Statement of Purpose

The County Clerk's Office was originally established to provide the public with open access to a fair, accurate and independently established record of the opinions, decisions, and judgments of the judiciary. By fulfilling this historic mission, the County Clerk helps to ensure the separation of powers among the three branches of government.

Primary Responsibility

It is the Superior Court Clerk's Office responsibility to file and index all records filed for Klickitat County Superior Court.

These case types are filed in the Superior Court Clerk's Office:

• Criminal felony cases
• Civil (Including Protection Orders)
• Domestic/Family 
• Probate/Guardianship
• Paternity/Adoption
• Mental illness
• Juvenile Dependency (also Children In Need of Services; At-Risk Youth; Truancy)
• Judgments