Prepare and Submit Your Order for Protection
Persons seeking a protection order can fill out the paperwork and file it with the Pacific County Clerk's Office online. WashingtonLawHelp.org has links to forms and an online interview to assist you in completing the required forms. There is no charge to commence a civil petition for any type of protection other than anti-harassment. If an anti-harassment petition is requested, a fee of $53 is required.
Crisis Support Network is our local domestic violence partner and are happy to assist people in need.
Website: crisis-support.org
Phone: 1-800-435-7276
For the online interview: https://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/resource/protection-order-forms-online. You may also click here to download a .pdf file of the packet we provide in our office.
If you cannot submit a petition for a protection order online, you can print out and complete the appropriate forms and bring them to our office.
A forms packet is available in the Clerk’s Office at NO CHARGE.
Please call or visit the office at:
Pacific County Clerk, 300 Memorial Drive, South Bend, WA 98586
Phone: (360) 875-9320
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Petitions are accepted 24 hours a day by email submission to clerk@co.pacific.wa.us.
Civil Protection Orders
Washington State law allows a person (called the Petitioner) to file a civil case asking the court to grant an order to protect them from another person (called the Respondent) whose behavior is abusive, threatening, exploitative, or harassing. Washington State law on civil protection orders can be found here: RCW 7.105.
A single petition is used when filing for a protection order that includes the following types of requests:
domestic violence protection order
anti-harassment protection order
sexual assault protection order
stalking
and vulnerable adult protection order.
A separate petition is used for extreme risk protection orders - which are primarily filed by law enforcement but can be filed by an intimate partner, family, or household member. An extreme risk protection order does not protect an individual but rather protects society.
Petitioners choose which type of protection order is most appropriate for them to file. However, protection orders do not cover everyone's needs; there may be other legal remedies that are appropriate.
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The petition for a domestic violence protection order must allege the existence of domestic violence committed against the petitioner or family or household members who are minors or vulnerable adults. The petition must specify whether the petitioner or the respondent are intimate partners, family, or household members.
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The petition for an anti-harassment protection order must allege the existence of unlawful harassment committed against the petitioner by the respondent. The petitioner may file on behalf of themselves, a minor child where the petitioner is the parent, legal guardian, or custodian, a vulnerable adult where the petitioner is an interested party, or any other adult for whom the petitioner demonstrates to the Court’s satisfaction that the petitioner is interested in the adult’s well-being, the Court’s intervention is necessary, and the adult cannot file the petition because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility.
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The petition for a sexual assault protection order must allege the existence of nonconsensual sexual conduct or nonconsensual sexual penetration that was committed against the petitioner by the respondent. The petition can be filed on behalf of themselves, a minor child where the petitioner is the parent, legal guardian, or custodian, a vulnerable adult where the petitioner is an interested party, or any other adult for whom the petitioner demonstrates to the Court’s satisfaction that the petitioner is interested in the adult’s well-being, the Court’s intervention is necessary, and the adult cannot file the petition because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility.
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The petition for vulnerable adult protection order must allege that the petitioner, or person on whose behalf the petition is brought, is a vulnerable adult who has been abandoned, abused, financially exploited, or neglected, or has been threatened with abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, or neglect by the respondent.
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The petition for a stalking protection order must allege the existence of stalking committed against the petitioner by the respondent. The petitioner may petition for a stalking protection order on behalf of themselves, a minor child where the petitioner is the parent, legal guardian, or custodian, a vulnerable adult where the petitioner is an interested party, or any other adult for whom the petitioner demonstrates to the Court’s satisfaction that the petitioner is interested in the adult’s well-being, the Court’s intervention is necessary, and the adult cannot file the petition because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility.