Kitsap County Criminal Court Records

Identify the court before opening a portal

For Kitsap County, Washington, the County Clerk maintains Superior Court criminal files. Superior Court handles felony cases and appeals from District and Municipal Courts. District Court ordinarily handles misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors, including DUI, and can conduct preliminary felony proceedings. A city Municipal Court can have its own file. Use the court name and case number on the citation, charging document or result, rather than assuming all county criminal records are in one portal.

Keep an early District Court case number and any later Superior Court number together. A transferred prosecution can leave records in more than one court. To establish the result, seek the judgment, dismissal or other final disposition from the court that made it; a hearing calendar only identifies scheduled activity.

Get Superior Court documents through Digital Archives

The Clerk directs occasional public users to Washington State Digital Archives for available certified or noncertified documents. Choose Superior Court Records as the record series and Kitsap as the county, then enter the case number with dashes. Review the document description and available preview before adding the needed document to the cart. The Clerk also links Odyssey for finding an unknown case number.

Do not buy an Odyssey document subscription merely because you need one file: Kitsap describes that subscription as a service for frequent business and attorney users, not general-public use. If the document you need is absent online, give the Clerk its case number, title and filing date and ask about a copy from the maintained file. Online availability of selected documents is not a promise that every filing is downloadable.

Use the District Court ePortal account route

The District Court ePortal lets the public search cases, view documents and review court actions. Its current instructions require an eFiling user account even when the purpose is only electronic search and viewing. Follow Register or Login and the ePortal Search Guide; searching does not require you to file a document in the case. Keep the exact case number from the result.

For missing records, an account problem or a certified District Court copy, contact [email protected] or 360-337-7109. Specify that this is a criminal case-file request. The general county public-records request process has different rules and charges and is not a substitute for the filing court’s service.

Match the fee to the court and copy format

Certification and exemplification are different products. Ask the recipient which it will accept, then check the selected document’s checkout total, delivery and payment surcharge before paying. Do not apply the District Court rate to a Superior Court request or rely on an older ordinary-copy price.

Request a hearing recording or transcript separately

For Superior Court audio, the published base is $30 per hearing day, normally 3–5 business days after a paid request. Mailing adds $5 per CD; expedited 1–2-business-day handling adds $20. Download links expire after 30 days. Sealed or confidential audio requires an in-person authorized request with government photo ID. Not every hearing has audio; the Clerk checks availability. A written transcript is a separate request.

District Court’s web schedule lists $20 for a hearing recording on USB with shipping, while its January 2026 PDF lists $10 for an audio recording. These differently described products should not be treated as one guaranteed price: ask District Court which format and total apply. Include the hearing date, case number and courtroom or judge if known.

Send a specific request to the proper clerk

For Superior Court, call 360-337-7164 or visit the County Clerk in Room 202, 614 Division Street, Port Orchard. The mailing address is Kitsap County Clerk, 614 Division St., MS-34, Port Orchard, WA 98366. Published hours are Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–12:15 p.m. and 1:15–4:30 p.m. State the case, requested document, certification requirement, copy count and preferred delivery.

Court records are governed by court rules and common law rather than Kitsap’s ordinary public-disclosure process. A prosecutor’s investigative material or police report is also a different record from the filed court document. Identify the owner of the actual record instead of sending a broad request for everything associated with a name.

Verify identity and read through the outcome

Compare the person’s full name, available identifying details, charge dates and case number. A charge is not a conviction, and a docket entry is not the full text of an order. Ask the relevant clerk to clarify an unexplained disposition or a mismatch before relying on the result. Keep the document and retrieval date so you know what was actually checked.

If a public search fails, try the other identified court or an alternative spelling, then ask about the file’s availability. Some information can be restricted even when part of a case is public. A portal registration does not override access restrictions. For a change to the underlying record, ask the filing court which correction procedure applies; do not assume a website help desk can change a judicial order.