Record Group 090
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY The Prosecuting Attorney Office (PAO) is responsible for criminal prosecutions and serves as the legal advisor to county government. The King County Prosecuting Attorney, an elective office with a four-year term, heads the PAO. By the 1970s, the PAO was divided into three divisions: the Criminal Division; the Civil Division; and the Fraud Division. Along with these three divisions, another division, a Family Support Division also exists within the current structure of the PAO. The largest of the divisions, the Criminal Division, is responsible for prosecuting all felonies in the county, for prosecuting misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors, and traffic offenses in the unincorporated areas of the county, and for representing the state in matters relating to juvenile offenders. The structure of the Criminal Division has grown increasingly large and complex over the years and it is currently organized into several different units and sections. Operating as the county's in-house law firm, the Civil Division serves as legal counsel to the County Executive, the Metropolitan King County Council, all county agencies, several independent boards and commissions, and some school districts. The Civil Division formerly included a Domestic Section to enforce child support cases, which, by the late 1990s had become the Family Support Division, a fourth, separate division of the PAO. Today, the Family Support Division, in partnership with the State Department of Social and Health Services, handles proceedings in Superior Court for the adjudication of child support cases. Created in 1972, the Fraud Division is responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes primarily relating to government, business, and consumer fraud SERIES DESCRIPTION
(Click on series title to see container list) 090-355 Criminal dockets, 1906-1959
Dockets for cases brought against citizens by the Prosecuting Attorney. Including appeals from cases heard in Justice Court. Information includes name, charge, attorney for the defendant, Superior Court cause number, formal complaint, pleading, judgment, trial, motions, and verdict. Later volumes include the bond amount. Earlier volumes have the initials of the Deputy prosecutor and the judge who heard the case written on the docket with their full names appearing on the inside front cover. Later the names of both appear in full on the dockets (44 volumes).Volume: 20 cu ft | 
