Garfield County Criminal Docket Searches
Begin with the official Washington Courts Name & Case Search. Pick Superior Courts for a Superior criminal file. Pick District and Municipal Courts for a limited-jurisdiction case. From there, choose Garfield County Superior Court or Garfield District Court. Then pick the criminal category that fits. The lower-court menu splits things into Criminal Felony, Criminal Non-Traffic, Criminal Traffic, and Probable Cause. Enter a name under the wrong category and the lookup may return nothing useful.
A case number works best when court papers give you one. Keep the letters, dashes, and leading zeroes exactly as written. For a name search, match the spelling on the papers. Add a middle name only when it helps sort results apart. The portal calls its data reference material that may be inaccurate. It is generally updated within 24 hours. Confirm identity and status with the court before relying on it.
- Select the court level before entering a name or number.
- Choose Garfield Superior or Garfield District and the correct criminal type.
- Search by exact case number, or by first and last name.
- Compare court, filing date, number, party role, and category.
- Ask the clerk for the official paper, audio, or certified copy.
Superior or District Criminal Court?
Garfield County Superior Court is the general-jurisdiction trial court. Superior criminal proceedings live there. Garfield District Court takes misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors, criminal traffic matters, and preliminary felony proceedings within its authority. So a felony case can leave a trail of lower-court events. The Superior file later becomes the central record. When the papers or the case stage do not make the court clear, run a docket search both ways.
| Local route | Criminal docket role | Telephone |
|---|---|---|
| Garfield County Superior Court | General-jurisdiction criminal cases and Superior events | 509-843-3731 |
| Garfield District Court | Limited-jurisdiction cases and preliminary felony events | 509-843-1002 |
| Asotin/Garfield Juvenile Department | Separate juvenile route with distinct access rules | 509-243-2024 |
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
A Garfield County criminal court docket is a list of events. There is no verdict at the end. The public fields can tell you where and when the case was filed. They show who appears in a court role. You can see what charge or count was entered, and which hearings or dispositions were recorded. In Odyssey, Superior information is divided among tabs. The tabs are Case Information, Party, Disposition Events, Events, and Hearings. A document link or index notation only points to a paper. It does not mean the filing itself is open online.
| Case identity | Court, location, case number, filing date, and criminal type. |
|---|---|
| Participants | State and defendant roles plus attorney data when public. |
| Charge data | Count, statute, classification, and amended-charge events. |
| Settings | Arraignment, pretrial, plea, trial, sentencing, or other hearings. |
| Outcome fields | Plea, disposition, judgment, sentence, appeal, and later entries. |
| Access flags | Document availability and sealed or restricted indicators. |
Garfield Criminal Codes in Plain Terms
Washington's official JIS docket-code manual decodes the shortened events you'll see. Read every code with its date and its court context. A code never replaces the order behind it. A continuance code means a setting moved. A charge-amendment code marks a filing event, not necessarily the final result.
- CONT or CONTD
- A continuance event. Check the next setting rather than assuming the case ended.
- CHRGAM
- A charge-amendment event. Review later disposition entries for resolution.
- BAILST or BOO
- A bail or bond notation whose effect depends on the linked entry or order.
- APPEAL
- An appellate event. It does not itself explain the appellate outcome.
The same manual covers transfer, plea, waiver, correction, and warrant terms. Pair each code with the full event text and any public order. When the meaning stays unclear, ask the clerk.
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
The first event you spot may be a complaint, probable-cause filing, or information, depending on court and stage. Arraignment and pretrial settings come next in the record. From there, the docket collects motions, continuances, bail events, and pleas. Trial entries and disposition events join as they happen. Judgment and sentence, probation, accounting, or appeal entries can keep arriving after the central charge is resolved.
Docket flow: Charge Filed › Arraignment › Pretrial Settings › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
Treat this as a reading aid. Cases do not all follow identical steps. A transfer from District to Superior, a dismissal, an amended charge, or a reset can shuffle the sequence, so lean on the latest dated event and the signed order to understand current status.
