Title Info: Columbia County Superior Court Case Files, 1985-2025

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Record Creator: Columbia County Government, Clerk
Description:
This records series contains the official documentation of all types of cases tried in Columbia County Superior Court, including civil, criminal, divorce and probate. However, 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 Columbia 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: For more information or to learn about related records, contact the Washington State Archives, Eastern Region Branch at (509) 235-7508 or email eabrancharchives@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. Copies of full case files can be ordered online. Sealed or Confidential documents will not be displayed and cannot be purchased online.
Sources of Transfer Columbia County Clerk
Notes Because access to court records is governed by Washington State Court Rule General Rule 31 (GR 31: Access to Court Records), "personal identifiers" may sometimes appear in the records. Per GR 31(e)(2), "The responsibility for redacting these personal identifiers rests solely with counsel and the parties. The Court of 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 move the Court to order redaction."
Agency History: Columbia County was created in 1875 from part of Walla Walla County and is named after the Columbia River. It is located in the southeast part of the state and Dayton is the county seat.
Preferred Citation: Original records located at the Office of the Columbia County Clerk, Dayton, WA.
Record Count: 199,453