Witness Information
As a witness to the events surrounding one of our cases, you are critical to the success of efforts to keep our community safe and hold those who violate the law accountable for their actions.
We make every effort to provide every witness with the information and support he or she needs to have a positive experience performing his or her civic responsibility as witness in the justice system.
If you are calling to check the status of a case for which you have received a subpoena or other notice to appear as a witness you can check one of the automated Case Status Lines for the status of domestic violence and other criminal cases set for trial within the week you are calling. The numbers both appear on your subpoena / witness notification and are also listed below.
For other witness inquiries, please call General Information number for either Domestic Violence or Central Prosecution Unit listed below. If at all possible, please be prepared to give the police report / incident number or criminal / infraction case number to our staff person answering your telephone call.
If you do not have a report number the staff member will need to collect certain information including: a date, time, location, and type of crime or incident, whether you know the defendant’s full name, and whether or not you called the police or had any police contact after the crime was committed. Researching information about a case without the case number may cause a delay in locating the correct file and require a staff member or attorney to have to respond to your inquiry via a return call at a later time.
Criminal Cases (Non Domestic Violence)
- General Information – 509-835-5988
Domestic Violence Cases
- General Information – 509-835-4500
- Case Status Line – 509-625-4172
Traffic Infraction Cases
- General Information – 509-835-5988
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