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The county government manages elections, records, licensing, parks, wastewater treatment, and public health, among other duties. It also handles the criminal legal and incarceration system for all cities and unincorporated areas within King County. It has a sheriff's department that also provides basic policing to unincorporated areas. [74]
The King County Prosecuting Attorney is a nonpartisan elected official in King County, Washington.The prosecuting attorney leads the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, and prosecutes all felonies (as well as misdemeanors in unincorporated areas, and those brought by state law enforcement agencies) that occur within King County, Washington.
The city government moved their offices from the County–City Building in 1962; the building was renamed the King County Courthouse in August of that year. [4] Modernization efforts in 1967 added air conditioning and heavily modified the appearance of the building.
The Superior Court of Washington for King County (more commonly, the King County Superior Court) is the largest trial court in Washington state. It is based at the King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, in downtown Seattle, Washington.
The King County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is a local law enforcement agency in King County, Washington, United States.It is the primary law enforcement agency for all unincorporated areas of King County, as well as 12 cities and two transit agencies which contract their police services to the KCSO.
Peter G. von Reichbauer (born December 30, 1944) is an American businessman and politician serving as a member of the nonpartisan King County Council, representing District 7, a 124-square-mile (320 km 2) region of South King County which includes all of the cities of Algona and Federal Way, the entire King County portions of Auburn, Milton, and Pacific and large unincorporated areas.
[15] [16] In 1992, after gaining approval by popular vote, the municipality's roles and authorities were assumed by the government of King County. [8] The municipality's transit operations was a stand-alone department within the county until 1996, when it became a division of the newly created King County Department of Transportation.
Satterberg began work in the King County Prosecutor's office. There he spent four years as a trial attorney in the Criminal Division before serving as chief of staff to then-Prosecutor Norm Maleng from 1990 to 2007.