The Pierce County Superior Court Clerk's Office is currently grappling with disruptions to service after unauthorized activity was picked up on the Washington Courts network. The Administrative Office of the Courts is on the move, aiming to secure essential digital assets and is striving to safely bring back services online, as reported by an official announcement of the Pierce County.
With the system's access compromised, several services have been temporarily shut down. These include certain electronic court record searches and balance inquiries related to judgments or fines that might be owed. The Clerk's Office has chosen to stay open and continue to serve the public despite these limitations, asking for patience and understanding from those it serves during this time of reduced availability, as reported by the Pierce County.
It's important for the public to know that while some services have been put on hold, the Clerk's Office maintains its regular hours of operation. Online access, to some degree, remains available, providing a thread of continuity amidst these service modifications. For media inquiries, the Clerk's Office has pointed towards their office for questions about local court operations, while directing system outage and restoration questions to the Administrative Office of the Courts, as per the Pierce County official announcement.
Those looking for updates on this outage can turn to the Administrative Office of the Courts' Facebook page, with the Clerk's Office indicating that they expect to fairly quickly resolve and restore full services by the end of the week. Further notifications and status reports will be disseminated through the Clerk of the Superior Court website as well as Pierce County's social media platforms.
