Public Defense

Asking for a Public Defense Attorney

If you cannot pay for an attorney you can ask to have one appointed. There are two ways to ask for an attorney:

  1. On your court date go to the Mount Vernon Municipal Court at 1805 Continental Place in Mount Vernon. This office is open from 8:30-noon and 1:00–4:30 ONLY on court days. Court days are every Tuesday of every month. You do not need an appointment. There is no charge for this.
  2. Before your court date you may call the City of Mount Vernon Public Defense Screening number at 360-755-2387 on Monday-Wednesday and Friday 8:00am-12:00pm or Thursday 11:00am-3:00pm to hear about ways to be screened before your court date. You can also leave a message at this number and the Public Defense Program Assistant will call you back.

Public Defense Attorneys

Mount Vernon’s public defender office is called Mountain Law. The phone number for Mountain Law is 360-336-0828. The address for Mountain Law is 306 S. 1st Street, Mount Vernon, Washington 98273. To see a map of the Mountain Law office location click here. To see the schedule and map of bus routes to the Mountain Law Office click here.

Public Defense Standards

The City of Mount Vernon has adopted public defense standards. Read the standards in English.

The Spanish version can be found here: Ordenanza 3674

Mount Vernon Municipal Court

The Mount Vernon Municipal Court is located at 1805 Continental Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273. The phone number for the court clerk is 360-336-6205. The fax number is 360-336-6254.

The Court is open every Tuesday each month from 8:30-noon and 1:00-4:30. Interpreter matters are heard at 8:30 a.m. Hearings on traffic infractions begin at 2:00 p.m. Public Defender cases are every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Arraignment calendar is every Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. Motions and jury trial readiness are the 2nd Monday of every month at 8:30 a.m. and trials are on the 2nd Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of every month. Trials may be set on different days if a court holiday interrupts the schedule. View a court calendar.

There is free parking at the Mount Vernon Municipal Court. The Mount Vernon Municipal Court is served by Skagit Transit bus route 205. View bus route maps and schedules.

In Custody Information

To see if someone is held in the Skagit County Jail you can go to the jail website and click on the tab called “Inmate Roster and Booking Report”. Or you can View the Inmate Roster and Booking Report from this page.

Hearings for defendants held in the Skagit County Jail are held every weekday at 8:30 AM in Skagit County District Courtroom number one located at 600 South Third Street, Mount Vernon.

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