Stevens County Court Calendars Explained
A Stevens County setting can surface in four places. Odyssey or JIS hearing data lives inside the case record. The county-linked Tri-County Superior Court calendar, the District Court daily docket and yearly calendar, and direct confirmation from the clerk or court administrator fill out the list. One caution matters here. The County itself warns that its public Superior calendar is no substitute for Odyssey, the official docketing system. The calendar highlights trial and special-setting descriptions and can leave out routine docket detail. So treat that calendar as a first scan. Open the case in Odyssey or JIS next. If the time, courtroom, or status still looks fuzzy, phone the office that keeps the docket: Superior Court administration at 509-684-7527, the County Clerk at 509-684-7575, or District Court at 509-684-5249.
Tri-County Trials and Stevens Dockets
The Tri-County public calendar covers the shared Stevens-Ferry-Pend Oreille judicial district. That wide reach is useful, but it holds a trap: picking one judge without selecting every Stevens location can hide a Stevens County courtroom that matters to you.
The calendar image shows why filters matter. Month, Week, Day, and List modes are available, along with filters for judicial officer and location, a term search, and event descriptions you can open. Select all Stevens courtrooms for a county-wide view. Then verify the setting against the case register.
Finding Your Court Date
Start with whatever paper names the court. A hearing notice, citation, summons, or prior order usually identifies the court and gives you a case or ticket number. Superior felonies, major civil matters, family, probate, and guardianship cases generally land in Superior Court. Misdemeanors, infractions, small claims, limited civil, and routed municipal matters generally go to District Court.
- Read the notice and identify Superior Court, District Court, or municipal service.
- For Superior Court, open Odyssey Search Hearings or Smart Search and select Stevens County.
- For District or municipal matters, check Washington Courts Find My Court Date and the District daily docket.
- Check the Tri-County calendar only as a trial or special-setting aid, not as the final docket.
- Compare the newest hearing entry with any continuance or notice striking a hearing.
- Call the County Clerk, District Court Clerk, or court administrator when a recent change remains unclear.
- Ask at the proper courthouse counter if online and telephone channels cannot resolve the setting.
The courthouse may also keep a printed daily calendar. Ask the clerk before assuming it covers every case type.
Search Hearings Across Stevens County
Odyssey's Search Hearings tile sits apart from Smart Search. Pick Stevens County first. Then narrow by hearing type, party, business, or attorney. A Sounds Like option helps. A date range helps too. Public hearing groups include Civil, Criminal, Family, and Probate or Mental Health. One match opens the Register of Actions. Several matches return a results list.
| Search control | How it helps |
|---|---|
| County | Select Stevens to exclude other Washington locations. |
| Hearing type | Narrow Civil, Criminal, Family, or Probate/Mental Health. |
| Name | Use party, business, or attorney information. |
| Sounds Like | Test uncertain spelling without combining it with a wildcard. |
| Date from/to | Limit the period around the expected setting. |
The standard Odyssey Portal shows Hearings inside an opened case as well. Read the newest hearing entry so a current date does not get confused with a past setting the history keeps.
How to Read a Court Setting
A Stevens County setting is an appointment on the docket, not proof the case ended. Check the court and location first. Then read the date, time, judicial officer, and setting type. Open the surrounding events too. Look for a notice, continuance, or order. That explains why the hearing exists.
| Date | The scheduled calendar day; compare it with later reset entries. |
|---|---|
| Time | The session start time, which may cover several matters on a docket. |
| Courtroom/location | The Stevens courtroom, District Court room, or posted remote courtroom. |
| Judicial officer | The assigned judge or commissioner shown for the setting. |
| Setting type | Arraignment, motion, readiness, trial, sentencing, review, civil/family docket, probate, or special setting. |
| Description | A case or trial label that may be shorter than the full docket entry. |
The date alone will not tell you whether to appear in person, by WebEx, or by telephone. Rely on the filed notice and the court's current access directions.
Tuesday Stevens Civil and Family Docket
Stevens Superior Court's posted scheduling instructions put civil and family law dockets on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. They sit in Courtroom 212 and WebEx Courtroom 2. Parties and counsel schedule under local rules. They serve and file the Notice of Hearing, supply required bench copies, and confirm readiness. Special-set hearings happen only at a judicial officer's direction. Remote participation may run through WebEx or the telephone number 509-684-7555 when the notice allows it. Members of the public may watch a WebEx proceeding. They must stay muted and may not take part. A recurring Tuesday slot is context, not proof your case is still set. Check the filed notice and the live Odyssey hearing record.
Continuances, Resets, and Cancellations
A continuance or reset moves a hearing. It usually creates a new docket event. A notice striking hearing removes the listed setting. A new Notice of Hearing may add another one. Because the Register of Actions preserves history, the old date can stay visible. Always follow the newest operative event rather than the first date a search hands you.
- Continuance
- A procedural move to a later date, not a case dismissal.
- Reset
- A replacement setting entered after the former one.
- Notice striking hearing
- A filed notice that the listed hearing will not proceed as set.
- Special setting
- A hearing placed only at a judicial officer's direction.
- Disposition
- An outcome entry, which is different from a scheduled date.
Weather, holidays, judicial orders, and courtroom availability can also shift a Stevens County calendar. Check current court notices when conditions may have changed operations.
Stevens District Daily Docket
The official District Court daily docket is a public pointer for limited-jurisdiction settings. It sits beside the paper citation, summons, yearly calendars, Washington Courts Case Search, and clerk confirmation.
The daily-docket image represents the lower-court route, separate from the Tri-County Superior calendar. It can help you find the court day. But the District Court Clerk remains the fallback for a setting not shown, recently moved, or tied to a municipal service. The District Court home page gathers its calendar and contact options in one spot. The official District Court page is the source for those services.
That court-level page keeps a misdemeanor or infraction date question from landing with the Superior Court administrator.
Monday Stevens Criminal Appearances
Monday criminal dockets in Stevens County District Court run in person again. The court scheduled mandatory arraignment and first-appearance hearings for Mondays at 1:30 p.m. starting March 18, 2024. Your ticket may list the date already. When it does not, the court sets the hearing itself. It mails a summons or notice, which the County says should reach you within two weeks.
No notice after two weeks? Call 509-684-5249 and ask the clerk. Infractions move faster. You must pick a response on the notice and mail or hand it to the District Court Clerk within 30 days of issuance. That response is what opens the door to a contested or mitigation hearing where one is available.
If You Miss a Court Setting
Missed a setting in Stevens County? Move fast, and go through the court that sent the notice. An online calendar alone will not tell you the outcome of a missed date. Read the newest docket events on the case first. Then ask the clerk what to do next. District Court spells out one hard rule for criminal matters: if a failure-to-appear or failure-to-comply warrant has issued, you must come in person to Room 213. Bring the ticket number with you.
Do not treat silence as a reset. A missed Stevens County setting can have immediate case consequences, so confirm status directly with the holding court.
Superior Court criminal and juvenile scheduling has its own contact, Megan Ray, at 509-684-5890. For civil and family scheduling, call Trudy Bybee at 509-684-7553. Before dialing, pull up the matter through the Stevens County case lookup. Have the case number in hand. A clerk or the court administrator still has to confirm the next step.