How to Search the Cathlamet Court Docket
The Washington Courts directory lists Cathlamet Municipal Court with a simple instruction. That instruction is short: see Wahkiakum County District Court. A county agreement moved municipal court services to the county effective January 1, 2024. No town docket portal exists on the official town, county, or state sites. So search under the county-administered court name.
- Read the citation or court paper and note the full name, case or citation number, court, and next deadline.
- Open Find My Court Date and accept its terms.
- Select Wahkiakum District Court, enter the first and last names as printed, complete the CAPTCHA, and submit.
- Read the returned setting and case activity, then compare them with the newest signed notice.
- If nothing appears, call District Court at 360-795-3461 or visit its counter at 64 Main Street.
- For a Superior Court case arising in Cathlamet, switch to Odyssey or contact the Superior Court Clerk.
Do not read a missing Cathlamet label as a missing case. The county arrangement often makes the caption or search filter show Wahkiakum District Court. The town name simply drops out of the record's face.
Cathlamet Court Docket Routing
Routing is the big local fact here. Cathlamet advertises no standalone judicial search, payment page, judge page, or court counter. District Court supplies the municipal service. It also hears county misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors, traffic infractions, small claims, civil complaints, name changes, anti-harassment petitions, probation matters, and fish and wildlife citations.
The split protects you from misrouted requests. A town clerk can hand over legislative or administrative material. But that clerk cannot certify a municipal judgment that District Court administers. A District Court clerk handles the court case. Yet that clerk holds no council minutes or permit file. State and county sources all draw the same line.
The Cathlamet Municipal Court
Cathlamet is the county seat and the only incorporated town in Wahkiakum County. The official population table lists no second city. That small footprint still keeps town hall and the courts apart. Cathlamet has a mayor and a five-member council. Judicial records, meanwhile, follow the county agreement and the state court directory.
The municipal route covers cases brought under town authority that belong in a court of limited jurisdiction. Traffic citations plus ordinance violations are the usual examples. A felony, probate, guardianship, or general civil lawsuit may belong in Superior Court instead. A Cathlamet mailing address settles nothing. The charging paper, case number, filing court, and type of action decide jurisdiction.
Cathlamet Docket Search Fields
With no city-specific search form, the fields on Find My Court Date serve as the working Cathlamet court docket fields. Enter the exact government office and identifier. A small mismatch can return a false blank.
| Field | Requirement | Cathlamet Use |
|---|---|---|
| Court | Required dropdown | Select WAHKIAKUM DISTRICT COURT. |
| First Name | Required text | Enter it as shown on court papers. |
| Last Name | Required text | Check spelling and name variants. |
| CAPTCHA | Required control | Complete the “I’m not a robot” test. |
| Case Number | Payment or inquiry identifier | Use it with District Court, not the town office. |
| Ordinance Number | Town request field | Use it with the Clerk-Treasurer, not the docket search. |
re:SearchWA may open limited-jurisdiction access as the state's CLJ-CMS rollout matures. What you can see depends on record type and deployment. For firm calendar answers, Find My Court Date and a direct call to District Court remain the fallback.
Cathlamet Court Dates and Settings
A Cathlamet municipal setting can show up under Wahkiakum District Court. District Court's posted schedule puts criminal matters on the first and third Wednesday mornings. Civil and anti-harassment matters come later those mornings. Small claims falls on the second Wednesday. Traffic takes the third Wednesday afternoon. Name changes take the fourth. That rhythm explains the calendar but cannot replace your exact annual date or case order.
| Date | The confirmed day from the current docket or signed notice. |
|---|---|
| Time | The listed start or docket-call time, not a promise that one case begins at once. |
| Location | The court address or approved remote method stated by the court. |
| Judge | The assigned or presiding judicial officer, subject to change. |
| Setting Type | Arraignment, pretrial, traffic hearing, mitigation, trial, review, or another event. |
Remote appearance is not automatic, and District Court no longer streams proceedings generally on YouTube. Anyone who wants to appear remotely must follow the current request and approval process. Confirm any reset with the court before skipping the original date.
Cathlamet Town and Court Records
Two very different files can hide behind the phrase Cathlamet records. Think ordinance or resolution. Permits, utility records, council agendas, and other town administrative documents come from the Town. A citation, hearing notice, municipal judgment, or case docket comes through District Court. The subject of the request tells you who holds it. The town name alone does not.
| Need | Official Starting Point |
|---|---|
| Municipal case or judgment | Wahkiakum County District Court |
| Municipal hearing date | Find My Court Date, with District Court selected |
| Town ordinance or resolution | Cathlamet ordinance page or Clerk-Treasurer |
| Town administrative file | Town office and its current public-record route |
| Superior Court case | Odyssey and the Superior Court Clerk |
Statewide portals cut travel for basic case information. Secure or certified copies may still need mail, a routed request, or pickup in person.
