NEWS / Operations Updates

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Notice:  If you are feeling ill you should not enter the courthouse or courtrooms. (Such as a fever, cough, shortness of breath.)   Please review the daily posting of Court Calendars to determine if your Hearing is still being held In-Person.   Many Court Hearings are changing daily, so please check before you go to the Courthouse / Jail.  Some matters will require / allow you to only appear by telephone. 

Your wait time may be long, depending on how many courts are in session and the number of people utilizing our office / services.   Staff will assist you as soon as they can.  We thank you for your patience.  


Clerk’s Office:

Wait time may be long.  Your inquiry / requests may be done through the Clerk’s website, telephone, Odyssey Portal. mail or AMS (for legal offices).

Services you can do either by Mail or On-Line:

  • Copy Requests (paper and court hearings)
  • Restitution Payments
  • To make a payment on a court fine online please select this link: https://www.yakimacounty.us/157/Payments-Restitution
  • Obtaining Forms
  • File New Cases (by Mail only)
  • Protection Order requests -Please obtain your forms from the website.  Complete them prior to going to the Courthouse. Court starts promptly at 1:30 pm, please take your completed paperwork to the Clerks' Office / Room 323 / 3rd floor of Courthouse between Noon and 12:45 pm.  Children are not allowed the the Courtrooms, so please make arrangements for their care.
  • If you have questions, please telephone  574-1430.

The Clerk’s Office will be assisting people in-person at in our office.  However wait times may be long.  We encourage friends / support people / parties not directly involved in your case, and non-litigants to remain at home, or in the public hallways as Courtroom space may still be limited.

Please consider:

  • Submit matters Ex-parte by mail  (or AMS for law offices)  when those services are available.
  • If you have an attorney, please telephone your attorney for questions regarding your future Court Hearings or for “Filing” pleadings in your case. Please do not go in-person to their office, unless your attorney has specifically requested you do so.
  • Please (frequently) check the Superior Court Website for any updates to Court Sessions / Court Calendars.
  • Please check the Court Facilitator’s Website for any updates.
  • Information for Yakima County District Court may be found here.

The Clerk’s Office will make every effort to update this page as quickly as we have information regarding the changes being made as we return to our regular Court schedules.  

Superior Court Operations: - Updates and Court Resources

Jury Duty:
If you have received a Jury Summons, please complete it and return it to our office as directed on the form. For the DATES you are assigned, follow the Call In instructions on your Jury Summons and listen to the recorded message carefully. The Court will take many of your concerns into consideration - you will have an opportunity after Jury Check In to discuss those further with the Judge. When required by health care authorities, health screenings (for the days you are required to report) are modified to meet the current guidelines \ safety requirements. We will attempt to place that information on the (evening) recorded message so you will know what to expect on the day your Group is required to report.