Okanogan County Superior Court Filing Timing and Cure Windows

Documents must be filed during the Clerk’s Office business hours, not through court administration.

All documents to be filed shall be filed within the Clerk’s Office business hours, NOT court administration.

Petitioners must file the Washington State Patrol criminal-history report results when they file the action.

At the time of filing the action, the petitioner(s) shall file the results of a Washington State Patrol criminal history report as required by RCW 11.130.210

The document must be provided to the trial judge no later than the day before trial.

to the trial judge not later than the day prior to commencement of trial

Nonprofessional Guardians and Conservators must complete lay guardian training within 90 days after appointment, including those appointed before January 1, 2022.

All nonprofessional Guardians and Conservators, even those appointed prior to January 1, 2022, must complete lay guardian training no later than ninety (90) days after appointment.

Proof of training completion must be filed within 30 days after training is completed.

A proof of completion shall be filed no later than thirty (30) days upon completion of training.

Registry applications must be renewed annually by the date specified by the court.

shall be renewed annually by date specified by the court.

Deadline

48 hours

Opposition papers must be filed and served, and working copies delivered to the hearing judge, at least 48 hours or two judicial days before the scheduled hearing.

Any party opposing a motion shall file and serve the original responsive papers in opposition to a motion with the clerk, serve copies on parties, and deliver working copies to the hearing judge no less than forty-eight hours [or two (2) judicial days] before the date and time prior to the scheduled hearing.

The opposing party may move for entry of judgment on the arbitrator’s award within five judicial days after the trial is stricken.

The opposing party may move for entry of judgment on the arbitrator’s award within (5) five judicial days after the trial was stricken.

Deadline

24 hours

Reply documents must be filed and served, and working copies delivered to the hearing judge, no later than 24 hours or one judicial day before the hearing.

Any party replying to opposing documents shall file and serve the Reply Documents, and deliver working copies to the hearing judge, no later than twenty-four hours or one (1) judicial day before the date and time the motion is to be heard by the court.

Deadline

14 calendar days

Opposing counsel and unrepresented litigants must prepare, serve, and file a response to a trial-setting request within 14 calendar days.

Opposing counsel and any unrepresented litigant shall prepare, serve and file any response to the request within fourteen (14) calendar days.

Deadline

10 business days

The Grievance Review Committee must make findings within 10 business days of receiving the GAL’s response, but may extend the time for additional investigation by no more than 20 business days and must notify the GAL.

(4) Upon receipt of a written response to a complaint from the GAL, the Grievance Review Committee shall, within ten (10) business days, make a finding as to each of the issues delineated in the Committee's letter to the GAL that either there is no merit to the issues based upon the GAL's response or that there is merit to the issue. The Review Committee may, at their discretion, extend the time for entering findings to conduct additional investigation if necessary; however, in no case shall that extension be for more than twenty (20) business days and the GAL shall be notified.

An assigned attorney must file a Notice of Appearance within five judicial days after notification of assignment or at the arraignment hearing, whichever is earlier.

(5) Upon notification of assignment, the assigned attorney shall within five (5) judicial days file their Notice of Appearance or at the arraignment hearing whichever is earlier.

The mediator must file a declaration of completion within fourteen days after mediation concludes.

Within fourteen (14) days of conclusion of mediation, a declaration that mediation has been completed shall be filed with the court by the mediator.

A party directed by the Court to draft an order must ensure it is signed and submitted within 48 hours of the hearing.

If directed to draft an order by the Court, the responsible party is responsible for ensuring the order is signed and submitted to the Court within 48 hours of the hearing.

Deadline

24 hours

Written evidence-related motions to strike and responses to them must be filed no later than 24 hours or one judicial day before the hearing.

All written Motions to Strike or responses to Motions to Strike relating to evidence shall be filed no later than twenty-four hours or one (1) judicial day before the date and time the motion is to be heard by the court.

An order providing for the appointment must be submitted to the Registry Administrator within three days.

Any order providing for the appointment will then be submitted to the Registry Administrator within three days.

