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As there may be more one source to obtaining Washington criminal, civil and divorce records, it is important to search multiple state courts to find the correct records.

Washington State Court Structure:

Washington municipal courts have jurisdiction to hear cases that involve misdemeanors, DWI or DUI matters, domestic violence matters, moving traffic violations, parking violations, miscellaneous traffic violations, and ordinance violations. Washington district courts are the state's trial courts. These courts have jurisdiction to hear cases that involve tort, contract from $0 to $50,000. District courts have exclusive small claims jurisdiction, $4,000. Jurisdiction further extends to various misdemeanors, DWI or DUI matters, domestic violence cases, moving traffic violations, parking violations, and other miscellaneous non-traffic violations. District courts hold venue to preliminary hearings. Jury trials are available in district courts, except in traffic and parking matters. Washington's magistrate courts have jurisdiction to hear cases that involve tort, contract, real property rights from $0 to $5,000, misdemeanors, DWI or DUI matters, domestic, violence matters, moving traffic violations, and other miscellaneous traffic violations. Magistrate courts hold venue to preliminary hearings. Jury trials are available in magistrate courts. Washington's superior courts have jurisdiction to hear cases that involve torts, and contracts from $0 and up. Superior courts have exclusive jurisdiction over real property rights from $0 and up, estate, mental health, civil appeals, and other miscellaneous civil matters. These courts further have exclusive jurisdiction to hear cases that involve domestic relations, felonies, criminal appeals matters, and juvenile matters. Washington's court of appeals has mandatory jurisdiction to hear cases involving civil, non-capital criminal, administrative agency, juvenile, and original proceeding matters. These courts have discretionary jurisdiction in administrative agency, and interlocutory decision cases. Washington's highest court is the supreme court. The supreme court has mandatory jurisdiction to hear civil, capital criminal, criminal, administrative agency, juvenile, and certified questions from federal court cases. The supreme court has discretionary jurisdiction in civil, non-capital criminal, administrative agency, juvenile, disciplinary, original proceeding, and interlocutory decision cases.

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Washington Civil and Divorce Court Records
Judgments, lawsuits, dissolution of marriage, civil court cases.

 Washington Criminal Court Records
Felony, misdemeanors and traffic violations.		 Washington District Court Records
Filings in my District courthouses.
Civil, family law cases and divorces, personal injury cases, lawsuits, estate planning and probate matters.
  • Court Date Search
    Search For Up Coming Cases. Free Public Information Available By State's Official Website.
  • Supreme Court
    Contact Information. Official Website And Links. Email The Court Directly. Quick And Easy To Use Helpful Links.
  • Court of Appeals
    General Information. Link To The Official Website. Email Link. Quick And Easy To Use With Other Helpful Links And Court Information.

  • Virginia Judgments and Liens
    Court look up sources, e-forms and self help tools.
 Most criminal cases are started when a prosecutor, either a district attorney (who represents a county) or the attorney general (who represents the state), files a complaint with the court.

  • Free Criminal Case Search
    Access Civil, Criminal, Domestic, Judgment , Juvenile And Probate Records And Information. Easy To Use By Case Number Or Name Query. Court Records Available To The Public.

  • Criminal
    Record expungement, Victims Rights, Public Defenders

  • Criminal History and Criminal Records
    A Guide on When and How to Challenge, Seal, Vacate or Expunge.

  • Supreme Court
    Contact Information. Official Web site And Links. Email The Court Directly. Quick And Easy To Use Helpful Links.

  • Court of Appeals
    General Information. Link To The Official Web site. Email Link. Quick And Easy To Use With Other Helpful Links And Court Information.

  • Washington Criminal Record Expungment
    Expunge your criminal past of felonies, misdemeanors, D.U.I convictions and more in the state of Washington.
The district courts in Washington State are a court of limited jurisdiction. These courts have concurrent jurisdiction with superior courts over misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor violations and civil cases under $50,000. They have exclusive jurisdiction over small claims and infractions.

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Research Notes

  • Search more than one court level.Trial courts, appellate courts, bankruptcy courts, and specialty courts may each hold different parts of a case trail.
  • Use the clerk for official copies.Certified documents and official record copies should come directly from the responsible court or clerk office.
  • Online access varies by county and court type.Some courts provide full searchable dockets, while others provide only calendars, indexes, or request instructions.
  • Cross-check related record categories.Criminal records, judgments and liens, bankruptcy filings, inmate searches, and public-record hubs often help complete a statewide research path.

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