Judicial & Legal

County Clerk

The County Clerk and the Superior Court Clerk handle court cases, jury duty, passports, and bail bonding information.

1. Bail Bonding Companies

   View a listing of approved bail bonding companies for San Juan County.

2. Credit Card Payments

   Credit Card Payments may be made for fees, fines and costs. You must give a case number.

3. Legal Financial Obligation Forms

4. Conduct & Dress Code

   Review the conduct and dress code for serving jury duty.

5. Courthouse Facilitator

   Courthouse Facilitator

6. Jury Duty

   Learn about jury duty, how to report, dress and conduct code, and how to get to the courthouse.

7. Juvenile Court Calendar

8. Law & Motion Calendar

   Law & Motion Calendar

9. Sealing Juvenile Court Records

10. Passports

    We process applications for new passports and provide the forms for passport renewals.

11. Superior Court Live Stream

12. Requesting Documents and Viewing Files

13. Fee Schedule

14. Upcoming Calendars

    Superior Court calendars for upcoming hearings. Schedules are released approximately 48 hours in advance of hearings.

15. Legal Financial Obligation Forms

16. Eviction Resolution Pilot Program

17. Vacating Drug Convictions

County Coroner

County Coroner

1. Jurisdiction

   Learn about jurisdiction and jurisdiction assumed.

2. Reporting a Death

   Learn when and how to report a death.

District Court

The District Court handles adult probation, civil and criminal cases, protective orders, names changes, and parking tickets.

1. Local Rules Published for Comment

   San Juan County District Court is proposing to amend its local rules this year. Attached is the full set of proposed rules, with new and amended rules bolded in the table of contents. Please submit all comments on the proposal to dstct@sanjuanco.com no later than June 3, 2021. All comments will be posted publicly on our court webpage, per GR 7.

2. Adult Probation

   View contact information for Adult Probation services.

3. Civil Protection Orders

   Protection Orders under the civil anti-harassment statute are available from the District Court office.

4. Court Interpreter

5. Court Recordings

6. Court Live Stream

7. Fee Schedule

   View the fee schedule for civil, small claims, appeals, and miscellaneous.

8. Legal Financial Obligation Forms

9. Jury Duty

10. Name Change Petitions

    Learn about the requirements and fees for filing name changes.

11. Pay My Fine

12. Public Defender Information

    Find information on becoming a public defender.

13. Records Requests

    San Juan County District Court is committed to facilitating the access to court and administrative records as provided by Article I, Section 10 of the Washington State Constitution.

14. Small Claims

    The Small Claims Court is a department of the District Court authorized under chapter 12.40 RCW and is available for the recovery of money only where the claim is less than $5,000.

15. Court Forms

16. ADA Request for Accommodation

Prosecuting Attorney

The San Juan County Prosecuting Attorney is a small law office with the elected prosecutor, four full-time deputy prosecutors, two people working in the victim services center, and four to five staff positions.

1. Civil Section

   When the County is named in a lawsuit, the civil section represents the County and the elected officials.

2. Community Affairs

   The prosecutor's office firmly believes in giving something back to the community.

3. County Coroner

   The coroner is responsible for investigating and certifying the cause of death in those cases where death is sudden, unexpected, or the result of an accident or unlawful means.

4. Credo

   A credo is a statement of the beliefs or aims that guide someone's actions.

5. Criminal Section

   Criminal prosecution is specialized work. It requires technical knowledge of the rules of investigating crimes, evidence, courtroom procedure, and criminal law.

6. Family Support Section

   If your child support case requires the help of an attorney in San Juan County, DCS will refer the case to the San Juan County Prosecutor’s Family Support Section.

7. History

   View a list all of the previous prosecuting attorneys and when they held office.

8. Major Cases

   View the different types of judicial cases that fall in the major case category.

9. Memorandum on Initiative & Referendum (PDF)

   Review the Advisory Memorandum: the Power of Initiative and Referendum in San Juan County.

10. Victim Services Program

    Our Victim Services Program includes two part-time advocates who are committed to including victims in every step of the criminal justice process.

11. Randy Gaylord

    Team Page

12. Prosecutors

13. Staff

Public Defender

1. Mission Statement

2. Post-Conviction Relief

3. Vacating Drug Convictions

4. How Do I get a Public Defender?

Superior Court Administration

The Superior Court's primary purpose is to decide cases fairly and impartially, based solely on applicable facts and law.

1. ADA Accommodation Instruction & Request Form

2. Calendars

3. County Clerk

4. Court Rules

5. Court Transcriptionists

6. Documentos en español

   -Procedimientos de compariencia en tribunal remoto -Ayúdenos a proteger a nuestra comunidad

7. Drug Court

    Drug Court uses a multi-disciplinary “team” approach to managing participants’ cases, though the Judge maintains the ultimate decision as to when participants progress between phases, are sanctioned, graduate, or are dismissed from the program. The Drug Court Team is comprised of Judge Kathryn Loring, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Teresa Barnett, Public Defender Alex Frix, Case Manager Brad Fincher, Drug Court Coordinator Jane Severin, representatives from the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office, and representatives from Compass Health.

8. Family Law

   View information for mediators and parenting seminars.

9. Guardian ad Litems

10. Guardianship

    Guardianship law changes effective January 1, 2022.

11. Interpreters

12. Judicial Administrative Records

    Consistent with the principles of open administration of justice, as provided in article I, section 10 of the Washington State Constitution, it is the policy of the judiciary to facilitate access to its administrative records.

13. Jury Duty

14. Landlord-Tenant

    Information if you need help with an eviction. Apply for help; call the Eviction Defense Screening Line

15. Legal Financial Obligation Forms

16. Live Stream (Audio Only)

17. Remote Access (Microsoft Teams)

18. Superior Court Services (formerly Juvenile Court)

Superior Court Services

Juvenile Court Services (JCS) is most frequently associated with juvenile offender services.

1. Judicial Administrative Records

   Consistent with the principles of open administration of justice, as provided in article I, section 10 of the Washington State Constitution, it is the policy of the judiciary to facilitate access to its administrative records.

2. Juvenile Court Calendar

3. Programs & Services

   Review the programs and services provided by the San Juan County Juvenile Court Services in partnership with Skagit County Detention Center.

4. Courthouse Facilitator

   San Juan County Family Law Courthouse Facilitator

5. Public Defender Screener

   Our department houses the Public Defender Screener Program.