The Washington courts

Supreme Court

• · Nine judges by statute (RCW 2.04.070).
• · Rulemaking + discretionary review (RAP 13); the state's court of last resort.

Court of Appeals

• · Three divisions by statute (RCW 2.06.020) — the intermediate appellate lane for RAP 5.2 appeals.
• · GR 14.1: its unpublished opinions have no precedential value.

Superior courts

• · General jurisdiction, one per county across the 39 counties; local rules per GR 7 with the clerk's set official (GR 7(d)).
• · Mandatory civil arbitration applies per RCW 7.06 in qualifying counties and amounts.

District courts

• · Civil jurisdiction to one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney fees (RCW 3.66.020); CRLJ procedure; RALJ appeals.
• · Small-claims departments live here.

Municipal courts

• · No ordinary civil suits — traffic infractions and municipal criminal matters; their local listings are registry-only in v1.