File #: 2025-0312    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: To Be Introduced
File created: 10/7/2025 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE related to the department of judicial administration; and amending Ordinance 19375, Section 1, and K.C.C. 2.16.171.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski
Indexes: Judicial Administration
Attachments: 1. 2025-0312 transmittal letter, 2. 2025-0312 Fiscal Note, 3. 2025-0312 Legislative Review Form
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Clerk 09/24/2025

Title

AN ORDINANCE related to the department of judicial administration; and amending Ordinance 19375, Section 1, and K.C.C. 2.16.171.

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                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  Ordinance 19375, Section 1, and K.C.C. 2.16.171 are hereby amended to read as follows:

                     A.  The department of judicial administration, as identified in Section 350.20.20 of the King County Charter, shall be managed by the superior court clerk, who shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of a majority of King County superior court judges.  The department shall be comprised of the office of the director, the case flow division, the court services division, the technology services division, the financial services division, the ((Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center)) customer services division, and the juvenile division.

                     B.  The duties of the department of judicial administration shall include:

                       1.  Receiving and maintaining all superior court records;

                       2.  Providing access to superior court records; and

                       3.  Managing receipt, disbursement, and trust accounting for all fees, fines, and payments made in superior court cases.