birth, death, marriage and divorce records. For those, please visit the State Department of Health.
- 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.
- 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.