COUNTY OFFICE CLOSURE DATES
Skagit County Offices and Departments will be closed on the following days due to mandatory furlough days designed to help with the Skagit County budgetary shortfall.
Please note: District Court, Superior Court and the Clerk's office will remain OPEN.

Friday, May 22, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009

We appreciate your understanding of this closure. We hope to restore our traditional work days when the economy strengthens.

The Office of Assigned Counsel ensures a person's constitutional right to counsel in a court proceeding, whether civil or criminal in form, when necessary to ensure procedural fairness. Such a right exists in any proceeding which may result in physical incarceration.

The legislature finds that effective legal representation should be provided for indigent persons and persons who are indigent and able to contribute, consistent with the Constitutional requirements of fairness, equal protection, and due process in all cases where the right to counsel attaches.

The Court has designated the Skagit County Office of Assigned Counsel as it's designee to determine whether a defendant is indigent pursuant to RCW 10.101.

The Office of Assigned Counsel performs eligibility screening for indigent defense services for the following courts: Skagit County Superior Court, Skagit County District Court, Mount Vernon and Burlington Municipal Courts.