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King District Court Judge, Shoreline District

Presides over common civil or minor criminal trials.

Full office description

  • Washington district courts handle all misdemeanor criminal cases and all low-level civil matters. -This jurisdiction includes traffic, non-traffic, and parking infractions, domestic violence protection orders, Civil actions of $75,000 or less, small claims up to $10,000
  • They are elected to 4-year, non-partisan elections.

How this impacts you

  • Criminal JusticeMost lower level crimes, such as misdemeanors and infraction cases, are tried in the District Court. The outcome of the case and how fair a trial is often comes down to the district court judge.

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