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Clerk's Office

Skagit County Clerk: Melissa Beaton

Skagit County Clerk’s Office
205 W. Kincaid, Room 103
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
www.skagitcounty.net

Office hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

EX PARTE PRACTICE

Personal Appearance by attorneys or self-represented: Tuesday & Thursday at 1:15 p.m.

Appear at the Clerk’s Office before 10:30 a.m. for same-day processing. After presenting your order, you may return to the Clerk’s Office to obtain copies. No ex parte fee required, but copy fees apply.

Ex Parte by Mail:

Mail original documents, at least one copy for the Clerk’s Office to conform, a self- addressed stamped envelope, and $30 ex parte fee. Submissions without the fee will be returned.

Non-Appearance Ex Parte:

Documents may be left with staff at front counter along with $30 ex parte fee.

Ex Parte by eSubmission:

Ex parte payment and approval by our office must be received by 10:30 a.m.

Documents will be available by email request at supcrtclerk@co.skagit.wa.us or in Odyssey within two judicial days.

EXCEPTION:
Civil Protection Orders-Pursuant to RCW 7.105.105 there is NO ex parte deadline for "an ex parte temporary protection order, because these are often emergent situations, the court shall prioritize review, either entering an order without a hearing or scheduling and holding an ex parte hearing in person, by telephone, by video, or by other electronic means on the day the petition is filed if possible."