Skagit County Prosecuting Attorney

Description

The Prosecuting Attorney provides assistance to the victims of crime, advises law enforcement agencies on legal and investigative matters, determines if criminal charges should be filed against a person, prosecutes criminal cases in District, Juvenile and Superior Court, represents the State in all criminal appeals. In the civil division they provides legal advice to all County departments, department heads, and elected officials, reviews Contracts and Agreements to which the County is a party, defends the County in suits filed against it, filed civil actions enforcing County ordinances, represents the State in mental health and other civil commitment proceedings. In the Family Support Division: handles only matters referred by the Division of Child Support, establishes paternity so the State can collect child support payments, obtains Court orders requiring non-supporting parents to make support payments, monitors support orders for compliance, represents the State in proceedings to modify orders, defends Division of Child Support in its efforts to collect child support.

Application Guidelines

The filing window for this Seat begins the Monday two weeks prior to Memorial Day and ends on the Friday of that week (5 days). Candidacy filing papers can be acquired at and are submitted to either the county elections office or the Secretary of State’s Office in Olympia. For non-partisan offices, if there is only two candidates filed for a Seat they will run against each other in the November election. If more than two candidates file for a non-partisan office, than the non-partisan office will go through the August primary and the top two vote getters will advance to the November election for the seat. For a partisan office, the candidates will run in the August primary even if only two people are participating. This may create scenarios where the same candidates participate for the same seat in the August primary and November election. For any further questions, the Skagit County Elections office can be reached at (360) 336-9305, or at [email protected] and the Secretary of State’s Office can be reached at (360) 902-4151 ***Washington is one of the only states with online filing for candidacy. For more information regarding filing online, please see here: https://wei.sos.wa.gov/county/skagit/en/Documents/Submission%20Guidelines/2015%20Skagit%20County%20Candidate%20Pamphlet.pdf

Submit application to:
Skagit County Elections, P.O. Box 1306, Mount Vernon, WA, 98273, US