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PROCEDURE FOR APPEARING BY ZOOM AT EX-PARTE AND EMERGENCY E-FILING 

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.

exparte@kitsap.gov

  

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.

All ex-parte documents must be addressed to:

Kitsap County Clerk - Ex Parte
614 Division St. MS-34
Port Orchard, WA  98366

  • All documents submitted must be accompanied by a letter of instruction which clearly states the purpose of the documents and all services requested.

  • 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 submitted ex-parte mail does not comply with ALL of the above requirements, it will be returned unprocessed.


PREPARATION OF TRIAL EXHIBITS

The "original" set of trial exhibits should be dropped off to the Clerk's Office (Room 202), or physically mailed, to be received no later than 72 hours prior to the trial, excluding weekends and holidays. Please use the following address:

 

Kitsap County Clerk’s Office

Attn: Amanda Osborn

614 Division St, MS-34

Port Orchard, WA 98366

 

If possible, please e-mail an electronic exhibit list to Amanda at aosborn@kitsap.gov. A fillable form can be found here, for your convenience. This aids us in preparing the exhibits and the official exhibit list prior to trial. If bench copies are included in the set delivered to the Clerk’s Office, we will ensure that they are delivered to Superior Court. Contact Amanda by e-mail with any questions.


Please separate exhibits using full-page dividers or colored sheets in-between. Do not use sticky tabs on the edges of the pages.


The Petitioner/ Moving Party may begin their numbering sequence with 1, 2, 3, and sequentially thereafter. Please do not use subset numbers (2A, 2B, 2C or 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 etc.).


The Responding Party should not pre-number their exhibits unless an ER 904(b) has been stipulated to, as the Clerk will number them sequentially after the Petitioner's. If an ER 904(b) exists without objection, the Responding Party may pre-number their exhibits beginning sequentially after the Petitioner's.


Click here for local forms and a complete list of filing fees