Washington, King County
Where Seattle's records are kept. Seattle has its own clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Seattle's own offices, along with State of Washington offices; the King County offices are on our King County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Washington State Department of Corrections Mailing Address: Post Office Box 41100, Mail Stop 41100 Olympia, Washington 98504-1100 Physical Address: 7345 Linderson Way SW Tumwater, WA 98501-6504
Open official site Find An Offender StatewideState records
A division of the Office of the Secretary of State that preserves Washington's public records, offering online records, an archives catalog, Ask an Archivist help and five regional branches.
Open official site Washington State ArchivesCounty court
Hears bankruptcy cases from Washington west of the Cascades, between the Oregon line and Canada, at courthouses in Seattle and Tacoma; links cover PACER case lookup, proof of claim filing and document copies.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of WashingtonVital records
The Center for Health Statistics issues certified Washington birth, death, stillbirth, marriage and divorce certificates; online orders go through VitalChek, its only approved vendor, and office visits are by appointment.
Open official site Washington State Department of Health Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Department of Corrections search of people now incarcerated or wanted for arrest by the department, plus Washington's wanted list and a tips form; you must accept its terms before searching.
Open official site Washington Department of Corrections Incarcerated Data SearchPolice & jail
Posts active alerts and lists of missing children, Indigenous people and other missing persons, takes tips on a 24 hour toll free line and helps families once local police have a report.
Open official site Washington State Patrol Missing and Unidentified Persons UnitPolice & jail
Washington State Patrol list of wanted people with downloadable posters; do not contact anyone shown, since they may be armed, and call 911 or the agency listed with each person.
Open official site Washington State Patrol Most WantedPolice & jail
The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs explains state registration rules and risk levels and links the public registry at wasor.org, which shows Level II and III offenders and some Level I.
Open official site WASPC Registered Sex Offender InformationPolice & jail
WSP sells conviction records: an instant WATCH search online for $11, or mail requests by name for $32 or by fingerprints for $58; public results show convictions and recent arrests still pending.
Open official site Washington State Patrol Criminal History RecordsFederal
Population, housing and economic facts for Seattle city, Washington from the Census Bureau, including the July 1, 2025 estimate of 784,777 residents and a land area of 83.83 square miles.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
City of Seattle official site with city news, permits for street events, fire department hiring and links to city departments and services; City Hall is at 600 Fourth Ave.
Open official site City of SeattleCity records
City official and historical records and files 600 4th Ave Floor 3 PO Box 94728 Seattle, WA 98124 Phone: (206) 684-8344
Open official site Seattle City ClerkEverything else, organized
14 more Seattle sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Seattle, a place of 737,015 people, is the seat of King County. Court and property records sit with King County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Washington. Seattle's own offices are in the cards above, and our King County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 4 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 4 past producers, now closed; the old survey maps add 7 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Washington has no state abandoned mine land program page; the survey's coal mine maps are the record.
Washington abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 674 investigations with a Seattle address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $16,064,012 in back wages agreed for 11,826 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| King County | 5 | $3,270,547 | 2,461 |
| Zillow, Inc. | 1 | $2,462,888 | 466 |
| Group Health Cooperative | 13 | $1,640,380 | 939 |
| Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation | 1 | $1,468,125 | 102 |
| HWA, INC. | 13 | $1,293,262 | 569 |
| WA St Department of Corrections | 8 | $385,873 | 2 |
| Good Shepherd Home Inc. | 8 | $383,094 | 71 |
| Yjl LLC | 1 | $345,304 | 47 |
| Malay Satay Hut Inc. | 1 | $315,289 | 31 |
| Tacos Chukis, LLC | 1 | $209,730 | 92 |
| Korry Electronics Co. | 2 | $197,090 | 268 |
| Jai Thai Enterprises, LLC | 5 | $179,229 | 54 |
| AKAL Security, Inc | 2 | $165,362 | 60 |
| Po & Yu Inc. | 1 | $160,000 | 31 |
| 5503 Airport Inc | 1 | $159,928 | 22 |
| Metropolitan Management Company | 1 | $149,202 | 42 |
| DTP, LLC | 1 | $132,507 | 2 |
| Rajan & Tanu Enterprises, Inc | 1 | $126,658 | 11 |
| Riverton Home Care | 1 | $121,852 | 9 |
| Recovery Centers of King County | 2 | $116,751 | 40 |
| Leisure Care, LLC | 1 | $107,225 | 1,744 |
| Fremont Public Association | 1 | $105,767 | 128 |
| Wireless Advocates LLC | 1 | $100,957 | 1,059 |
| Spring Kitchen, LLC | 1 | $100,218 | 6 |
| Seattle Emerald Group, Inc. | 1 | $99,625 | 28 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 520 whose address on the record is in Seattle; 174 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 495 more with smaller records are on the Washington wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Washington is run by the Washington Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Seattle.
Deeds for property in Seattle are recorded by the King County Auditor, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our King County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Washington come from the state vital records office, Washington Center for Health Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.