Management Services Division
Data Dissemination Administration
AUTHORITY
Washington Constitution Article 1, sections 7 and 10; Court Rules – GR 31, GR 15, GR 22, JISC 12 and 15; RCW 2.68.050; Judicial Information Systems Committee Data Dissemination Policy.
OVERVIEW
The Data Dissemination Administrator (DDA) reviews all requests for court records from the public and government agencies to ensure that the judicial entity releasing the court records is complying with access to court records policy set forth in the Washington Constitution, court rule, and case law. The DDA must ensure that judicial entities promote the right of the public to open access to court records, but balance this right against an individual’s right to privacy. All queries for access to JIS records are reviewed by the DDA prior to release of JIS records. The DDA also staffs and supports the JISC – Data Dissemination Committee writing legal memorandums, preparing policies, and drafting court rules. The DDA prepares and executes research contracts for all research requests.
The Data Dissemination Administrator prepares, executes, and monitors all contracts with vendors for downloads of the different JIS public indexes available to the public for subscription. The AOC currently has five electronic standard public indexes available on a subscription basis.
| Index Type |
Court Level |
Case Type(s) |
Frequency |
Annual Cost |
Public SCOMIS (Superior Court)
Criminal Index (PSCI) |
Superior |
Criminal (01) - includes cases disposed
within the previous 5 years from the extract
date. |
Weekly |
$3600.00 |
Public Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Civil Index (CLJCIV) |
Courts of
Limited
Jurisdiction |
Civil and Small Claims cases filed within the
previous 5 years from the extract date. |
Weekly |
$3600.00 |
Public Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Criminal Index (CLJCRIM) |
Courts of
Limited
Jurisdiction |
Criminal Non-Traffic and Criminal
Traffic- includes cases disposed within the
previous 5 years from the extract date. |
Weekly |
$3600.00 |
Public SCOMIS (Superior Court Civil
and Criminal) Index (SINDEX) |
Superior |
Criminal (01), Civil (02), Domestic (03),
Probate (04) and Judgment cases. Dates
from 1978 through the current update and
the weekly updates are cumulative from
January 1 of the current year. |
Weekly &
Bi-Annually |
$1680.00 |
| Probate Filing Index (Probate) |
Superior |
Probate Filings. Contains the prior week's
probate filings with data as noted in the
information document. |
Weekly |
$1200.00 |
Please note that some courts are missing from public index files while AOC works to reconfigure our processes.
Presently, the courts missing are:
- King County Superior Court
- King County District Court
- Seattle Municipal Court
- Tacoma Municipal Court
- Fircrest-Ruston Municipal Court
- Asotin County District Court
- Cheney Municipal Court
- Colfax Municipal Court
- Columbia County District Court
- Douglas County District Court
- East Wenatchee Municipal Court
- Franklin County District Court
- Garfield County District Court
- Whitman County District Court I
- Whitman County District Court II
CONTACT:
Data Dissemination Administrator
Data Dissemination Requests
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