The customer service section of the Recorder’s Office assists the public with record searches and provides certified or noncertified copies of documents from August 1, 1991 to present. At the Recorder’s Office, the public can access indexes from 1976-present and images from 1991-present. Indexes and images of recorded documents for earlier years must be researched at the King County Archives. In addition, indexes (1976-present) and images of many documents (1991-present) are available online.