Filing criminal charges

How to file criminal charges before the Prosecuting Attorney's Office (PAO) can work on your case. Once filed, you cannot drop these charges.

The Prosecuting Attorney does not investigate cases. We file charges on behalf of Washington state citizens for crimes committed in King County. We receive our cases directly from the police. If you want criminal charges to be filed, you must first contact the police agency where the crime occurred.

Seattle Police Department

Dispatch: 206-625-5011

King County Sheriff's Office

Dispatch: 206-296-3311

Other King County agencies

Algona Police Department

Dispatch: 253-852-2121

Auburn Police Department

Dispatch: 253-852-2121

Police station: 253-931-3080

Bellevue Police Department

Dispatch: 425-885-3131

Police station: 425-452-6917

Black Diamond Police Department

Dispatch: 253-852-2121

Police station: 253-631-1012

Bothell Police Department

Dispatch: 425-486-1254

Burien Police Department

Dispatch: 206-296-3311

Carnation Police Department

Dispatch: 425-885-1333

Clyde Hill Police Department

Dispatch: 425-885-3131

Covington Police Department

Dispatch: 206-296-3311

Des Moines Police Department

Dispatch: 253-852-2121

Police station: 206-878-3301

Duvall Police Department

Dispatch: 425-885-1333

Enumclaw Police Department

Dispatch: 360-825-3505

Police station: 360-825-0184

Federal Way Police Department

Dispatch: 253-852-2121

Police station: 253-835-6700

Hunts Points Police Department

Dispatch: 425-885-3131

Issaquah Police Department

Dispatch: 425-837-3200

Kenmore Police Department

Dispatch: 206-296-3311

Kent Police Department

Dispatch: 253-852-2121

Kirkland Police Department

Dispatch: 425-587-3400

Lake Forest Park Police Department

Dispatched by Bothell Police Department: 425-486-1254

Maple Valley Police Department

Dispatch: 206-296-3311

Medina Police Department

Dispatch: 425-587-3400

Records and business: 425-454-1332

Mercer Island Police Department

Dispatch: 425-587-3400

Milton Police Department

Dispatch: 253-852-2121

Police station: 253-922-8735

Newcastle Police Department

Dispatch: 206-296-3311

Normandy Park Police Department

Dispatch: 206-248-7600

North Bend Police Department

Dispatch: 206-296-3311

Pacific Police Department

Dispatch: 253-852-2121

Port of Seattle Police Department

Dispatch: 206-433-5400

Redmond Police Department

Dispatch: 425-885-1333

Renton Police Department

Dispatch: 253-852-2121

Police station: 425-430-7500

Sammamish Police Department

Dispatch: 206-296-3311

SeaTac Police Department

Dispatch: 206-296-3311

Shoreline Police Department

Dispatch: 206-296-3311

Snoqualmie Police Department

Dispatch: 425-837-3200

Tukwila Police Department

Dispatch: 253-852-2121

Police station: 206-433-1808

University of Washington Police Department

Dispatch: 206-543-9331

Washington State Patrol

Dispatch: 425-649-4370

Woodinville Police Department

Dispatch: 206-296-3311

Yarrow Point Police Department

Dispatch: 425-885-3131

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