Caseloads of the Courts of Washington

Superior Court
Civil Cases Filed by Type of Case - January 2024 through March 2024

County/Court Tort Commercial Meretricious
Relationship
Property
Rights
Civil
Protection
Orders (1)
Domestic
Violence (1)
Administrative
Law Review
Other
Petitions/
Complaints (2)
Appeals
from
Lower Courts
Other
Matters
Filed
Total
Civil Filings
Adams  20  42 
Asotin  22  25  10  66 
Columbia  23 
Garfield 
...Judicial District  25  34  13  92 
Benton  45  55  157  132  61  187  643 
Franklin  22  29  52  65  20  114  306 
...Judicial District  67  84  209  197  81  301  949 
Chelan  17  12  40  55  25  101  252 
Clallam  10  24  100  26  49  221 
Clark  117  125  556  411  99  501  1,821 
Cowlitz  15  14  77  107  45  81  343 
Douglas  20  26  66  136 
Ferry  13 
Pend Oreille  14  19  52 
Stevens  13  43  14  30  111 
...Judicial District  10  19  62  23  54  176 
Grant  25  29  78  153  21  128  436 
Grays Harbor  15  14  51  60  19  60  221 
Island  12  19  37  46  14  48  177 
Jefferson  16  30  12  30  101 
King 
Kitsap  66  48  147  206  59  170  698 
Kittitas  12  22  36  10  67  160 
Klickitat  14  16  55 
Skamania  10  36 
...Judicial District  15  11  20  15  26  91 
Lewis  15  18  56  133  20  65  309 
Lincoln  19  31 
Mason  12  20  44  127  28  39  272 
Okanogan  15  44  40  116 
Pacific  13  16  19  67 
Wahkiakum  13 
...Judicial District  13  25  12  20  80 
Pierce  439  310  934  1,117  207  14  55  3,083 
San Juan  13  16  51 
Skagit  21  30  86  167  38  136  485 
Snohomish  263  206  618  643  14  101  574  2,421 
Spokane  171  168  624  478  79  453  1,983 
Thurston  123  63  283  216  24  114  578  1,402 
Walla Walla  15  28  78  14  75  226 
Whatcom  53  41  143  122  33  169  568 
Whitman  25  30  11  12  89 
Yakima  67  46  148  240  71  298  880 
Statewide Total:  1,569  1,356  4,360  4,996  111  1,221  49  4,250  17,912 

(1) Effective 7/1/2022, the Civil Protection Orders category includes case filing 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 filing activity as of 7/1/2022.(a) Between July 2013 and June 2022, the Civil Protection Orders category reported case filing activity in the following causes of action: Unlawful Harassment (HAR), Sexual Assault Protection (SXP), and Stalking Protection Orders (STK). These protection order types are now included in the Civil Protection Order case type effective 7/1/2022; (b) Between July 2013 and June 2022, the Domestic Violence category included the following causes of action: Domestic Violence Protection (DVP), Vulnerable Adult Protection (VAP), and Foreign Protection Orders (FPO). These protection order types are also included in the Civil Protection Order case type effective 7/1/2022. Prior to July 2013, the Sexual Assault Protection Order (SXP) cases were included in the Domestic Violence category. As a result, the Domestic Violence categories have been over-reported by the SXP cases since 2006. See the “Notes” tab for details.
(2) Effective January 1, 2021, the Other Petitions/Complaints category includes petitions filed under ESSB 6268 (2020 Legislation) requesting an order restricting abusive litigation (ABL-Abusive Litigation). 

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