Title Info: Kitsap County Superior Court Case Files, 1973-2024

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Record Creator: Kitsap County Government, Clerk
Description:
These records include the official documentation of all types of cases filed in Kitsap County Superior Court from 1973 to the present. The bulk of the records are from 2000-the present. Case types include civil, criminal, divorce and probate. Public access to proceedings involving adoptions, dependency, and mental competency is restricted, and those files are not available online. Requests for adoption, dependency, and mental competency case files should be directed to the Office of the Kitsap County Clerk. Each case file contains documents filed by both parties and the presiding judge, including awards, complaints, decrees, depositions, orders, pleadings, sentences, and verdicts. Cases are titled and ordered numerically according to the dates that cases are initiated.
Related Records: Requests for court records not available or not orderable on this website should be directed to the Kitsap County Clerk's office at (360) 337-7164. For more information or to learn about related records, contact the Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch at (425) 564-3940 or email psbrancharchives@sos.wa.gov.
Access Restriction Notes: Case documents are not previewable. If you have questions about the content of a record, please contact the county clerk before ordering. Sealed or Confidential documents will not be displayed and cannot be purchased online.
Sources of Transfer Kitsap County Clerk
Notes Access to court records is governed by Washington State Supreme Court General Rule 31 (GR 31: Access to Court Records). Pursuant to GR 31(e)(2) "personal indentifiers" may sometimes appear in court records. The responsibility for redacting these personal identifiers rests solely with counsel and the parties. The Court or the Clerk will not review each pleading for compliance with this rule. If a pleading is filed without redaction, the opposing party or identified person may motion the Court to order redaction.
Agency History: Kitsap County Superior Court is a court of general jurisdiction. The County Clerk is the official elected by the citizens of Kitsap County to preserve and administer the records of Superior Court.
Preferred Citation: Original court records are located at the Office of the Kitsap County Clerk, Port Orchard, WA.
Record Count: 5,402,778