Grant County
Grant County was formed out of Douglas County on February 24, 1909. It was named after Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th U.S president and former U.S. secretary of war. Grant County is the fourth largest county in Washington by area and has its county seat at Ephrata. Moses Lake is Grant County's largest city, and the county has a population of 101,311.
There are two Superior Courts, a District Court, and 11 Municipal Courts in Grant County's trial court system. The District Court has exclusive jurisdiction over small claims, gross misdemeanors, and infractions and also holds preliminary hearings on felony cases. It has concurrent jurisdiction with the Superior Court over misdemeanors and civil claims in which the amount of money in controversy is $75,000 or more. Futhermore, the District Court has another branch in Moses Lake which is located at 1525 Wheeler Road E, Moses Lake, WA 98837.
Superior Courts are courts of general jurisdiction in the State of Washington. These courts have exclusive jurisdiction over felonies, disputes over real estate properties, domestic relations, juvenile, and civil cases in which the amount of money involved in dispute is $50,000 or more.
Municipal Courts handle infractions, small claims, landlord-tenant cases, traffic offenses, cases involving operation of business without licenses and parking violations. The Municipal Courts participate in an “interlocal agreement", in which Grant County's District Court also handles municipal cases. Therefore, the District Court Clerk serves as Clerk for the Municipal Courts, and files or processes cases related to city ordinance violations. The following are the Municipal Courts in Grant County:
- Ephrata Municipal Court
- Coulee City Municipal Court
- Electric City Municipal Court
- Royal City Municipal Court
- Soap Lake Municipal Court
- George Municipal Court
- Grand Coulee Municipal Court
- Mattawa Municipal Court
- Moses Lake Municipal Court
- Quincy Municipal Court
- Warden Municipal Court
The Clerk of each court maintains and files court records as they are being created. In addition, the County Clerk is also responsible for keeping court records pertaining to the Superior Courts and District Courts. These court records may be obtained from the Office of the County Clerk /Clerk of Superior Court, in person, by mail or email. The Office of the County Clerk has the judicial responsibility of processing and managing all Superior Court records and Juvenile case records. The office also provides support staff for a Court Commissioner and Superior Court.
You can request copies of District Court records from the District Court Clerk by phone at 509 754 2011 or go in person to the Office of the Clerk of District Court, you will be required to complete a District Court Information Request Form. For Superior Court records you are required to download, fill, and submit a Superior Court Information Request Form. Futhermore, you can access court records of District, Municipal, and Superior courts on the Washington Court website where you can search by name, case number, and business name.
- Probate/Wills
- Juvenile Offender (only records on and after July 1, 1978)
- Domestic
- Civil
- Criminal
- Guardianship
- Small Claims
