Making a Public Disclosure Request

Departments maintain separate records and filing systems. Records are kept for both business needs and public access.

Sending your request(s) to the department(s) that maintains the record you need is the best way to get the information you need. Find the correct Public Disclosure Officer(s).

To aid in determining the appropriate department you may want to review City of Seattle department descriptions.

You may also want to visit the individual sites for each department.

At a minimum, please include the following information in your request.

• Your name and contact information: mailing address, telephone and or an email address
• Sufficient information to identify the public record: the more information that you can provide about the record desired, the quicker and better the response is likely to be. 
• Date range for requested documents: dates can be a specific date or they can be a date range.

Any questions?  Please feel free to contact Nancy Craver via email at Nancy.Craver@seattle.gov
or via phone at (206) 684-7029