Garfield County Criminal Hearing Times
The local Superior Court page lists its Criminal Docket at 8:30 a.m. Garfield District Court lists its Criminal Docket at 9:00 a.m. Bond hearings for new arrests generally land on the next business day. The local pages say the time varies. These blocks orient you. They are not a case-specific setting.
For an actual court date, use the county current docket. Washington Find My Court Date covers an eligible lower-court setting. Odyssey Search Hearings lists public Superior settings. Then call the clerk before you go. Schedules change, and a portal result can trail a reset. The Garfield County court schedule explains how date lists, hearing results, and current postings differ.
Confirm the date, time, courtroom, and attendance method because published criminal settings can change.
Garfield County Criminal Docket Courts
The Superior Clerk route sits at 789 Main Street in Pomeroy. It also uses PO Box 915 and telephone 509-843-3731. Marie M. Gormsen is the County Clerk named in the official directory. Her office handles Superior file viewing, certified copies, document requests, and questions about restricted files.
Garfield District Court sits at 789 W Main Street, Pomeroy. Its contact details are PO Box 817 and telephone 509-843-1002. Its records route covers limited-jurisdiction complaints, plea statements, judgments and sentences, deferred-prosecution orders, verdicts, dismissals, and audio when available. Pomeroy Municipal Court may show up in a search selector. But the official code table says it closed July 31, 2001. Its active matters were contracted to Garfield District.
Requesting the Criminal Case File
An online index finds the case. The local file holds the substance. That is where a charging paper, signed order, judgment, or audio actually lives. For a Superior matter, give the clerk the case number, the name, and a clear description of the document or hearing you want. The Superior form offers copy, certified, authenticated, and audio choices. For a District matter, name the specific complaint, plea, judgment, order, verdict, dismissal, or recording.
Garfield County Clerk
789 Main Street, Pomeroy, WA 99347
PO Box 915
509-843-3731
superiorcourt@garfieldcountywa.gov
Call the clerk for the current total and to learn how copies are delivered. A certified copy comes from that office, not from a downloaded search screen. Missing case? Try the exact number and the correct category. Then ask the clerk whether the file is archived, inactive, newly entered, or restricted.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
Washington court records are governed by court-access rules. They are not governed by one broad public-records rule covering all agency material. GR 31 controls access to court records. GR 15 covers destruction, sealing, and redaction. So a public index can leave out a sealed document or a sensitive field. Juvenile records follow RCW 13.50.050, and those requests go to the shared juvenile department.
Read status with care.
A charge, warrant, setting, or filing is not proof of guilt. A name result is not proof of identity, and an absent result proves no absence of an event.
Odyssey lets anyone browse case information anonymously. Actual documents may require registration, clerk authorization, a county's own setup, or a fee. Bulk distribution is limited, and juvenile bulk data is off the table entirely. Do not record a remote proceeding or harvest portal data. Before sharing anything sensitive, ask the clerk which rule applies.
Migration Limits in Garfield Criminal Data
Migration quirks shape Garfield County criminal docket statistics. Garfield District was one of nine early-adopter courts. That group switched to CLJ-EJ on October 26, 2024. Washington AOC reports warn that the transition can leave statistics incomplete or undercounted. So a blank or a zero in a later report does not mean the court had no criminal work. A blank only flags a reporting gap. No statistical report can tell you whether any single case exists. The 2025 Superior reports list 60 criminal non-trial proceedings and 61 criminal hearings for Garfield. Those are different measures, not unique people or live pending cases. For an individual file, treat the search as a lead. Then confirm with the clerk. The Washington Courts search source carries the court-level choices. You must pick a specific court. Because of that, a broad name search can miss a Garfield County criminal court docket filed in another jurisdiction.
Pick the court first, then the case type. That order avoids a common source of false blank results.