Search the Davenport Court Docket

Searching the Davenport Court Docket

Open the official Washington Courts Case Records Search. For a Davenport ordinance, misdemeanor, traffic, infraction, small-claim, or limited civil matter, choose District and Municipal Courts and LINCOLN DISTRICT COURT. Use Superior Courts and Lincoln County Superior Court for a felony, general civil, domestic, probate, guardianship, or juvenile case. Preserve the exact case or citation number; otherwise use full names and verify court, year, type, and party role.

1. Identify District or Superior Court from the notice, citation, or case type.
2. Select that court level and the corresponding Lincoln court.
3. Search the exact number first, or use a full party name and filing year.
4. Read setting, status, event, and disposition as separate fields.
5. Confirm current dates and request documents from the court that owns the file.

Davenport Docket Routing Without a City Portal

The state directory says “See Lincoln County District Court” for Davenport Municipal Court. That is a routing instruction, not evidence of an independent Davenport case database. The county's interlocal service structure centralizes the judicial record while Davenport City Hall remains the place for city ordinances and administrative municipal records.

If a Davenport name or citation produces no CLJ result, check the spelling and number, allow for recent entry, and call District Court at 509-725-2281. A missing result can also mean the matter belongs in Superior Court. The statewide index refreshes about once daily and warns that online status can be incomplete.

Davenport Municipal Court Basics

Davenport municipal matters are serviced through Lincoln County District Court. That court handles misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors, criminal traffic, traffic and nontraffic infractions, municipal ordinance violations, small claims, and civil matters within limited jurisdiction. Felonies and cases beyond District authority are not city docket matters.

District Court is at 406 Sinclair Street in Davenport. Its clerk is the local authority for the District file and calendar. Davenport City Hall at 411 Morgan Street does not replace that judicial counter, even though it can answer municipal-government and ordinance questions.

Davenport City Hall and Court Records

The official City of Davenport website lists City Hall at 411 Morgan Street, PO Box 26, Davenport, WA 99122, phone 509-725-4352, with weekday hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Use that office for a city ordinance or an administrative city record. Use District Court for the Davenport judicial docket, and the County Clerk for a Superior Court filing or certified copy. Naming the record before calling avoids a trip to the wrong Davenport address.

Court Dates and Settings in Davenport

For a future District or municipal setting, use Find My Court Date, choose LINCOLN DISTRICT COURT, and enter first and last name. It queries a real-time system but can slow during daytime peak hours. Call the District clerk for an urgent, missed, warrant-related, or same-day setting.

Davenport Superior Docket Tuesdays

Davenport is also the county seat, so Lincoln County Superior Court holds its recurring Tuesday calendars at the county courthouse. The county Court Docket page lists Family/Civil Law at 9:30 a.m., Criminal at 10:30 a.m., and Juvenile Court/Dependency at 1:30 p.m. Other weekday matters are special-set, and posted dockets can be canceled and reinstated.

Those blocks are planning categories, not a guarantee that every case will be called at the displayed minute. Confirm with the Superior Court Administrator at 509-725-3081, especially before travel or when an old posting conflicts with a filed notice.

Traffic Tickets in Davenport

Start with the citation or infraction number printed at the upper right of the ticket. Search it in the CLJ system under LINCOLN DISTRICT COURT. A citation may contain both an infraction and a criminal allegation, and answering one does not resolve the other. Read every response instruction and deadline printed on the citation.

If the number is not found, call District Court rather than assuming the ticket disappeared. Confirm whether it is newly entered, city ordinance, infraction, or criminal traffic. Payment and contest options are different procedural choices; review the Lincoln County traffic ticket resources and obtain current instructions from the clerk.

Two Davenport Court Record Counters

The County Clerk and District Court occupy different Davenport locations. Superior files and copies are handled at 450 Logan Street, second floor, phone 509-725-1401. District and Davenport municipal records are handled at 406 Sinclair Street, phone 509-725-2281. City Hall is a third office at 411 Morgan Street.

