Yakima County White Pages

The Yakima County White Pages gives you a quick way to find people across the Yakima Valley and run a resident lookup from one page. Use this guide to search public directory info, pull names from record sites, and match a person to a place. Yakima County sits in the heart of central Washington. The county seat is the city of Yakima. Most records are open to the public, so a name search is rarely hard if you know which office to ask.

Yakima County White Pages Basics

People use the Yakima County White Pages for plain day to day needs. You may want to find an old friend in the town of Yakima. You may need a fresh address for a cousin in Sunnyside or Selah. Some folks just want to tie a name to a home in the lower valley. A white pages search in the county pulls from open public data, voter rolls, parcel maps, and a stack of free county tools. The point is simple. Put a name and a place in the same row.

Yakima County does not run one master white pages site. You piece it together from the offices listed below. Each office holds a small slice of the full picture. A match in two or three places is what turns a rough guess into a solid people lookup. Most of these sites are free. None of them need a login for basic search.

Note: the Yakima County White Pages pulls only from open public records, so sealed files and private notes are never shown.

Yakima County Homepage and Directory

The main Yakima County homepage is the first stop for any resident lookup in the county. The site lists every department, elected office, and public records contact in one place. From there you can jump to the assessor, the auditor, or the superior court clerk. The homepage also has a staff directory you can search by name or office, which is handy if you want to find a county worker rather than a resident.

Here is a view of the Yakima County homepage you land on when you start a search.

Use the menu to pick the right office for your search. If you want a parcel or owner name, go to the assessor. If you want a deed or a marriage record, head to the auditor. If you want a case file, go to the clerk. The homepage sits under the Washington Public Records Act (RCW 42.56), which keeps most county files open by default.

Yakima County Assessor Property Search

The Yakima County Assessor runs the main property search tool for the county. You can look up any parcel by owner name, street address, or parcel number. The result shows the current owner of record, the mailing address on file, the tax value, and a bit of sale history. That makes the assessor a strong tool when you want to tie a person to a home in Yakima, Sunnyside, Grandview, or Toppenish.

Below is a view of the Yakima County Assessor site.

The assessor site works best if you have a full name or a street. Type what you know, scan the list, and click the parcel for more. Most parcel pages show the prior owner. That helps trace a person back a few years if they moved. The office runs under state law and the rules set in RCW 84.40 for property listing.

Yakima County Auditor Records

The Yakima County Auditor records real estate documents and runs elections for the county. Deeds, mortgages, liens, and UCC filings all land here. The auditor also issues marriage licenses and keeps the county voter roll. A people search at the auditor is a great follow up to an assessor search, since you can pull the deed chain and the related parties on a parcel. Real estate filings sit under RCW 65.04.

Here is a view of the Yakima County Auditor page.

Older paper records stay on microfilm at the auditor's office in downtown Yakima. Staff can help you at the counter during normal hours. Plain copies are cheap. Certified copies cost a bit more. The office is a core stop for any deep resident search in the county.

Yakima Superior Court Case Search

The Yakima County Superior Court holds civil, family, probate, and criminal case files for the whole county. A case search by name can turn up lawsuits, name changes, probate filings, and more. You can also search statewide through the Washington Courts public access site, which covers all 39 counties and is free. That state tool is often the fastest way to run a court name search for a Yakima County resident.

The clerk's office is at the Yakima County Courthouse in downtown Yakima. Staff can pull a case by name or case number. Court records follow General Rule 31 and the rules under RCW 2.68. Sealed cases, juvenile files, and adoption records stay private.

State Tools for a Yakima County Lookup

State level sites fill in gaps the county sites leave. The Washington Voter Registration Database lets you confirm a person is a registered voter and the county of record. The roll runs under RCW 29A.08. The Washington State Digital Archives holds older records for the state, which is a great place to trace a family tie to the Yakima Valley.

Other handy tools: the Washington State Bar Association directory for a lawyer by name, the Washington Secretary of State corporations search for business filings, and the Washington Department of Revenue for business lookups. The Washington Department of Corrections offender search is public too.

Note: state sites hold extra data, but local county sites still give the best home address info for a Yakima County resident.

Steps for a Yakima County Resident Search

A clear plan makes a Yakima County white pages search much faster. Start broad, then narrow. Two or three matches across sites give you a strong result.

• Start with a name search on the assessor site
• Pull the parcel and note the mailing address
• Check the auditor for recent deeds and liens
• Run a case search on the state courts site
• Confirm with the voter roll at the Secretary of State

If the name is common, narrow by city. Someone in Yakima or Sunnyside will look different from a match in Wapato. Add a middle initial or a rough age if you have it.

Public Records Law in Yakima County

All of the offices above run under state law. The main statute is the Washington Public Records Act, RCW 42.56, which makes most county files open by default. You do not need to give a reason to look at a public file. You do not need to be a party to the case. Each office has its own request form and its own fee sheet, but the core rule is the same.

Some items stay closed. Adoption files, juvenile records, and sealed court files are off limits to a public search. Social security and bank numbers are redacted from most filings before they go online. If a judge sealed a record, it will not show up in a white pages or directory lookup at all.

Note: check the fee sheet before you file a formal records request, since per page costs can add up on a long file.

Cities in Yakima County

Yakima County has a number of cities. The city of Yakima is the one on our site with its own white pages page.

Nearby Counties

Yakima County shares borders with several other counties. If the person you want may have moved, these are common next stops.