Bellevue Phone Directory Lookup

The Bellevue phone directory connects you with city staff, police records clerks, and the public records office in Washington's fifth largest city. Bellevue has over 150,000 residents and a large city government with many departments. This phone directory lists the key numbers you need for the City Clerk, police records, open data, and more. Bellevue sits in King County and handles thousands of records requests each year. Use the contacts below to reach the right desk on your first call.

Bellevue City Clerk Phone Directory

The Bellevue City Clerk's office handles public records requests for the entire city. The general records phone is 425-452-4283. The City Clerk's direct line is 425-452-6464 (or 425-452-6806). For general questions, the Service First line is 425-452-6800. Email goes to publicrecords@bellevuewa.gov. The office sits at Bellevue City Hall, 450-110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004.

Bellevue routes all records requests through a centralized Public Records Center. This portal handles city, police, and development services records in one place. Under RCW Chapter 42.56, the city must respond within five business days. Staff can provide the record, give a time estimate, ask for more detail, or deny with a reason. The clerk indexes ordinances, resolutions, council policies, minutes, contracts, deeds, easements, and leases. Other records sit with specific departments. Bellevue does not keep a single master index because the city found it "unduly burdensome" per city ordinances 5589 and 5746.

Fees follow state law. Standard copies cost $0.15 per page. Electronic records are charged at actual cost. Service of process goes through the City Clerk as the primary agent under RCW 4.28.080(2). If you need help in an alternate format or with an interpreter, call 425-452-6800 with at least 48 hours notice.

Bellevue Police Phone Directory

The Bellevue Police Department is at 450 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004. The police records phone is 425-452-6917. The non-emergency line is 425-577-5656. There is also a toll-free number: 877-881-2731. For emergencies, call 9-1-1. The Public Information Officer is Drew Anderson at 425-766-2092. Email for records goes to BPDrecords@bellevuewa.gov.

Police records go through the same Public Records Center as city records. Available records include case reports, collision reports, photographs, and audio or video files. For 911 call records, contact NORCOM, the North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency. The Bellevue Police records page lays out the process. Clearance letters cost $10 and need a photocopy of government ID plus your current and previous Bellevue addresses. Mail them to P.O. Box 90012, Bellevue, WA 98009.

Body camera requests have extra requirements. You must give the name of the person involved, the incident or case number, the date and time, the location, or the officer's name. Redaction costs are charged to the requester. The police lobby is open Tuesdays through Thursdays from 9 AM to 4 PM, and Fridays from 9 AM to 1 PM. It is closed on Mondays and holidays. Records phone hours run Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM. Fingerprinting is by appointment on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Note: For criminal history checks that go beyond Bellevue, use the Washington State Patrol WATCH program.

Bellevue Open Data Phone Directory

Bellevue runs an open data portal at data.bellevuewa.gov. This is a free resource. You do not need to file a records request to use it. The portal organizes data by City Council strategic target areas. GIS data moved to this portal in June 2023. You can search by dataset name or browse by category. Popular datasets include property boundaries and utility systems. The Bellevue Map Viewer lets you view these on a map.

The police also run a transparency dashboard at bpd-data.bellevuewa.gov. It launched on July 1, 2022. Crime data refreshes every 48 hours. The dashboard covers workforce diversity, crime and incident data, and use of force. You can filter by demographics, crimes, arrests, location, and date. This is all free and open to anyone. It does not replace a formal records request, but it can answer many questions without a phone call.

King County Phone Contacts

Bellevue is in King County. Many records sit at the county level. The King County phone directory covers the assessor, the recorder, the sheriff, and the superior court. The King County Assessor eReal Property tool at blue.kingcounty.com handles property lookups. The county recorder at kingcounty.gov has online records going back to August 1991.

The screenshot below shows the King County Assessor eReal Property search, which covers Bellevue addresses.

Use this tool to look up owner names, assessed values, and parcel data for any Bellevue property without calling the county.

King County Superior Court records can be viewed through the KC Script Portal. Non-certified copies cost $0.25 per page. The superior court clerk phone is 206-296-9300. The county assessor phone is 206-296-7300. The recorder is at 206-477-6620. For sheriff records, call 206-263-2103.

State Resources for Bellevue

The state courts case search at courts.wa.gov covers all Washington courts. The DOH vital records page at doh.wa.gov handles birth and death records. The Secretary of State at ccfs.sos.wa.gov covers corporate filings. The state patrol WATCH system at wsp.wa.gov runs background checks.

Bellevue is part of the FileLocal system for business licensing, shared with Seattle, Tacoma, and other cities. If you need business license data, that system may have what you want. For open state data, try data.wa.gov.

Note: Bellevue handles a high volume of records requests. Be as specific as you can with dates, names, and case numbers to get a faster response.

Bellevue is in King County. Visit the county page for more phone contacts and records tools.

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