OLYMPIA — The Washington Court of Appeals today denied Facebook parent company Meta’s attempt to invalidate a key provision of Washington’s decades-old, best-in-the-nation campaign finance law to ...

This year, just over 11.6 million data breach notices went out to Washingtonians — five million more than the previous all-time high in 2021. The number is up significantly compared to last year’s ...

YAKIMA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a petition today urging a Yakima County Superior Court judge to civilly commit a sex offender to McNeil Island, preventing his release into the community.

Unwanted calls from a business trying to sell you something can be a nuisance. But even worse, unwanted calls from scammers trying to steal your money or identity can be harmful—and illegal. Marketing ...

A key priority for the Attorney General’s Office is to safeguard consumers from fraud and unfair business practices by: ...

We offer an informal complaint resolution service to Washington state residents, and to consumers with complaints about businesses located in Washington state. Through this process, we contact ...

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson released his ninth annual data breach report today that shows data breaches reached an all-time high since his office started tracking them nearly a decade ago.

The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) urges consumers to verify the license of any lending professional they are considering doing business with. National Payday Loan ...

SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- LEVIES FOR PAYMENT OF BONDS. (1) A school district may not levy an excess tax levy in an amount greater than is required for payment of principal and interest due on school ...

Personal property taxes are known and designated as taxes of the year in which they become due, even though liability therefor may be asserted against property of the person who owned such personalty ...