Where Davenport Cases Go

Davenport ordinance cases and other limited-jurisdiction matters are serviced by Lincoln District Court. Felony, major civil, domestic, probate, guardianship, and juvenile matters file in Lincoln County Superior Court. An appeal from limited jurisdiction goes to Superior Court; a Superior appeal ordinarily proceeds to Washington Court of Appeals, Division III.

Docket flow: Davenport Municipal Matter › Lincoln County District Court › Lincoln County Superior Court on Appeal

Search CLJ first for a city ticket or ordinance case and Odyssey for a Superior matter. The Lincoln County court docket overview explains the county-level systems without implying that every case passes through every court.

Davenport's County-Seat Docket Role

Davenport became the permanent Lincoln County seat in 1896 after a contest with Sprague. The courthouse associated with that role dates to 1897, and county history records a 1995 fire. That history helps explain why county court services are physically concentrated in Davenport even though residents across a geographically large county use them.

Davenport's 1,730 April 1, 2024 OFM estimate makes it Lincoln County's largest incorporated place. Population does not create a separate docket system. The city, District Court, County Clerk, and Superior Court remain distinct custodians despite their proximity.

Davenport Docket Search Scenarios

A practical Davenport search begins with the paper in hand. If it is a Davenport traffic citation, ordinance notice, misdemeanor summons, small-claim notice, or limited civil pleading, select the District and Municipal level and LINCOLN DISTRICT COURT. If the Davenport document names Lincoln County Superior Court or concerns a felony, dissolution, parenting plan, probate, guardianship, juvenile case, or civil dispute outside District authority, use the Superior search and Odyssey. The place where an event happened does not by itself identify the court.

If a Davenport citation number returns no match, do not conclude that the case was dismissed. Confirm every character, determine whether the citation has both infraction and criminal counts, and ask the District clerk whether the filing is recent. If a Davenport party-name search returns several people, compare the case type, year, party role, and court. Washington Courts expressly warns that its search does not guarantee identity, completeness, current status, or outcome. A result is a route to the official Davenport-area court file, not an identity finding.

If a Davenport Superior result appears in Odyssey but the desired PDF does not, contact the County Clerk. Anonymous users may see case information without document images, and document access can depend on role, restrictions, or the county's document settings. The Clerk's form allows a requester to identify parties and the particular decree, order, findings, parenting plan, worksheet, or other document. A certified copy, a non-certified PDF, a mailed copy, and an authenticated or exemplified copy are not interchangeable.

If a Davenport hearing date looks inconsistent, compare the latest filed notice with the correct calendar. District dates use Find My Court Date and the District clerk. Superior dates use Odyssey Search Hearings, the county docket posting, and the Superior Administrator. An online Davenport docket may show scheduled, continued, stricken, vacated, or held as different events. A setting is not a judgment, a charge is not a conviction, and a clerk entry is not automatically a judicial ruling.

For a researcher who cannot visit Davenport, phone and mail remain documented routes. Call the correct Davenport court first, then mail a focused request with case number, parties, document title, desired certification, and contact information. Confirm copy and postage charges before sending payment. Older District material may require staff assistance because archival files were microfilmed. These fallback steps preserve the distinction among Davenport City Hall records, District judicial records, and Superior files.

Davenport Court Record Access Rules

Washington generally makes court indexes, calendars, dockets, orders, judgments, and minute entries accessible unless law, rule, or court order restricts them. District police reports, witness statements, presentence reports, driving or criminal histories, and probation correspondence may be restricted unless incorporated into a public court record. Juvenile and sealed material has additional limits.

For a District copy, contact the District clerk in Davenport. For a Superior copy, use the County Clerk copy form, at the counter, or a specific mailed request identifying parties, case number if known, and document title. The general county Public Records Act form is for administrative records and is not the route for a non-administrative judicial file.