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Drafts and files civil documents in Washington county courts (district/superior) for Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane, Clark, and other populous counties. Includes e-filing portals, local rules, and motion calendars.
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Use this skill in addition to wa-statewide-format when a civil matter is
venued in a Washington county other than King County District Court
(which has its own skill, wa-kcdc). It covers the courts of limited
jurisdiction — and the superior court clerks — of Washington's most
populous counties.
Most consumer-debt collection actions are filed in district court (courts of limited jurisdiction, up to a $100,000 amount in controversy under RCW 3.66.020; small claims up to $10,000). Larger matters, and some debt cases filed there by choice, go to superior court. This skill leads with the district court for each county and notes the superior court clerk where it differs.
NOT LEGAL ADVICE. This is a drafting and procedure aid. Court addresses, division assignments, e-filing portals, civil-calendar days, and local rules change without notice — verify every one against the court's own page (and the Washington Courts directory) before relying on it. Do not cache court-specific values across sessions.
For any county court, these are the authoritative starting points:
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/ — official address, phone,
judges, and links for every court in the state. Use this to confirm a
courthouse address or division before you put it in a caption.https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/ page links out
to "Superior Court Rules" / "District Court Rules" / "Municipal Court
Rules", and those pages list the local-rule sets court by court; many
courts also post their own local rules on their own site, and the clerk
of court keeps the authoritative copy. Read the county's local rules
for filing format, working-copy requirements, motion-confirmation
deadlines, and the civil motion calendar. (Note: the in-repo
wa-law-references/references/court-rules/ corpus carries the
statewide rule sets — CR, CRLJ, ER, GR, RAP, etc. — not the
per-county local rules; pull those live.)Agent behavior: when you draft a caption, a note for a hearing, or a filing packet for one of these courts, fetch the current courthouse address, division assignment, e-filing instructions, and civil-calendar day from the sources above. Treat anything hardcoded in this skill as a pointer, not as ground truth.
District court (limited jurisdiction):
[COUNTY] COUNTY DISTRICT COURT[, [DIVISION] DIVISION]
IN AND FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
Superior court (general jurisdiction):
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR [COUNTY] COUNTY
Confirm the exact division line (some districts have multiple physical divisions — see Snohomish below) from the court's website before filing, and put the cause number on the right side of the caption directly below "No." Cause-number formats vary by county and by case-management system; do not invent one — copy it from the summons/complaint you were served, or from the clerk's confirmation.
The detailed entries — courthouse addresses, divisions, e-filing portals,
and known local-practice notes — live in
references/district-court-directory.md. Summary:
| County (≈2025 pop.) | District court seat | E-filing system | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| King (2.29M) | — | — | Use the wa-kcdc skill. |
| Pierce (930k) | Tacoma | LINX (reached from piercecountywa.gov/374/E-Filing) — e-filing is mandatory under PCLGR 30 / PCLR 30 for most filers | Check the current civil motion docket / confirmation rule |
| Snohomish (844k) | Everett (plus South/Lynnwood, Evergreen/Monroe, Cascade/Arlington divisions) | County e-filing portal | File in the division assigned to the case |
| Spokane (549k) | Spokane (Public Safety Bldg) | County e-filing portal | — |
| Clark (517k) | Vancouver | Clark County Odyssey/eFile portal | — |
| Thurston (~300k) | Olympia (Building 3, Lakeridge Dr SW) | County e-filing portal | — |
| Kitsap (~280k) | Port Orchard (614 Division St) | County e-filing portal | — |
| Yakima (~258k) | Yakima (courthouse, 2nd St) + Grandview branch | County e-filing portal | Two physical locations |
| Whatcom (~232k) | Bellingham (311 Grand Ave) | County e-filing portal | — |
| Benton (~213k) | Kennewick | County e-filing / NCourt for fees | Benton & Franklin share a superior court |
Population figures are from the Washington Office of Financial Management April 2025 estimates and are included only to scope "most populous" — they are not used for anything procedural.
Regardless of county, a noted civil motion in a Washington court of limited
jurisdiction travels as a packet (this mirrors wa-kcdc and the
wa-file-packet skill):
E-file each as a separate PDF through that county's portal, serve opposing counsel the same day by a CRLJ 5 / CR 5 method, and check the county's local rules for whether working copies are required (superior courts usually require them; most district courts do not, but some do for longer motions).
Things that genuinely vary county to county, and where to find them:
When in doubt, the controlling text is that county's local rules — pull
the current set from https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/ (District / Superior /
Municipal Court Rules link → court-by-court list) or the court's own site
— read alongside the statewide CRLJ / CR (which are mirrored in
wa-law-references/references/court-rules/).
references/district-court-directory.md — per-county courthouse
addresses, divisions, e-filing portals, official-page links, and
known local-practice notesreferences/filing-and-service.md — the cross-county packet, service,
and working-copy checklist, with pointers into the statewide rules