Island County Superior Court Filing Rules

Parties must use the note-for-calendar form available on the Superior Court website.

The certification should be filed at least fourteen (14) days prior to each calendar quarter.

A self-represented party may seek a good-cause exception to email service by motion, properly noted for hearing and served on the opposing party or attorney.

Motions and orders must be submitted as separate documents.

Judge’s copies of exhibits are required.

Counsel and litigants should check with the Court Administrator or county Clerk to confirm which rules are currently in effect.

Covered procedural pretrial motions may be scheduled on the Criminal Motions Calendar and, unless made orally at a hearing or otherwise ordered, must be filed and served with responsive and strict-reply materials by the stated court-day deadlines.

A continuance may be granted by mutual agreement and an order entered more than 30 calendar days before trial; a continuance sought within 30 calendar days must be requested by written motion, and a party seeking a new trial date must follow LCR 40(a).

A party seeking to modify a prior RCW 26.10 non-parental custody final order who did not commence the modification before December 31, 2020, must follow RCW 11.130.240 and pay any required Clerk-set filing fees.

Judge’s copies delivered through the e-filing system may not exceed 500 pages in total.

Pleadings and other papers must be filed with the Clerk, not the Court Administrator’s office or the judge, and may be filed electronically or by facsimile under the cited rules.

A complaint or grievance shall be deemed confidential for all purposes unless the reviewing judge has made a final determination that the complaint or grievance has merit. Any record of complaints or grievances filed which involve a pending case or which are not deemed by the reviewing judge to have merit shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except by court order, upon good cause shown, after the person against whom the complaint or grievance was brought has been given notice and an opportunity to be heard.

Motions and orders may not be combined into one document, and each order must be set out separately.