A substituting attorney must file a notice within five judicial days of assignment or substitution, whichever is sooner.

Further any attorney substituting shall file their notice within five (5) judicial days of assignment and/or substitution whichever is sooner.

Deadline

10 business days

The Grievance Review Committee must be convened within ten business days after receipt of a written grievance.

(3) Upon receipt of a written grievance, the Presiding Judge or Administrator shall convene the Grievance Review Committee within ten (10) business days to review the grievance.

- d. The following exhibits will be sent to opposing counsel within _____ days and within five days of receipt forwarded to the court with any objections thereto; in the event no objections are raised the exhibits will be admitted in accordance with the provisions of (a) above.

- d. The following exhibits will be sent to opposing counsel within _____ days and within five days of receipt forwarded to the court with any objections thereto; in the event no objections are raised the exhibits will be admitted in accordance with the provisions of (a) above.

In civil cases, written instructions must be provided by the pretrial conference or five judicial days before trial begins.

Written instructions in civil cases shall be provided by the time of the pre-trial conference or five (5) judicial days prior to commencement of trial.

Deadline

48 hours

Confirmation must be made 48 hours before a summary judgment or specially set hearing; failure to confirm may result in cancellation.

Summary judgment and special set hearings must be confirmed by calling/emailing superiorcourt@co.okanogan.wa.us to the Judicial Assistant forty-eight (48) hours before the scheduled hearing (509)422-7093. Failure to comply may result in cancellation.

Deadline

10 business days

The complainant and the GAL must receive written notice of the Committee’s decision within 10 business days after receipt of the GAL’s response.

(6) The complainant and the GAL shall be notified in writing of the Committee's decision within 10 business days of receipt of the GAL response.

Deadline

14 calendar days

The parties must file their final Verified Statement of Assets & Debt Matrix within 14 calendar days of a scheduled trial.

The parties final Verified Statement of Assets & Debt Matrix shall be filed with the court within fourteen (14) calendar days of any scheduled trial.

Papers must be filed and served by the deadline set in the county’s Local Court Rules, or by the State Court Rules if no local rule applies.

Deadline! Your papers must be filed and served by the deadline in your county’s Local Court Rules, or by the State Court Rules if there is no local rule.

The moving party must serve and file the motion and supporting documents at least eight days before the hearing, unless a motion to shorten time has been filed and approved.

The moving party shall serve and file the motion and supporting documents no less than eight days before the date and time specified for the hearing [unless a motion to shorten time has been filed and order granting motion to shorten time has been approved].

A motion to revise a commissioner’s order or judgment must be served and filed within ten calendar days after the written order is entered.

A motion for revision of a commissioner’s order or judgment shall be served and filed within ten (10) calendar days of entry of the written order, as provided in RCW 2.24.050.

Appointed and assigned counsel must file the certificate quarterly.

(6) Appointed and assigned counsel shall file quarterly, with the Okanogan County Clerk, on the form recommended by the Supreme Court, a certificate declaring that counsel is in compliance with the applicable Standards for Indigent Defense promulgated by the Supreme Court of Washington.

When a response is requested after a finding that a grievance appears meritorious, the GAL must respond within ten business days; failure to do so results in immediate suspension from all registries.

(b) Make a finding that the grievance does appear to have merit and request a written response from the GAL within ten (10) business days, detailing the specific issues in the grievance to which the committee desires a response. The committee shall provide the GAL with a copy of the original grievance. A GAL's failure to respond within the required ten (10) business days will result in the immediate suspension of the GAL from all registries.

Reapplications and background-information updates are due annually on a date specified by the court.

Persons shall reapply and update background information annually on a date specified by the court.

The electronic Word .docx copy of the instructions must be provided at the beginning of trial.

The parties shall provide a copy of their instructions electronically in Word .docx file format to the court’s Judicial Assistant at the beginning of the trial.

Attorneys must submit the Pretrial Statement at least five working days before the conference.

at least five working days prior to this conference, the attorneys shall submit to the trial judge and to opposing counsel a Pretrial Statement containing the following: