• Notice to Local Bar – New/Amended Local Court rules, effective 9/1/12
• Notice to Local Bar - Re: Probate Docket
• Confirmation of domestic relations changed
• Yakima County Drug Court Admission Procedure

• Adobe Reader  
• Map/Parking
• Quick Reference to Confirmation of Hearings
• Instructions for Temporary Orders

• Domestic Calendar effective 2/1/2013
• Juvenile Calendar effective 2/1/2013
• Interpreters for Civil and Domestic Trials
• Invite a Judge to Speak
• Notice to Locar Bar re: Domestic Relations court sessions
• Notice to Local Bar re: Ex Parte Department
• Criminal History & Criminal Records
  A Guide on When and How to Challenge, Seal, Vacate or Expunge
• Revised Criminal Presiding Calendar

• Interpreter Information
• ¿NECESITA INTÉRPRETE PARA ASUNTOS DE LA CORTE?
• How to ask for an Interpreter
• PROCEDIMIENTO PARA PEDIR SERVICIOS DE INTÉRPRETE EN LA CORTE
• Interpreter Request Form
• PETICIÓN DE SERVICIOS DE INTÉRPRETE

• Copy Request
• Domestic Violence Safety
• Staff Services and Limitations
• Court Facilitator
• Clerk's Office

• The State of Washington’s 39 counties are divided into 31 judicial districts.
• Superior Court Judges are elected in each district to a 4-year term by popular vote on a nonpartisan ballot.
• Because there is no limit on the types of civil or criminal cases heard, Superior Courts are referred to as general jurisdiction courts.
• Superior Courts are the only trial courts of general jurisdiction in the state and are courts of record.
• Superior Courts have jurisdiction over appeals from District Courts, Municipal Courts and decisions made by state administrative agencies.
• An appeal from a final decision of a Superior Court generally is heard by the Court of Appeals. However, in some cases such as death penalty cases, appeals are sent directly to the Supreme Court.
• Juvenile Court is a division of Superior Court established by law to deal with youths under the age of 18 who commit offenses or who are dependent (abused or neglected).

Yakima County Superior Court

• Yakima County Superior Court has 8 full time elected Judges as authorized by law.
• The Court has 3 full-time appointed court commissioners to handle additional workload at multiple court facilities.
• The Court Administrator’s Office handles judicial scheduling and assignments and the budget matters of the Court.
• The County Clerk’s Office is separate from Superior Court and handles court fines, and restitution, court records and data dissemination, and provides clerk staff for the Superior Court courtrooms. The Clerk’s Office has many other functions by law.