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Elected officials

Dow Constantine, Executive 206-263-9600

John Wilson, Assessor 206-296-7300

Honorable Patrick Oishi,
Superior Court 206-477-1471

Julie Wise, Elections Director 206-477-4140

Honorable Matthew York,
District Court 206-477-1720

Patti Cole-Tindall, Sheriff 206-296-4155

Dan Satterberg, Prosecutor 206-477-1200

Councilmembers

Rod Dembowski, District 1 206-477-1001

Girmay Zahilay, District 2 206-477-1002

Sarah Perry, District 3 206-477-1003

Jeane Kohl-Welles, District 4 206-477-1004

Dave Upthegrove, District 5 206-477-1005

Claudia Balducci, District 6 206-477-1006

Pete von Reichbauer, District 7 206-477-1007

Joe McDermott, District 8 206-477-1008

Reagan Dunn, District 9 206-477-1009

Services

24-hour services

Police, Fire, Medic One 911

Sheriff non-emergency  206-296-3311

Alcohol & Drug Treatment   206-722-3700

Child & Adult Abuse   1-866-363-4276

Crisis Clinic 206-461-3222

Drainage Complaint Line 206-477-4811

Environmental complaints, urgent off-hour   1-888-437-4771

Illegal Dumping Hotline 296-SITE (7483) or 1-866-431-7483

Poison Center  1-800-222-1222

Road Helpline 477-8100 or 1-800-KC-ROADS (527-6237)

General information & referral

Community Information Line 211

WA State Travel Information Line511

WA Relay Service for hearing impaired 711

Utility Locator – Call before you dig  811

Federal Government Info 1-800-333-4636

King County Government Info 206-296-0100 or 1-800-325-6165

Seattle City Government Info 206-684-2489

WA State Government Info 1-800-321-2808

Commonly used services

Abandoned Vehicles

Agriculture Program 206-477-3876

Airport

Animal Control Services 206-296-PETS (7387)

Archives

Assessor

Auditor

Birth & Death Certificates 206-897-5100

Building & Land Use

Burn Bans

Business Assistance

Business Licenses

Cable Subscriber Complaints 206-263-7880

Child & Youth Information

Claims against the County 206-263-2250

Community Service Areas Program

Coronavirus (COVID-19 Call Center), staff are available weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed on holidays). Isolation and quarantine requests can be made during that time.206-477-3977

County Council 206-477-1000

Clerk 206-477-1020

Courts

COVID-19 Call Center, staff are available weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed on holidays). 206-477-3977

Disability Access to County and Seattle

Discrimination

Disputes, Civil

Domestic Abuse, Violence & Trauma

Domestic Partnership Registration

Drainage Complaint Line 206-477-4811

Driver License & State ID

Drug Activity

Elections 206-296-VOTE (8683)

Emergency numbers
(see also 24-hour Services)

  • Emergency assistance 911
  • Community Information Line 211
  • 24-hour Crisis Line 206-461-3222 or 1-866-4CRISIS (1-866-427-4747)

Emergency Preparedness 206-296-3830

Employment

Flooding

Food Banks

  • Community Information Hotline 211

Forestry Program 206-477-4800

Garbage & Recycling 206-477-4466

Graffiti

Hazardous Waste

Hate Crimes

Health Services

Hearing Examiner 206-477-0860

Historic Preservation 206-477-0384

Housing Assistance & Repair

  • Shelter/emergency housing
    referral/eviction prevention 211
  • Housing repair loans (low income) –
    outside Seattle 206-263-9095
  • Housing repair loans (low income) –
    Seattle only 206-684-0244

Human Services

Illegal Clearing & Grading 1-888-437-4771

Illegal Dumping Hotline 206-296-SITE (7483) or 1-866-431-7483

Jail

Landlord/Tenant Problems

Legal Services, Free or Low Fee

  • Civil legal aid 211
  • Department of Public Defense 206-296-7662

Library

Licenses (see also Business Licenses)

Litter

Maps 206-477-4415

Noise

Ombudsman/Citizen Complaints

Parks & Recreation

Passport Information Center 1-877-487-2778

Pet Services, Lost and Found 206-296-7387

Permits

Post Office (U.S.) 1-800-275-8777

Power Outage (Unincorporated KC)

Puget Sound Energy 1-888-225-5773

Property Taxes & Assessments

Prosecutor 206-296-9000

Public Records

Rats

Recorder

Restaurant Problems

Roads (Unincorporated KC)

Senior Citizens

Sheriff

Streetlights (Unincorporated KC)

Taxi Complaint Hotline 206-296-TAXI (8294)

Traffic Safety (Unincorporated KC)

Transit

Underground Utilities

  • “Call before you dig” 811

Veterans Program 206-477-8282

Volunteers

Voter Information

Wastewater Treatment

Water Quality

Water Taxi 206-477-3979

Weeds/Roadside Vegetation Overgrowth

Wells & Septic

Work Training

  • Education/training for low-income
    youth and adults 206-205-3500

Yard & Garden