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Kitsap County is participating in an eFile pilot program through the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC). We appreciate your patience as we navigate this new service. Local Clerk policies will be developed and updated as needed.
If you plan to appear in-person for Ex-Parte, please email the case number, party names, date, and time you will be appearing (8:30 a.m. M-F or 3:30 p.m. M,TH,F) to the below email address or personally check-in at room 202.
PROCEDURES FOR FILING EX-PARTE BY MAIL
The ex-parte presentation of documents to Superior Court for approval, signature and subsequent filing is a convenience provided to members of the BAR and the public by the Clerk of the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of RCW 36.18.016(12). In order to facilitate expeditious processing of documents submitted, it is necessary that parties comply with the specific procedures and requirements as noted below. Please use the ex-parte by mail coversheet to provide clear guidance.
All ex-parte documents must be addressed to:
Kitsap County Clerk - Ex Parte
614 Division St. MS-34
Port Orchard, WA 98366
Provide original documents to submit for signature and filing. Our office does not accept proposed orders for filing; you may provide them as a bench copy.
If conformed copies are being requested, provide those copies as well as a self-addressed, stamped envelope large enough to accommodate return copies with sufficient postage.
Provide payment in the amount of $30.00 for each presentation. (Pro se litigants making payments must submit either a money order or cashiers' check
ONLY.)
If requesting certified copies, additional payment is required; $5.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each additional page thereafter, per document. Payments can be combined onto one check.
Note: Payment only ensures that the order will be presented to the Court for signature. If the submission is not successful, resubmitted pleadings will require a new ex parte fee.
Additional forms required when filing a NEW case and presenting orders ex-parte:
Dissolution of Marriage Case (in addition to Petition and other related pleadings)
i. Case Cover Sheet
ii. Confidential Information Form
iii. Certificate of Dissolution Form (Vital Statistics Health Sheet)
Civil Case (in addition to Summons, Complaint and any related motions)
i. Case Cover Sheet
(Request for Track Assignment is not required as cases in Kitsap County are not assigned until set for trial).
If filings submitted ex-parte mail, email, eFile, or by mail does not comply with ALL of the above requirements, it will be returned unprocessed.
