Search Kittitas County Bench Warrants

Kittitas County bench warrants come out of the Superior Court in Ellensburg when a defendant fails to appear or breaks the terms of a court order. With a population near 47,000, the county has a steady but small active warrant docket. You can run a Kittitas County warrant search through the Washington Odyssey portal or by calling the clerk in Ellensburg. This page lays out the court info, the search tools, and the steps to clear a bench warrant tied to a Kittitas County case file.

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Kittitas County Superior Court

The Kittitas County Superior Court sits at 205 W. 5th Ave, Ellensburg, WA 98926. The clerk line is (509) 962-7531. The court directory page is at co.kittitas.wa.us/courts. That directory links to the Superior Court, the District Court, the Juvenile Court, and the Prosecuting Attorney.

Kittitas County uses the statewide Odyssey case management system. Run your warrant lookup at odysseyportal.courts.wa.gov. Pick the county, type a name, and look at the docket for any warrant flag. The state public access page at dw.courts.wa.gov is a backup tool.

Note: Ellensburg sits along I-90, so a small Kittitas County warrant can lead to an out of county arrest during a routine traffic stop.

Kittitas County Warrant Search Tools

The fastest tool is the Odyssey portal. The second tool is a direct phone call to the clerk. A third option is a name run on the WSP background check system at fortress.wa.gov/wsp/watch, which is called WATCH. WATCH shows convictions and sometimes flags active warrants tied to a name.

The image below shows the WATCH portal that the Washington State Patrol runs.

Washington WATCH background check used for Kittitas County warrants

You can pull a full criminal history through the WSP criminal history page. For Kittitas County subjects with active arrest warrants, the state DOC list at doc.wa.gov/records/incarcerated-data-search/wanted-arrest may also have entries.

Bench Warrant Rules in Washington

Kittitas County judges follow the same warrant rules as every other Washington court. The Superior Court rule is CrR 2.2. The District Court rule is CrRLJ 2.2. Officer arrest power is at RCW 10.31.030.

For people on community custody, a missed check-in can trigger a warrant under RCW 9.94A.716, with detention sanctions at RCW 9.94A.685. Talk to your community corrections officer right away if you miss a date.

Clear a Bench Warrant in Kittitas County

The cleanest path to clear a Kittitas County bench warrant is a motion to quash filed by a defense attorney. The motion goes to the Superior Court or District Court depending on the case. The judge sets a new hearing. You appear, the warrant is lifted, and the case continues.

Run an Odyssey search for the case
Save the case number
Contact a Kittitas County defense lawyer
File a motion to quash
Show up to the new date

For traffic warrants from the District Court, paying through the clerk and asking for a new hearing date often works without a lawyer. For felony warrants you should not try this route alone.

Kittitas County Court Forms

Statewide court forms are at courts.wa.gov/forms. The form library has motion to quash templates and other tools. The full RCW is at apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw. The court rule library is at courts.wa.gov/jislink.

The Kittitas County courts directory at co.kittitas.wa.us/courts has links to the Prosecuting Attorney and Juvenile Court for related case info.

Cities and Nearby Counties

The county seat is Ellensburg, home to Central Washington University. Other communities include Cle Elum, Roslyn, and Kittitas. None reach the population threshold for a city page on this site. For warrant info in nearby counties, see Yakima County, Grant County, Chelan County, or King County west over Snoqualmie Pass.