Public records requests can be made online here. People can also make requests
for records in person or by e-mail, phone or fax (contact information for the
City Clerk's Office is in the right column of this page). Requests for
police records (police incident reports, collision reports, clearance letters,
911 calls and criminal history reviews/challenges) should be directed to the
Bellevue Police Department using the police
public disclosure request form. The
police records fee schedule applies to such
requests.
Upon receiving a request for records, the city will respond by either (1)
providing the record; (2) acknowledging receipt of the request and providing a
reasonable estimate of the time the city will need to respond to the request; or
(3) denying the public records request. Additional time may be required to
respond to a request because of the need to seek clarification of what
information is needed, to locate and assemble the information requested, to
notify third parties or agencies affected by the request or to determine whether
any of the information requested is exempt and that a denial should be made as
to all or part of the request. (RCW
42.56.520)
Once the responsive records have been assembled, you will be notified that the
records are available for your review in the city's Public Records Center.
Copies of records can be requested after the review is completed, or you may
request to have copies made without conducting a review of the files. A fee of
15 cents per page (or per side on two-sided copies) is charged for letter-size
copies of documents. Copy charges for non-standard pages or other media can be
found in the duplication fee schedule.
The city's
public records disclosure policy offers complete details about the Bellevue
public records request process.