Search Anacortes Phone Directory

The Anacortes phone directory helps you reach city staff, the police front desk, and the public records officer on Fidalgo Island. Use the Anacortes phone directory to find direct lines for each city office. Anacortes has about 18,000 residents and a tight set of departments. You can look up the city attorney, the clerk, or a department head with a short search. Most contacts sit on the city website. If you need a specific staff member, the Anacortes phone directory is the fastest path to the right desk.

Anacortes Public Records Phone Directory

The Anacortes phone directory lists the Public Records Officer as the City Attorney, Darcy Swetnam. The direct phone is 360-299-1955. You can call that line for records requests, legal questions about city files, and help with the records process. The city keeps its files under the state Public Records Act and posts the rules on the City of Anacortes Public Records page. That page lists fees, forms, and the phone directory for the records unit.

Copy fees are clear. Standard printed pages run 15 cents each. Scanned pages cost 13 cents. A full CD is 3 dollars. These costs line up with RCW 42.56. Call the records line before you send in a form. Staff can help you narrow the search. A short call can save days of back and forth.

Note: Bring a photo ID if you visit city hall to pick up records in person.

Anacortes Police Phone Directory

The Anacortes Police Department is at 1218 24th Street. The department serves about 18,000 residents across 15 square miles. APD runs 24 hours a day. The police phone directory lists the front desk, the records clerk, and the detective unit. Dial 9-1-1 in an emergency. For routine calls, use the non-emergency line on the Anacortes Police page.

Police reports go through the records clerk. Call first to check on status. A report may take several days to clear. Once it is ready, the records clerk will tell you the fee and the pickup options. Some reports are sent by email at no cost. Bigger files may need a CD or a drive.

The records unit works under RCW 42.56.520. That law sets the five business day response window. The Anacortes phone directory shows the records line, so you can track your request by phone instead of waiting for an email.

Skagit County Contacts

Anacortes sits in Skagit County. County level files, like deeds and court records, go through Skagit offices. We do not have a page for Skagit County, so the nearest counties on this site are Whatcom County to the north and Snohomish County to the south. Both have their own phone directory for the county clerk, the assessor, and the sheriff. Whatcom and Snohomish share many processes with Skagit, so the phone trees look similar.

For court cases, use the statewide court search first. It shows filings from Skagit County District Court and the Skagit County Superior Court. The Anacortes phone directory does not cover court staff, but the state system does.

The WA Courts case search is shown below. See WA Courts Name and Case Search for the tool.

Use the case search to find a case number, then call the clerk office for the next step.

How to Find Anacortes Staff

The Anacortes phone directory is built around department pages. Each page lists a phone, an email, and an office address. Start with the city home page. Click the department you want. You will see the staff list and the main phone.

Top calls include the following:

• City Clerk and Attorney
• Police non-emergency
• Finance and utility billing
• Planning and permits
• Public works

When you are not sure which office to call, start with the clerk. The clerk tracks staff changes and keeps the phone list up to date. If a line has changed, the clerk will hand you the new number. A quick check with the clerk beats calling the wrong desk twice.

Note: Staff hours are Monday to Friday. Calls after hours go to voicemail.

Anacortes Records Request Process

The records process in Anacortes starts with a form. You can file it by mail, email, or in person at city hall. The City of Anacortes Public Records page has the intake form and the full list of fees. Staff log the request the day they get it. From there, the five day clock starts. If the request is broad, the clerk may call you to narrow it. A narrow request is faster for both sides.

Large requests may come back in batches. The city sends the first batch when it is ready and keeps working on the rest. You do not have to wait for the whole job to finish before you see anything. Call 360-299-1955 if you want a status update between batches. Staff can tell you how many pages are left and when the next batch will ship.

Electronic files come by email or on a CD for 3 dollars. Most people pick email. It is free if the file is small. The clerk may ask you to pay up front if the job will cost more than 10 dollars in copy fees. That is standard across most Washington cities. Keep your receipt. You may need it if you come back for a second pull from the same set of records.

State Level Phone Directory Help

Some Anacortes questions are state level, not city level. Vital records go through the state Department of Health. The DOH Vital Records phone directory has the line for birth and death certificates. For business searches, the Secretary of State has a phone directory and an online tool at ccfs.sos.wa.gov. The State Digital Archives hold older files.

For criminal history, use the state patrol. The WSP Criminal History WATCH page lists the records unit phone. Data.wa.gov at data.wa.gov hosts open data from state offices. Each dataset page names the owning office, which gives you another path to a staff phone.

Between the Anacortes phone directory and these state tools, you can reach almost any public staff member in a few clicks. Keep the records officer number, 360-299-1955, on hand for city questions. Keep the WA Courts link on hand for court questions.

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