Clallam County Felony Records

Clallam County felony records are kept by the Superior Court Clerk at 223 East 4th Street in Port Angeles and are open to the public during business hours. This guide explains how to search and obtain those criminal case records in person, by mail, and through state tools, along with fee schedules, District Court preliminary processes, and contact details for the Sheriff's Office on the Olympic Peninsula.

Superior Court Clerk in Port Angeles

The Clallam County Superior Court Clerk is located at 223 East 4th Street, Suite 9, Port Angeles, WA 98362. The office is the official custodian of all felony records filed in Clallam County Superior Court. Case files include charging documents, guilty pleas, trial records, judgment and sentence orders, and post-conviction filings. The public can access case files at the clerk's office during standard business hours. You can find the Clallam County Clerk page on the county website with current contact details.

Clallam County serves a largely rural population spread across the Olympic Peninsula. The clerk handles both in-person access and written requests. If you cannot travel to Port Angeles, you can mail your record request with payment. Written requests should include the defendant's full name and date of birth. A case number speeds up the search and can eliminate research fees. The clerk's staff can sometimes identify a case from a name and approximate year alone, but a case number is always better.

The Requesting Superior Court Records page lays out the full process for both in-person and mail requests. It also describes the fee schedule in detail and explains the difference between certified and non-certified copies.

The Clallam County Clerk page provides contact details and public access instructions for felony records at the courthouse in Port Angeles.

The clerk page also describes the process for accessing case files on site, which is available to any member of the public during open hours without an appointment.

How to Request Clallam County Felony Records

In person requests are handled at Suite 9 of the courthouse on 4th Street. You can view case files there without requesting copies. If you want copies, staff will pull the file and calculate the cost based on the page count and type of copies you need. Payment must be made before copies are released.

For mailed requests, the records request page has instructions and a contact form. Include your name, return address, a description of the records you need, and payment or a request for a cost estimate first. The clerk will contact you with the estimated cost before processing.

Online payment for Clallam County records is available through LexisNexis. The county's Fees and Payments page explains how to pay by this method. LexisNexis online payment is an option for people submitting mailed or emailed requests who want to pay electronically rather than by check.

The statewide Odyssey Portal provides free anonymous case lookups for Clallam County cases. You can search by name or case number and see case status, charge descriptions, and hearing information. The portal does not display documents. For actual case files, you still need to contact the clerk.

The records request page outlines fee schedules and step-by-step instructions for obtaining Clallam County Superior Court felony records.

The fee schedule on this page is current and covers both in-person and mailed requests for felony case documents.

District Courts and Preliminary Felony Hearings

Clallam County has two District Courts. District Court 1 serves the Port Angeles and Sequim areas. District Court 2, known as District Court II West, is located at 502 East Division Street in Forks and serves the western Olympic Peninsula. You can reach the Forks location at (360) 374-6383. The District Court II West page has current contact details and hours for the Forks courthouse.

Both District Courts handle initial appearances and preliminary hearings for felony arrests in their geographic areas. If someone is arrested in Forks or the surrounding area on felony charges, the case begins at District Court II West before moving to Superior Court in Port Angeles. This two-court structure is somewhat unusual and reflects the geographic spread of the county across the peninsula.

Under RCW 10.97, Washington's Criminal Records Privacy Act, conviction records from both District Court preliminary proceedings and Superior Court felony records are public. Non-conviction records, including dismissed charges, have restricted access under the same statute. The privacy protections apply regardless of which courthouse handled the initial proceedings.

The Clallam County courts page shows both District Court locations and the Superior Court structure for handling felony cases on the Olympic Peninsula.

Having two District Courts reflects the long geographic distances within Clallam County and ensures that people in the Forks area do not have to travel to Port Angeles for initial appearances.

Fee Schedule for Clallam County Records

The Clallam County Superior Court Clerk charges the following rates. Non-certified paper copies are $0.50 per page. Electronic copies delivered by email are $0.25 per page. Certified copies require a $5.00 certification fee plus $1.00 per page. Audio recordings of hearings cost $10.00 per CD, which is lower than the $25 rate charged in many other Washington counties. Payment can be made through LexisNexis online, by check, or by money order for mailed requests.

The lower audio recording fee in Clallam County, at $10 per CD versus $25 in counties like Adams or Asotin, can make a difference if you need multiple hearing recordings. The full fee schedule is on the Fees and Payments page. Research fees for clerk staff time apply when specific case information is not provided. Including a case number in your request avoids research fees entirely.

Clallam County Sheriff Records

The Clallam County Sheriff's Office makes arrests, maintains the county jail, and handles incident reports for felony matters in unincorporated areas of the county. The sheriff is also the law enforcement authority for areas outside city limits across the Olympic Peninsula. Arrest records and booking logs are separate from the court records maintained by the Superior Court Clerk.

If you need an arrest record or incident report for a Clallam County felony case, contact the Sheriff's Office directly. The office can confirm whether a specific person was arrested and charged. Once the case moves to Superior Court, the clerk's file becomes the primary record source. The sheriff's booking record remains available separately for reference.

For people convicted of serious Clallam County felonies and sent to state prison, the Washington Department of Corrections handles custody from that point. The DOC's warrant and inmate search covers people currently under DOC supervision, including those at state prisons or on community supervision after release.

The Clallam County Sheriff page has contact information for the main office and links to jail information for the Port Angeles area.

The Sheriff's Office is the right contact for arrest records and incident reports that predate the filing of formal charges with the Superior Court.

Washington WATCH and Statewide Conviction Records

The Washington State Patrol's WATCH system allows name-based felony conviction searches across all Washington counties for $11 per search. This is useful when you need to know whether someone has any Washington felony convictions without knowing which specific county handled the case. WATCH returns felony and gross misdemeanor conviction records. Arrests without a conviction do not appear in WATCH results.

The WSP Criminal History Records division handles formal criminal history checks. Fingerprint-based checks are more thorough than name-only searches and are the right tool when accuracy is especially important. For Clallam County specifically, the clerk's records date back many years and the Odyssey Portal covers recent filings. For older records, the Washington State Digital Archives has scanned historical court documents that may include older Clallam County felony cases.

When a Washington felony conviction is vacated under RCW 9.94A.640, it no longer appears in public court records or WATCH results. A person who had a felony conviction vacated will show a clean record in public searches. This is worth knowing if you are searching for someone and get no results despite believing a conviction exists.

Cities in Clallam County

Clallam County's cities are below the population threshold for dedicated pages on this site.

Port Angeles is the county seat and largest city in Clallam County, followed by Sequim and Forks. All felony records for residents of these communities are maintained by the Clallam County Superior Court Clerk at 223 East 4th Street in Port Angeles.

Nearby Counties

Clallam County sits at the northwest tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula and borders Jefferson County to the south.