Caseloads of the Courts of Washington

Superior Court
Civil Proceedings by Type of Case (2) - 2023 Annual Report

County/Court Tort Commercial Meretricious
Relationship
Property
Rights
Civil
Protection
Orders (1)
Domestic
Violence (1)
Administrative
Law Review
Other
Petitions/
Complaints
Appeals
from
Lower Courts
Other
Matters
Filed
Total
Proceedings
Adams  16  30  57 
Asotin  73  66  17  168 
Columbia  14  10  34 
Garfield  12  16 
...Judicial District  89  88  24  218 
Benton  105  141  636  1,470  29  43  126  2,560 
Franklin  59  61  136  453  97  825 
...Judicial District  164  202  772  1,923  36  52  223  3,385 
Chelan  34  57  200  446  13  10  71  836 
Clallam  40  41  316  964  19  10  108  1,502 
Clark  378  275  2,266  3,785  106  30  521  21  7,387 
Cowlitz  71  44  544  1,093  57  24  309  35  2,178 
Douglas  14  44  119  17  205 
Ferry  26  52 
Pend Oreille  32  55  95 
Stevens  10  63  287  13  52  440 
...Judicial District  13  17  104  368  18  60  587 
Grant  49  64  269  567  25  10  73  1,062 
Grays Harbor  11  116  91  10  42  274 
Island  32  41  119  347  11  52  606 
Jefferson  12  40  224  15  308 
King 
Kitsap  110  100  482  1,455  31  26  284  17  12  2,517 
Kittitas  43  21  74  196  51  28  425 
Klickitat  10  39  123  25  203 
Skamania  10  22  48  17  104 
...Judicial District  20  61  171  42  307 
Lewis  28  18  118  1,021  19  40  1,250 
Lincoln  15  54  17  94 
Mason  66  36  292  972  21  12  113  1,522 
Okanogan  11 
Pacific  57  87  51  213 
Wahkiakum  14  33  57 
...Judicial District  71  120  58  270 
Pierce 
San Juan  14  22  76  21  150 
Skagit  96  39  204  938  21  10  162  1,473 
Snohomish  554  316  1,267  5,135  233  28  412  68  8,022 
Spokane  375  162  925  1,309  51  51  209  27  3,114 
Thurston  331  103  795  3,713  418  128  414  11  5,921 
Walla Walla  23  25  140  542  15  66  825 
Whatcom  123  79  421  774  52  14  111  1,576 
Whitman  22  38  130  24  239 
Yakima  48  66  734  1,311  68  24  115  12  2,386 
Statewide Total:  2,653  1,798  10,563  27,962  1,268  457  3,664  233  110  48,708 

(1) Effective 7/1/2022, the Civil Protection Orders category includes case activity for the Civil Protection Order (CPO) action set out under Chapt. 7.105 RCW and Foreign Protection Order (FPO). The Domestic Violence category reflects no case activity as of 7/1/2022 for cases filed on or after 7/1/2022. (a) Between July 2013 and June 2022, the Civil Protection Orders category reported case civil proceedings activity in the following causes of action: Unlawful Harassment (HAR), Sexual Assault Protection (SXP), and Stalking Protection Orders (STK); (b) For cases filed before 7/1/2022, civil proceedings under Domestic Violence category includes the following causes of action: Domestic Violence Protection (DVP), Vulnerable Adult Protection (VAP), and Foreign Protection Orders (FPO). For cases filed on or after 7/1/2022, civil proceedings for these protection order types are included in the Civil Protection Order case type.
(2) Pierce County Superior Court case information is recorded in Legal Information Network Exchange (LINX). Case filings and resolutions are available in the Judicial Information System (JIS). Non-trial and trial proceedings listed above may be incomplete. LINX information is available on the Internet at https://linxonline.co.pierce.wa.us/linxweb/Main.cfm. For further information please contact the Pierce County Clerk by phone at 253-798-7455 or by e-mail at pcclerk@co.pierce.wa.us.

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