Yakima County Residents Directory

The Yakima County Residents Directory helps you look up public records tied to people who live in Yakima County, Washington. Use it to find court case info, parcel data, recorded documents, and other public facts filed at county offices in the city of Yakima. The county seat holds most of the records you need. Whether you are tracing a relative, checking a court case, or pulling a property file, this guide shows where to search, who to call, and what each office keeps on file. Most records are free to view online.

Yakima County Residents Directory Offices

Most public records for county residents start at the main courthouse on North 2nd Street. The Yakima County homepage links out to the Clerk, Auditor, Assessor, District Court, and Corrections. Each office keeps its own slice of the resident records. You can search some of them online. Others need a call or a walk-in visit. Hours vary by office, so check before you go.

The county campus sits in downtown Yakima. The Clerk of Superior Court and the District Court share space at 128 N 2nd Street. The Auditor is in the same building on the first floor, Room 117. Staff at each counter can point you to the right public records desk if you are not sure where to look first. Call ahead when you can. Phones get busy near the end of the month.

Here is a screenshot lead-in. Browse the Clerk of Superior Court page to see the full list of case types the office holds.

The Clerk keeps court files for felonies, civil suits, family law, probate, and juvenile matters. Adoption and paternity files stay sealed. Most other case files are open to the public.

Clerk of Superior Court Records

The Yakima County Clerk is the keeper of all Superior Court records. Billie A. Maggard holds the post. Under RCW Chapter 36.23, the Clerk files, scans, and stores every case filed in Superior Court. Those case files sit at the heart of the Yakima County Residents Directory. When a resident is named in a lawsuit, a will, or a family law case, the file lands here. You can search case data on the statewide Odyssey Portal. The portal covers Yakima and many other counties at once.

The Clerk's office sits at 128 N 2nd Street, Room 323, Yakima, WA 98901. Phone: 509-574-1430. Hours run Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Walk in to pull a file, request copies, or ask a clerk to run a name search. Bring a photo ID. Fees are low, but copy costs add up if your file is big.

Note: The Clerk cannot give legal advice. Staff can show you how to find a record, but they will not help you fill out forms.

Yakima County District Court Files

The Yakima County District Court handles small claims, traffic, civil cases up to $100,000, gross misdemeanors, and protection orders. The court runs out of two sites. The main court is at 128 N 2nd Street in Yakima. A branch court serves the lower valley at 1313 W Wine Country Road in Grandview. The court also runs municipal dockets for Union Gap, Grandview, and Mabton. Each of those towns routes its cases through this office. Public case info ties back to the Yakima County Residents Directory through the same Odyssey Portal the Superior Court uses.

Phone the Yakima court at 509-574-1804. The Grandview branch is at 509-882-2192. Both close for lunch from noon to 1:00 PM. Small claim files and traffic tickets are public. Name change petitions filed here are also open to the public once granted.

Lead in with this screenshot of the court page.

Use the phone numbers above for hearing schedules and public terminal access.

Yakima County Auditor Records

The Yakima County Auditor's Office records deeds, liens, marriage licenses, and other land records. Charles Ross is the elected Auditor. The office sits at 128 N 2nd Street, Room 117, Yakima, WA 98901. Phone: 509-574-1400. Fax: 509-574-1341. Open Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The Auditor also runs elections, licensing, and payroll for the county.

If you need to trace a residents directory entry back to real property, the Auditor is the place to start. The recorded index runs back many decades. You can e-record, request copies, or research documents on site. The office follows the Washington recording standards under RCW Chapter 65.04. Marriage records are public. Restrictive covenant modifications are available too. Vital records for birth and death are held here as well. The office forwards state-level requests to the Washington Department of Health when needed.

Here is the Auditor page in a screenshot so you can preview the layout.

Copy fees run a few dollars per page for certified documents.

Property Data in the Yakima Residents Directory

Land records tie names to addresses. That makes the assessor file a key part of any people search. The Yakima County Parcel Search page links to the main property lookup tool hosted at Spatialest. You can search by owner name, parcel number, or street. The tool shows the owner of record, the address, the legal description, and the tax history. Sales history is also public. You can look at residential, commercial, land, condo, and mobile home sales. This is often the fastest way to confirm that a person lives at a given Yakima County address.

Use the screenshot below as a quick preview of the Spatialest parcel search tool.

The tool supports partial name searches, which helps when a spelling is off.

You can also open the Yakima County Assessor's Office page for tax code areas, levy info, and senior exemption forms. The Treasurer handles actual tax payments, not the valuation.

That screenshot shows the parcel search landing page as it looked on the county site.

Statewide Residents Directory Tools

Some records are stored at the state level. The Washington Courts site runs the portal used by every Superior Court in the state. The state court directory page for Yakima County lists current phone numbers for the Superior Court, the Clerk, the Juvenile Court, and the District Court branches. That page is kept current by the Administrative Office of the Courts.

For records older than a few decades, check the Washington State Archives. The Archives hold historic court files, naturalization papers, and old census data. The Central Regional branch covers Yakima County. Public access rules for state records come from RCW Chapter 42.56, the Public Records Act. That law gives residents broad access to most government files. Exemptions cover things like sealed juvenile files, medical info, and some law enforcement data.

Legal Help for Yakima County Residents

Free and low-cost help is out there. Northwest Justice Project runs a Yakima office and handles civil cases for low-income folks. Call the CLEAR hotline at 1-888-201-1014 to get started. WashingtonLawHelp has plain-language guides you can read for free. The Washington State Bar Association runs a lawyer referral line at 206-443-9722. Use those tools when you need to go past a basic records lookup.

If you land on a court form you do not know how to fill out, head to the Washington Courts forms library. Every official form sits on that page. Print what you need, fill it in, then file at the Clerk's counter. The Clerk will not give advice, but a facilitator may be available on some days.

Cities in Yakima County

The city of Yakima holds most of the county's residents. Other towns in the county include Sunnyside, Toppenish, Grandview, Selah, Union Gap, Wapato, Moxee, and Zillah. All of them file their Superior Court cases through the Clerk in downtown Yakima. Only Yakima itself has a page in our city directory.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Yakima County. If the person you are looking for lives just outside the county line, try one of these next.