Washington § 10.130.050 - Prohibited practices.

(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, except with other state or local agencies authorized to collect automated license plate reader data under RCW 10.130.030. A third-party vendor providing automated license plate reader system services may access an automated license plate reader system solely to the extent necessary to fulfill a specific agency-authorized purpose.

(2) Any agency that uses a database pursuant to RCW 10.130.030(2) (a) and (b)(ii) shall use the most recent and updated version of the database that is available to the agency and shall check for and apply any available updates no less than once every 24 hours.

(3) An agency shall not sell, lease, rent, or purchase automated license plate reader data or audit trail data.

(4) An agency may obtain privately held automated license plate reader data only pursuant to a valid, court-issued, probable cause warrant.

(5) Automated license plate reader data is not subject to disclosure under the public records act, chapter 42.56 RCW, except such data may be used for bona fide research as defined in RCW 42.48.010 and does not include individually identifiable information.

(6) Any automated license plate reader system vendor must provide technical controls preventing unauthorized data sharing, secondary transfer, or access by nonauthorized agencies, including federal civil immigration enforcement in accordance with this chapter.

(7) Automated license plate reader system vendors are prohibited from selling, leasing, renting, or otherwise allowing access to automated license plate reader data to any nonauthorized agency, person, or entity.

(8) An automated license plate reader system vendor is prohibited from making any changes to an automated license plate reader system, including but not limited to software updates that may change sharing permissions, without the knowledge or explicit consent of the authorized Washington agency. Automated license plate reader system vendors must default any settings related to sharing to prevent any sharing of an agency's data with any nonauthorized agency, person, or entity.

Effective date—2026 c 239: See note following RCW 10.130.030.