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Courts FAQs

Driving / Traffic

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. Where can I file or get a copy of an accident report?	No	No	No	County Sheriff	City Police
2. Where do I get a copy of a police report?	No	No	No	County Sheriff	City Police
3. How do I get an officer to appear in court?	No	No	No	No	No
4. Where can I get information regarding my Bridge Toll Ticket?	No	No	No	Yes	No
5. Where can I get a copy of my driver's abstract?	No	No	No	No	No
6. Where do I pay traffic, non-traffic and parking tickets?	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
7. Will parking tickets go on my driving record?	No	No	No	No	Yes
8. Where do I ask for a mitigation or contested hearing?	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
9. How do I get a placard and/or handicapped license plates?	No	No	No	No	No
10. Where do I get my car tabs renewed?	No	No	No	No	No

Jury Duty

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. How do I get excused from jury duty?	No	Yes	No	No	No
2. How do I change the date of my jury duty?	No	Yes	No	No	No

Family / Marriage

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. How can I make an appointment with a courthouse facilitator / domestic relations facilitator?	Yes	No	No	No	No
2. How do I file for a dissolution of marriage?	Yes	No	No	No	No
3. Where can I obtain legal forms online?	No	No	No	No	No
4. Where do I get a restraining order?	Yes	No	No	No	No
5. Where do I get a marriage license?	No	No	No	No	No
6. Can a judge marry us?	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
7. Where can I get a name changed?	No	No	No	Yes	No
8. Where do I get a birth certificate?	No	No	No	No	No
9. Where do I get a copy of a death certificate?	No	No	No	No	No
10. Where do I file a will?	Yes	No	No	No	No
11. How do I register a domestic partnership?	No	No	No	No	No

Domestic Violence / Protection Orders

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. Where do I get a DV protection order?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
2. Where do I get a protection order for unlawful harassment?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
3. Where do I get a no contact order?	Yes	No	No	No	No
4. How do I lift a no contact order?	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

Court Details

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. Can I talk to the judge?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2. Where do I go to file an appeal from District or Municipal Court?	Yes	No	No	No	No
3. Where do I go to file a probate or guardianship action?	Yes	No	No	No	No
4. Where do I go to review a court file?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
5. Where do I go to copy documents in a court file?	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
6. Where can I get a copy of the local court rules?	No	Yes	No	No	No
7. What are bench copies and who gets them?	No	Yes	No	No	No
8. How do I schedule a trial or hearing date?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
9.Who handles the regularly scheduled calendars?	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
10. How can I find out if I am on the trial calendar?	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
11. I cannot be there for court when I am scheduled. What can I do?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

I Need An Attorney / Help

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. I do not have an attorney and cannot afford one. I might go to jail. Who can I call? Assigned Counsel	No	No	No	No	No
2. How do I find an attorney?	No	No	No	No	No
3. Where can I find information on an approved county arbitrator or arbitration forms?	Yes	No	No	No	No
4. Where do I get the list of approved Guardians Ad Litem (GAL) or how can I be added to the registries?	No	Yes	No	No	No

Forms

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. Where do I go to obtain or buy forms?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
2. Where can I obtain legal forms online?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

I Owe Fines, Fees or Assessments

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. How do I make payments for court imposed obligations I owe?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

In Custody

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. Where can I find out if someone was picked up?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
2. Where do I find out if someone is in jail / detention?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
3. Where do I go to post bond / bail?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Restore Rights

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. How do I get my voting rights back?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

Property

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. Where can I ask about how the value on my property was assessed?	No	No	No	No	No
2. Where do I go to contest the assessed value on my tax statement?	No	No	No	No	No
3. Where do I pay my property taxes?	No	No	No	No	No
4. Where can I get information on landlord-tenant issues?	No	No	No	No	No

Employment

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. Where can I check for job openings?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

General Questions

Questions	County Clerk	Superior Court	Juvenile Court	District Court	Tacoma Municipal Court
1. Where can I report a crime?	No	No	No	No	No
2. How do I schedule an interpreter?	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
3. Where can I get a list of approved county arbitrators?	Yes	No	No	No	No
4. Where do I get the list of approved Guardians Ad Litem (GAL)?	No	Yes	No	No	No
5. Where can I get a copy of my driver's abstract?	No	No	No	No	No
6. Where do I pay traffic, non-traffic and parking tickets?	No	No	No	No	No
7. Will parking tickets go on my driving record?	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
8. Where do I ask for a mitigation or contested hearing?	No	No	No	No	No
9. How do I get a placard and/or handicapped license plates?	No	No	No	No	No