{
  "geoid": "53047",
  "name": "Okanogan County",
  "kind": "county",
  "classification": "county",
  "state": "WA",
  "county": null,
  "url": "https://aletheca.com/jurisdictions/WA/53047",
  "law": {
    "id": "wa-pra",
    "name": "Public Records Act",
    "short_name": "Public Records Act",
    "citation": "RCW 42.56 (PRA)",
    "jurisdiction": "state",
    "state": "WA",
    "state_name": "Washington",
    "url": "https://aletheca.com/laws/wa-pra",
    "description": "Public records law for Washington. Covers state agencies, counties, municipalities, school districts, and special districts.",
    "statutory_days": 5,
    "business_days": true,
    "statutory_text": "5 business days to respond (produce/acknowledge/deny/estimate).",
    "appeal_deadline_days": null,
    "appeal_basis": "varies",
    "appeal_process": "No admin appeal; superior court; AG consultation; penalties $5-$100/day for bad denial.",
    "litigation": null,
    "fee_waiver_standard": null,
    "expedited_criteria": [],
    "exemptions": [],
    "portal": null,
    "turnaround_notes": "Statutory: 5 business days to respond (produce/acknowledge/deny/estimate).. Actual medians vary widely by agency and request complexity; simple requests often 7-30 days, complex 60-300+.",
    "quirks": "Strongest penalties in nation; 5-day acknowledgment strictly enforced."
  },
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    {
      "id": "county_board",
      "label": "Okanogan County — Board of County Commissioners / Supervisors",
      "holdings": [
        "minutes",
        "agendas",
        "ordinances",
        "budgets",
        "contracts",
        "correspondence"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "county_clerk",
      "label": "Okanogan County — County Clerk / Recorder",
      "holdings": [
        "minutes",
        "elections",
        "property records",
        "licenses",
        "vital records index"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "county_sheriff",
      "label": "Okanogan County — County Sheriff's Office",
      "holdings": [
        "arrest/incident reports",
        "jail roster",
        "body cam",
        "dispatch",
        "IA files"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "county_da",
      "label": "Okanogan County — District / County / State's Attorney",
      "holdings": [
        "charging records",
        "closed case files",
        "correspondence"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "county_assessor",
      "label": "Okanogan County — County Assessor / Appraiser",
      "holdings": [
        "valuations",
        "parcel maps",
        "tax rolls"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "county_treasurer",
      "label": "Okanogan County — County Treasurer / Tax Collector",
      "holdings": [
        "tax collections",
        "receipts",
        "delinquencies"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "county_recorder",
      "label": "Okanogan County — County Recorder / Register of Deeds",
      "holdings": [
        "deeds",
        "liens",
        "plats"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "county_elections",
      "label": "Okanogan County — Board of Elections / Registrar",
      "holdings": [
        "voter rolls (public portion)",
        "results",
        "campaign finance",
        "poll books"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "county_health",
      "label": "Okanogan County — County Health Department",
      "holdings": [
        "inspection reports",
        "permits",
        "vital stats aggregates",
        "environmental health"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "county_public_works",
      "label": "Okanogan County — County Public Works / Engineer",
      "holdings": [
        "road projects",
        "permits",
        "bids",
        "inspections"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "county_planning",
      "label": "Okanogan County — County Planning & Zoning",
      "holdings": [
        "permits",
        "applications",
        "meeting records",
        "maps"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "county_courts",
      "label": "Okanogan County — County / District / Circuit Court Clerk",
      "holdings": [
        "case indices",
        "dockets",
        "judgments (public portions)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "county_jail",
      "label": "Okanogan County — County Jail / Detention Center",
      "holdings": [
        "roster",
        "incident reports",
        "medical grievances aggregates"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "contact_route": null,
  "contact_note": "No confirmed route. The Census Bureau publishes who these governments are, not who handles their records requests; Aletheca establishes the route at review and records the confirmation as a public event.",
  "source": {
    "publisher": "U.S. Census Bureau",
    "files": [
      {
        "key": "counties",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/codes2020/national_county2020.txt",
        "vintage": "2020 FIPS codes"
      },
      {
        "key": "places",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_Gaz_place_national.zip",
        "vintage": "2023 Gazetteer"
      },
      {
        "key": "cousubs",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_Gaz_cousubs_national.zip",
        "vintage": "2023 Gazetteer"
      },
      {
        "key": "unsd",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_Gaz_unsd_national.zip",
        "vintage": "2023 Gazetteer"
      },
      {
        "key": "elsd",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_Gaz_elsd_national.zip",
        "vintage": "2023 Gazetteer"
      },
      {
        "key": "scsd",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_Gaz_scsd_national.zip",
        "vintage": "2023 Gazetteer"
      }
    ],
    "retrieved": "2026-08-22",
    "filter": "FUNCSTAT = A only. Census-designated places and census county divisions are statistical areas with no government and are excluded — they cannot receive a request."
  }
}