Washington Administrative Code
Title 434 - Secretary of State
Chapter 434-662 - Preservation of electronic public records
Section 434-662-050 - Disposition of electronic public records identified by records committees as archival

Electronic records designated as "archival" must be retained in their original format along with the hardware and software required to read the data in that format unless the converted records have been sampled for completeness and accuracy of the migration to a new system and/or file format. Original data, hardware, and software must be maintained until successful migration to a new system has been verified. Agencies have a duty to work with the state archivist to centralize, preserve, and/or transfer archival records to the digital archives. All records transferred to the digital archives will be administered and managed in accordance with all public access and disclosure laws and requirements.

Statutory Authority: RCW 40.14.020(6), chapters 40.14, 42.56, and 43.105 RCW. 08-21-073, § 434-662-050, filed 10/13/08, effective 1/1/09