Cathlamet Town Office Records
Cathlamet keeps its town office at 100 Main. Mail goes to PO Box 68. The phone number is 360-795-3203. Doors open Tuesday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to noon and again 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Those hours cover town services only. A docket search at the county court counters follows a different clock. Call ahead before you drive over.
The Town of Cathlamet website shows the office details, contact information, and civic services the town itself publishes.
The town page can steer an administrative request, but a municipal case stays on the District Court path. Note that the courthouse and the town office are separate stops, even though both sit on Main Street. The county courts use 64 Main Street. Check which clerk holds your record before you arrive.
Cathlamet Traffic Tickets
Read a Cathlamet citation closely before you act on it. The issuing court and the response deadline appear on the ticket itself. If the municipal route applies, choose Wahkiakum District Court in Find My Court Date and use the citation or case number when you pay or ask about the case. The town website is not the ticket portal. The state directory does not list it that way.
Infractions in Wahkiakum County give you choices. You can pay, contest, ask for a mitigation hearing, or request a deferred finding if you qualify. Seeing the case on a public calendar does not pause your deadline. District Court takes written traffic materials only through the delivery methods the current form and rule allow, and every submission needs the required identifier, statement, declaration, signature, and any supporting material.
For county-level deadlines and response options, see the Wahkiakum County traffic court records. If a portal or payment route fails, call District Court before the deadline.
Cathlamet Ordinances Are Not Dockets
Cathlamet posts its local laws on a town ordinance and resolution page. The code there runs current through Ordinance 701, adopted March 16, 2026. Copy requests go to the Clerk-Treasurer. An ordinance can matter in a municipal case. But reading one is not a court docket search. The text is law, not the case record a court keeps.
That legislative set is what the official ordinance and resolution page publishes for Cathlamet.
That listing covers the town channel for laws, which is separate from the county-administered judicial docket. Have an ordinance number? Start there. Need the judgment in an enforcement case? Contact District Court. Ask for both records only when both truly serve your need.
Where Cathlamet Cases End Up
Cathlamet cases split along jurisdictional lines. Municipal matters go to the county-administered limited-jurisdiction court, as do county misdemeanors and civil complaints. Felonies, along with general-jurisdiction civil, family, probate, guardianship, juvenile, and commitment cases, belong to Superior Court. Anything federal uses a separate federal system entirely.
Docket flow: Cathlamet Municipal Court › Wahkiakum County District Court › Wahkiakum County Superior Court
Treat that line as a search path only. It is not an appeal ruling for every case. A municipal caption points to District Court first, and Superior Court applies only when the case type or filed papers show that jurisdiction. Appeals and transfers follow legal procedures that a town address cannot predict.
Cathlamet Court Copy Requests
Need a municipal judgment, citation image, filed statement, order, or payment record? Contact District Court. Give the clerk the case number, party name, document title, and event date. Ask whether the copy can go out by mail. Ask if it can be picked up or sent through an approved electronic route. Certification must come from the court custodian, not the Town Clerk-Treasurer.
Ordinance copies and council records use the town channel instead. A broad county public-record request is no shortcut around court access rules. It also never pauses a citation or filing deadline. Call ahead in Cathlamet, since office hours and the District Court schedule can change.
Public Access to Cathlamet Court Records
District Court administers Cathlamet municipal court records under Washington's court-access rules. GR 31 governs public access. GR 15 governs sealing. A public docket can confirm that an event occurred. A protected document may still stay unavailable or redacted. Juvenile, sealed, confidential, and other protected information does not become public just because a city name appears in the caption.
Use the judicial record rule. District Court determines access to the Cathlamet case file under Washington court rules.
The Washington Public Records Act governs many town administrative records, but it does not override sealing or judicial access limits.
Ask the custodian for an access decision when a portal omits a document.
Find My Court Date can show calendar and case activity where available. It does not promise the complete file. re:SearchWA coverage can vary during the limited-jurisdiction system transition, and JIS-Link is a paid information service with no documents attached. Phone, counter, and mail access still form the official fallback chain.
Cathlamet’s Single-City Context
Cathlamet stands alone in one sense. Official state estimates call it the county's only incorporated place. The estimated population sits near 580 in the cited annual table. The town's own descriptive page gives a different estimate. It also notes its 1907 incorporation and roughly half-square-mile area. Each figure reflects its own source and vintage, so do not blend them.
Small population does not mean every Wahkiakum County case is municipal. Most county residents live outside the incorporated town. Countywide conduct, state charges, and Superior Court filings stay county cases. That holds even when a hearing happens at the courthouse in Cathlamet. Search by jurisdiction and case type, not by population or proximity.