District Court Closures

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For the week of November 18, 2024:

AOC is optimistic that service will be restored on Monday, November 18th. If service is not restored, District Court will continue normal operations to the best of our abilities, with no access to JIS/JABS/Odyssey.  See below for possible changes to our regular procedures: 

1.  Afternoon Video Arraignments and Domestic Violence Arraignments should proceed as normal with limited impact, including the Zoom links on our website.  However, if you are representing an out of custody defendant on one of these dockets, please contact Department Judicial Assistant with your client’s name and case number as these may not be visible to us at this time.  

2.  We are going to continue holding all other dockets as scheduled.  If you are a private attorney appearing this week in District Court, please email assigned Department Judicial Assistant with your client’s name, case number, department, and hearing date.

3.  District Court is unable to post Zoom links to virtual dockets on our website, so we have posted the following message on our website:

    Washington's Administrative Office of the Courts announced they had identified unauthorized activity on the Washington Courts network. That office took immediate action to secure critical systems and are currently working to safely restore service. 
    As a result, the state's Judicial Information System, Washington Courts website and affiliate websites are currently down.
    Please be advised that there will be intermittent impacts to the work of our court in the coming days as they continue to restore services. 

For Clark County District, impacts include:

    * We are unable to post virtual hearing links to our website. If you are scheduled for a virtual hearing, please contact your attorney for the Zoom link or you may appear in person at 1200 Franklin Street, Vancouver, Washington 98660. If you are not represented by an attorney, please appear in person. 
    * We cannot take cash payments for fines and fees (except for cash bail).
    * We cannot examine financial balances in criminal, civil, and infraction cases.
    * We are unable to process public records requests.
    * Expect phone queue wait times to be longer than usual.

All dockets in District Court will continue as scheduled. 

Stay tuned to District Court Home | Clark County and Washington Courts Facebook page for updates on this developing situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. 

Administrative Order 2024-03


Commissioner Priest's (Dept B) Nov 19th Infraction docket has been cancelled. 

Judge Bartlett's (Dept 6) Nov 18th, Small Claims docket has been cancelled.


How to get to your Virtual Court Hearing?

Click here or on the Check Into My Virtual Hearing link on the left side of the page.


Jury Service:

If you have been called for Jury Service, please click here:

https://www.clark.wa.gov/courts/jury-service