Yelm Municipal Court

Yelm Municipal Court cases in Thurston County, Yelm, WA

Yelm Municipal Court is a municipal court of limited jurisdiction serving the City of Yelm, Washington. It handles violations of the Yelm Municipal Code and state-law misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors occurring within city limits. Common case types include criminal misdemeanors (such as DUI, reckless driving, fourth-degree assault, and third-degree theft), domestic-violence-related misdemeanors, criminal traffic offenses, non-criminal traffic infractions, parking citations, and local code/animal-control violations. The court conducts arraignments, pretrial hearings, bench and jury trials, sentencing, and probation-compliance proceedings for these matters. It does not hear felonies, juvenile cases, family law, or general civil and small-claims lawsuits; those are handled by Thurston County District Court and Thurston County Superior Court.

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Services and Case Types Handled in Yelm Municipal Court

Yelm Municipal Court is a limited-jurisdiction court serving the public within the City of Yelm by:

- Accepting filings and maintaining records for misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors (e.g., DUI, domestic violence, theft), criminal traffic, civil traffic/non-traffic infractions, parking, and city code violations.
- Providing hearings: arraignments, pretrial and motion hearings, mitigation/contested infraction hearings, warrant quash, compliance/probation review, bench and jury trials, and sentencings.
- Managing jury services: juror summons, qualification, orientation, and support during misdemeanor trials.
- Issuing criminal no-contact orders and setting release conditions in cases before the court; civil protection orders are typically filed in county courts.
- Offering public-facing services: payment processing, time-payment plans/collections, interpreter scheduling, public defense screening, warrant information, and access to forms and case records.