PDC Enforcement Cases: Washington State Political Finance Violations from 2010

A list of enforcement cases from the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) from 2010 forward, with one record per case. The dataset includes summary information and links to case documents and penalties structured as JSON for machine readability. This information is provided as a best-effort record set by the PDC, with legal definitions found in RCW 42.17A and WAC Title 390.

Use Cases

• Tracking trends in political finance violations based on the case summaries from 2010 onward.
• Analyzing enforcement actions and penalties based on the structured JSON attachments.
• Cross-referencing case details with official PDC website records for human-readable context.

Strengths

• Data covers enforcement cases from 2010 forward, providing a multi-year timeline.
• Case documents and penalties are provided in structured JSON for programmatic access.
• Published by the authoritative State of Washington Public Disclosure Commission.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

State of Washington, Public Disclosure Commission (PDC)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from internal enforcement records.

Time Range

2010 forward

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:11:22.447959; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Washington State, USA