Seatac Municipal Court

		
		
                         STMCLR 10.1
              ANTIHARASSMENT PROTECTION ORDERS


  1. By adoption of this local rule, the SeaTac Municipal
Court hereby exercises jurisdiction and cognizance of any
civil actions and proceedings brought under RCW 10.14.150,
as now or hereafter amended, except the SeaTac Municipal
Court shall transfer such actions and proceedings to the
superior court when it is shown that the respondent to the
petition is under eighteen years of age.

  2. The SeaTac Municipal Court's jurisdiction pursuant to
this rule shall be limited to situations:

          a.   When the alleged acts of unlawful harassment
occurred within the SeaTac city limits; or

          b.   When the respondent resides within the SeaTac
city limits at the time the petition is filed; or

          c.   When the respondent may be served within the
SeaTac city limits if it is the same county or judicial
district where a respondent resides.

  3. The Clerk of the Municipal Court may charge a filing
fee in an amount equal to that charged by the King County
District Court for the filing of a Petition for an
Antiharassment Protection Order, but such filing fee shall
not be less than fifty-one dollars ($51.00).  The Municipal
Court Judge has discretion to waive or reduce the filing fee
upon a showing of indigence, financial hardship, or other
good cause.


[Adopted effective September 1, 2005]