Administrative Hearing Request Packet - Washington

Washington Administrative Law Updated August 22, 2026 Free Word and PDF

WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATIVE-HEARING REQUEST PREPARATION PACKET

DO NOT FILE: This packet collects route, deadline, issue, evidence, and filing decisions.

1. Matter and Notice Control

Field Verified Entry
Affected person or entity [________________________________]
Agency and exact division / program [________________________________]
Adverse action [________________________________]
Notice title and date [________________________________]
Date and method received [________________________________]
Effective date of action [________________________________]
Agency case / notice / account number [________________________________]
Existing OAH / board / court docket [________________________________]
Complete notice stored at [________________________________]
Responsible Washington counsel [________________________________]

☐ Every page, enclosure, instruction, form, rights notice, envelope, and electronic-delivery record was preserved.

2. Proceeding and Forum Classification

☐ Full adjudicative proceeding

☐ Brief adjudicative proceeding

☐ Emergency, summary, interim, default, or expedited proceeding

☐ Agency-retained hearing or review

☐ Office of Administrative Hearings referral

☐ Board, commission, tribunal, director, or other specialized decision-maker

☐ Benefits, tax, unemployment, workers' compensation, labor, licensing, education, environmental, land-use, utilities, procurement, or other specialized matter

☐ Local-government or non-state-agency process

☐ Judicial review or internal appeal rather than an initial hearing request

☐ Other: [________________________________]

Approved route and decision-maker: [________________________________]

3. Current Official Source Register

Source Set Official URL / Record Version / Currency Date Matter Effect Reviewer / Date
Source creating the hearing or review right [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Adverse-action notice and incorporated instructions [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Agency-specific statute and regulations [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Current agency form, portal, address, and filing page [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Statewide APA provisions, if applicable [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
OAH, board, commission, or presiding-body rules [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Internal review, reconsideration, and exhaustion source [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Stay, continued-benefit, interim-relief, or effective-date source [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Judicial-review source and current court rules [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]

☐ Pending, enacted, recently effective, agency-specific, and rule changes were checked.

4. Hearing Right, Deadline, and Filing Route

Required Item Verified Answer Exact Source / Quotation Evidence / Calculation
Person entitled to request [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Action subject to hearing / review [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Filing deadline [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Triggering event [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Counting, holiday, mailing, and receipt rule [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Last timely date and time zone [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Required recipient [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Required form and contents [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Permitted filing method and completion event [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Fee, waiver, copies, attachments, and service [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Late-request, good-cause, reopening, or default route [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]

5. Parties, Representation, and Service

Person / Entity Role Address / Contact Appearance Authority Service Requirement
Affected person / applicant / respondent [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Agency and division [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Agency counsel / representative [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Other party / license holder / employer / provider / interested person [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Attorney / authorized representative / guardian / interpreter [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]

6. Proposed Request Content Map

Content Item Required / Optional / Prohibited Approved Fact or Text Source / Reviewer
Caption, agency, program, and case number [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Person requesting and capacity [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Action challenged [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Hearing-right source [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Timeliness statement [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Disputed facts and issues [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Legal grounds and relief requested [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Hearing format / accommodation [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Signature, verification, certification, and attachments [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]

7. Issue and Evidence Inventory

Issue Agency Finding / Position Client Fact Governing Source Evidence Burden / Standard
[________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
[________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
[________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]

8. Interim Relief and Effective-Date Screen

Issue Verified Answer Current Authority Decision-Maker Separate Filing / Deadline
Action takes effect before hearing / decision [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Request automatically stays action [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Continued benefit, license, payment, service, or status available [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Agency-first stay or reconsideration required [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Tribunal or court interim relief available [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]

9. Post-Intake Tribunal Control

Item Verified Instruction / Order
Tribunal, division, docket, and presiding officer [________________________________]
Hearing date, location, or remote link [________________________________]
Governing procedural rules [________________________________]
Appearance and filing method [________________________________]
Motion practice [________________________________]
Discovery or disclosure, if authorized [________________________________]
Subpoena authority and procedure [________________________________]
Witness and exhibit deadlines [________________________________]
Confidential filing and redaction [________________________________]
Burden, evidence, and hearing format [________________________________]
Initial, final, or review order path [________________________________]

10. Decision and Review Map

Event / Route Decision-Maker Trigger Deadline Filing / Service Current Source
Initial decision / order [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Agency review / final order [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Reconsideration / reopening [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Judicial review [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Stay pending review [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]

11. Operative Submission and Approval Record

Operative Document Version Recipient / Tribunal Legal Approval Filed / Served Proof
[________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
[________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
[________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]

12. Completion Checklist

☐ Exact agency, program, action, hearing right, proceeding type, and tribunal are verified

☐ Deadline, trigger, form, recipient, filing, service, fee, and late-request route use current authority

☐ Statewide APA, OAH, model-rule, agency-specific, brief, full, emergency, and local routes were not conflated

☐ Interim relief, discovery, subpoenas, internal review, and judicial review remain separate

☐ Every operative request or filing was separately prepared, approved, filed, and preserved with proof

END OF NON-OPERATIVE PREPARATION PACKET

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