Okanogan County
Okanogan County is located along the Canada-U.S. border in Washington and was created from Stevens County in 1888. Its county seat is Okanogan. It is home to Omak, the county's largest municipality by land area. More than 43,000 people make Okanogan County their home.
The Okanagan County trial court structure comprises a superior court, a district court, and municipal courts. The Okanogan County Superior Court is a general jurisdiction court that adjudicates felony cases, habeas corpus, quo quarranto cases, and misdemeanor suits outside other lower courts' purview. Annulments, insolvency suits, probate matters, real property title disputes, mandamus, tax matters, and naturalization cases are also heard in the Superior Court. Furthermore, one of its divisions, the Juvenile Court division, hears family and juvenile-based cases, including parental rights termination and juvenile delinquency.
The District Court in Okanogan County has limited civil and criminal jurisdiction and the authority to hear cases relating to traffic violations, criminal misdemeanors, gross criminal misdemeanors, preliminary felony hearings, contracts, and civil claims for less than $100,000. Other cases within the District Court's authority include name change, personal property fraud, small claims for less than $10,000, and civil protection orders.
Okanogan County's municipal courts are limited jurisdiction courts restricted to handling city ordinance violation cases. They also oversee ordinance-based forfeitures and the enforcement/recovery of license penalties.
Okanogan Court records are records of case events in county courts. They provide valuable information about trial activities and include:
- Civil records
- Criminal records
- Family Law records
- Probate records
Court records contain information about case parties and their attorneys, charging details and deposition, and method of disposition and jury verdict.
The Okanogan County Clerk of the Superior Court is authorized to maintain court records in the county. Under Washington's Access to Court Records Rule, members of the public are legally eligible to access court records, provided no state law, rule, or order bars public access. Okanogan County court records can be requested in person, by email, or by mail. Requesters can also access court records online using the County Clerk's Records and Request webpage or the Washington State Digital Archives.
