We keep our doors open through lunch! Please anticipate limited staffing during the midday hours. We are located on the street level of the main courthouse building.
Recording Downloads
The forms available here are limited to recording department research aids and in-house forms.
If you are looking for a template form for a document that you need to record, they can be found at most office supply stores or online. Just be certain to use only those forms that conform to the Washington State Guidelines for Document Recording.
Recording Department Forms
Cover Page: Use this form to either correct margin or information shortcomings of the document's first page, or to provide an opportunity for additional clarity. Please add $1 to the recording fee to cover the cost of recording an additional page.
Document Codes: A research aid that indicates the document code used and grantor/grantee information for a variety of document titles.
Personal Information Restriction Request: Submit this form to restrict internet view of certain personal information contained within a document. Request applicable only for Social Security Number, date of birth, or maiden name of a parent.
Short Plat Numbers: Yields recording book/page information for a given short plat number.
Research Tools
The WA State Department of health took over the collection of birth and death records in 1907, but we do have a few births and deaths listed from the brief time before that. Birth records 1900-1907, index, Death Records 1900-1907, index
Veteran's Forms
Please visit our Military Discharge Recordings page for a more comprehensive description of the purpose and use of these forms.
This form is used by veterans whose discharge papers were recorded prior to 1/27/1997, and would like to prohibit public access to their record. The fee to record this form is $7.00.
Veterans who recorded their discharge papers 1/27/97 or later may use this form to grant access to their records to named individuals other than those automatically eligible per the legislation. There is no fee to record this form.
This form must be completed and signed by those requesting access to an exempt record.
Need Help?
The forms will ask for the recording information assigned to your discharge when you brought it here for recording. If you don’t know this number, please email or phone us at 509-667-6815 and we will look it up for you.
Posted: 12/15/2014 04:49 PM
Last Updated: 06/04/2025 03:34 PM
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