| Effective Date: | N/A |
State: |
Washington |
| Court Type: | Appellate |
| Implementing Authority: | N/A |
| Status: | N/A |
| Time Standards: | Washington has no case processing time standards for the appellate court system. |
| Washington Board for Judicial Administration– Court Management Council Advisory Case Processing Time Standards for the General and Limited Jurisdiction Trial Courts of Washington State | |
| Effective Date: | May 1992, Revised 1997 |
State: |
Washington |
| Court Type: | Trial |
| Case Type: | Civil |
| Implementing Authority: | Board for Judicial Administration |
| Status: | Voluntary |
| Time Standards: | Superior Court: 98% within 18 months 100% within 24 months Limited Jurisdiction: (filing to resolution) 90% within 3 months 98% within 6 months 100% within 9 months Small Claims: (filing to resolution) 90% within 1.5 months 98% within 2 months 100% within 4 months |
| Effective Date: | May 1992; revised 1997 |
State: |
Washington |
| Court Type: | Trial |
| Case Type: | Criminal |
| Implementing Authority: | Board for Judicial Administration |
| Status: | Voluntary |
| Time Standards: | Felony: (filing to resolution) 90% within 4 months 98% within 6 months 100% within 9 months Misdemeanor: (filing to resolution) 90% within 3 months 98% within 6 months 100% within 9 months |
| Effective Date: | May 1992; revised 1997 |
State: |
Washington |
| Court Type: | Trial |
| Case Type: | Domestic |
| Implementing Authority: | Board for Judicial Administration and Court Management Council |
| Status: | Voluntary |
| Time Standards: | General: (filing to resolution) 90% within 10 months 98% within 14 months 100% within 18 months |
| Effective Date: | May 1992; revised 1997 |
State: |
Washington |
| Court Type: | Trial |
| Case Type: | Juvenile |
| Implementing Authority: | Board for Judicial Administration and Court Management Council |
| Status: | Voluntary |
| Time Standards: | Juvenile Offender: (filing to resolution) 90% within 4 months 98% within 6 months 100% within 9 months |
| Effective Date: | May 1992; revised 1997 |
State: |
Washington |
| Court Type: | Trial |
| Case Type: | Misc |
| Implementing Authority: | Board for Judicial Administration and Court Management Council |
| Status: | Voluntary |
| Time Standards: | RALJ (Appeals from Lower Courts to General) 90% within 4 months 98% within 5 months 100% within 6 months |
| Effective Date: | May 1992; revised 1997 |
State: |
Washington |
| Court Type: | Trial |
| Case Type: | Probate |
| Implementing Authority: | Board for Judicial Administration |
| Status: | Voluntary |
| Time Standards: | General: (filing to resolution) 90% within 8 months 98% within 18 months 100% within 36 months |
| Monitoring Information: | Washington documents court performance relevant to superior court time standards by producing computer-generated reports from case data that courts enter into the statewide computer system during their routine processing of cases.. Monthly reports and on-demand reports are available for generation by clerks and administration in superior courts, as well as by the AOC staff. Calendar year reports are published. Case processing time standards reports are available to the public through the annual report and court publications |
| Notes: | Voluntary trial court standards are available in the court rules book. The trial court standards, though advisory, are measured and published for all superior (general jurisdiction) courts. |