Caseloads of the Courts of Washington

Superior Court
Civil Case Management Statistics - 2023 Annual Report

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County/Court 90%
12 Months
98%
18 Months
100%
24 Months
Cases Filed (2) Total Cases
Resolved
Active Cases
Pending
Resolution
Ratio of Active
Cases Pending to
Cases Resolved (3)
Cases Pending
Resolution Over
24 Months (4)
Adams  87.61%  96.46%  97.35%  137  113  80  0.71  19 
Asotin  94.09%  96.77%  97.85%  215  186  77  0.41  12 
Benton  87.48%  91.32%  93.72%  2,550  2,372  1,117  0.47  172 
Chelan  89.15%  94.25%  96.64%  1,032  922  386  0.42  47 
Clallam  92.65%  94.67%  96.11%  880  694  1,192  1.72  680 
Clark  93.22%  95.13%  96.04%  7,140  5,179  4,333  0.84  930 
Columbia  84.44%  86.67%  86.67%  50  45  30  0.67 
Cowlitz  91.72%  95.42%  96.95%  1,465  1,377  482  0.35  91 
Douglas  92.03%  94.20%  97.34%  460  414  174  0.42  33 
Ferry  83.58%  94.03%  95.52%  79  67  37  0.55  11 
Franklin  69.41%  71.76%  73.45%  1,226  1,190  855  0.72  380 
Garfield  100.00%  100.00%  100.00%  19  13  11  0.85 
Grant  93.09%  95.65%  96.40%  1,209  1,057  463  0.44  76 
Grays Harbor  94.41%  95.64%  97.09%  1,118  894  1,830  2.05  1,287 
Island  92.28%  93.82%  95.75%  607  518  289  0.56  54 
Jefferson  84.33%  90.67%  95.00%  316  300  115  0.38  17 
Kitsap  82.74%  85.98%  88.37%  2,392  2,219  1,569  0.71  536 
Kittitas  91.84%  96.94%  97.76%  605  490  314  0.64  61 
Klickitat  93.33%  94.67%  97.78%  293  225  180  0.8  55 
Lewis  94.31%  96.48%  98.01%  1,178  1,108  318  0.29  50 
Lincoln  72.00%  72.00%  72.80%  113  125  98  0.78  48 
Mason  94.19%  96.32%  98.45%  918  516  894  1.73  203 
Okanogan  92.90%  94.81%  96.99%  462  366  278  0.76  64 
Pacific  38.49%  40.67%  43.45%  246  504  182  0.36  77 
Pend Oreille  90.51%  93.67%  94.94%  163  158  56  0.35  10 
Pierce  94.65%  97.61%  99.03%  12,403  11,837  4,583  0.39  1,476 
San Juan  85.00%  91.67%  95.00%  173  120  184  1.53  54 
Skagit  88.02%  94.46%  96.24%  1,686  1,461  898  0.61  183 
Skamania  89.55%  89.55%  92.54%  106  67  115  1.72  37 
Snohomish  84.80%  87.18%  88.66%  9,474  9,897  3,671  0.37  1,049 
Spokane  87.82%  90.71%  92.58%  7,128  6,709  2,411  0.36  193 
Stevens  85.60%  90.14%  95.86%  504  507  178  0.35  36 
Thurston  91.13%  94.38%  96.62%  5,316  4,824  2,001  0.41  383 
Wahkiakum  90.00%  92.50%  97.50%  51  40  41  1.03  21 
Walla Walla  91.92%  96.15%  96.79%  848  780  258  0.33  45 
Whatcom  84.80%  88.55%  92.68%  1,890  1,625  1,272  0.78  266 
Whitman  87.57%  92.37%  96.33%  369  354  126  0.36  24 
Yakima  95.21%  96.63%  97.66%  3,254  2,610  1,876  0.72  561 
Statewide  89.31%  92.21%  93.95%  68,075  61,883  32,974  0.53  9,251 

1 Standards adopted by the Board for Judicial Administration recommend that 90 percent of all civil cases should be adjudicated within 12 months of the date of filing of the information, 98 percent within 18 months of filing, and 100 percent within 24 months. The figures under this heading reflect the actual percentages of these cases resolved within 12, 18 and 24 months.
2 These figures include "other matters filed with the clerk." Appeals from lower courts are not included in this table.
3 Lower numbers suggest proportionately smaller backlogs of pending cases.
4 Time-in-process figures do not include the time cases are placed in suspended status. A case is said to be in suspended status if it is out on warrant, in mediation, stayed, in arbitration, on appeal, on post-filing diversion, or has been continued for prosecution or placed on deferred prosecution.

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