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About the Superior Court Clerk

Clerk´s Office Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Clallam County Superior Court Clerk's Office is located in Port Angeles, the county seat. The Superior Court Clerk's Office primary responsibility is to file and index all records filed for the Clallam County Superior Courts and Family Court. These case types are filed in the Superior Court Clerk's Office:

  • Criminal Felony Cases
  • Civil Filings
  • Domestic Filings
  • Probate/Guardianship Filings
  • Paternity/Adoption Filings
  • Mental Illness Filings
  • Juvenile Dependency Filings
  • Juvenile Offender Filings
  • Judgments

Superior Court Clerk's Fees and acceptable payment methods

View our fee schedule and payment methods.

Timeline for Filing

You may click on Clallam County Superior Court Local Rules to obtain information on Filing and Motion deadlines.

We have daily Ex Parte Hearings at 1:00 p.m. with a 12:30 p.m. filing deadline.

Friday Civil & Criminal motion calendars rotate between Judge's George Wood, Ken Williams & S Brooke Taylor.  See Trial/Judges Scheduling for which Judge will be on the bench on a specific date & time. (Note the rotation of judges is still in the experimental stage)

Commissioner W Brent Basden Civil Motion calendar is every Friday at 9:00 a.m. for adoptions and domestic relations and 1:30 p.m. for paternity cases.

Criminal hearings for new cases are heard daily at 1:00 p.m.   The Clerk's office will not know which cases will be heard until 11:45 a.m. on the day of the hearing.

To Confirm Motions

Confirmation of motions are to be done no later than Wednesday at 12:00 PM per local court rules.  To confirm a motion please call 360-417-2231.

Case Information Cover sheets for new filings

We do require a case information cover sheet on case types 2-6.  You may click here to print a form to submit with your documentation.

Where You Can Find Forms

See Superior Court Link to WA. Court Forms or you can go to their website at www.courts.wa.gov

Or you can try the following:

Northwest Justice Project
816 East 8th Street
Port Angeles, WA 98362
PH: 1-866-402-4452

Or for Divorcee & Paternity (Family matters):

Courthouse Facilitator, Penny Jackson
223 East 4th Street, Room #212
Port Angeles, WA 98362
PH: 360-417-2588

Jury Selection

If you are selected for Superior Court Jury duty, your term will be two weeks. Prospective jurors should call our recorded jury message telephone the evening prior to their jury term at (360) 417-2450 for the latest information about cases they may be required to serve as jurors. State law mandates that jurors are selected from voter registration and driver's license and identicard holders.

Superior Court Post-Service Jury Questionnaire


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