Washington Legal Overview: Bellevue Bellevue, Washington comes under the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division, which covers King and Snohomish counties. This metropolitan division is one of the two such divisions, which make up the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA. The other one is the Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division covering Pierce County. The King County Superior Court is the main trial court with general jurisdiction over all criminal and civil cases filed in Seattle, Bellevue and the rest of the county.
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Trending Legal Topics: Small claims are not heard in the King County District Court in Bellevue. Small claims less than $5,000 are heard by the district courts in Issaquah, Renton, Seattle, Shoreline and Vashon. Appeals against all these district courts are heard by the King County Superior Court, whose appeals can in turn be filed with Division I of the Washington State Court of Appeals in Seattle. Federal cases in King County are heard by the Seattle Division of the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
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