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The Board of the Thurston County Law Library will be holding their regular meeting on January 27, 2025, from 12:15pm to 1:00pm in Courtroom 101. If Courtroom 101 is unavailable, the meeting will be held in the Law Library. Attendees may also join by Microsoft Teams using this link:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting
Meeting ID: 247 204 503 393
Passcode: DfXzdW
Future quarterly meetings will be held on 4/28/2025, 7/28/2025, and 10/27/2025.
The Thurston County Superior Court is accepting proposals for revisions to its local court rules. Proposals for revisions will be reviewed by the Board of Judges and, if adopted, become effective September 1, 2025. Written proposals must be submitted by Tuesday, February 18, 2025, to be considered for adoption this year. Proposals received after that date will be considered for 2026.
You can submit proposals by email to Matt.Morbello@co.thurston.wa.us or by regular mail to his attention at the courthouse. The Court will review all proposals but encourages submitters to propose specific changes to rules if possible. It is extremely helpful to receive proposals in the form of redline edits to current rules. Please note that beginning this year, select proposals will be posted on the Court’s website for initial feedback in March 2025. All proposed revisions will be posted on the Court’s website for a 30-day comment period opening in May 2025.
You may view or download the Court’s local rules here.
The Board of the Thurston County Law Library will be holding their regular meeting on October 28, 2024, from 12:15pm to 1:00pm in Courtroom 101. If Courtroom 101 is unavailable, the meeting will be held in the Law Library. Attendees may also join by Microsoft teams using this link:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting
Meeting ID: 239 516 671 613
Passcode: vV82Wa
Family and Juvenile Court
**Administrative Office of the Courts systems are up and running. This includes Odyssey, JABS, JIS, JCS and other AOC-hosted information systems.
We ask that you CONTINUE to provide the Court with hard copy Judge’s copies of any pleadings filed after October 31, 2024.
Hard copies continue to be the primary way that judicial officers will be able to prepare until we can rely on the systems being up to date.
Filing questions should be directed to the Clerk’s Office at tcclerk@co.thurston.wa.us.
Do not contact Court staff regarding filing questions.
Please be patient while we work through the back log and get the systems up to date.
Thank you.
Thurston County Superior Court is accepting applications for Pro Tem Commissioners. Please click the link for the application.
Covid-19 and Other Public Health Topics
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the Superior Court modified operations based on input from local public health. The Court continues to receive regular updates from public health. Based on current conditions, neither social distancing nor the wearing of facial coverings is required at our courthouses. The Court encourages individuals to be aware of their circumstances and make individual decisions regarding protecting their health. Remote participation continues to be available for many types of court proceedings and jury service deferrals may be requested based on individual or household health circumstances.