This page is routing, not legal advice and not a substitute for an advocate. If someone is in danger now, call 911. Last checked August 29, 2026.
Crisis lines
- Suicide and behavioral-health crisis: call or text 988
- Pierce County crisis line: 1-800-576-7764
- WA 211 (food, shelter, utilities): 211 or text your ZIP to 898211
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
- National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
- Teen Link: 1-866-833-6546
- Veterans: 988, then press 1
Crystal Judson Family Justice Center
718 Court E, Tacoma, WA 98402
Helpline: (253) 798-4166 · toll-free (800) 764-2420
Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
familyjusticecenter.us
One building for protection-order help, safety planning, and partner agencies. YWCA Pierce County crisis: (253) 383-2593. Rebuilding Hope sexual assault: 1-855-757-7273.
Which court
Washington forms live on the state courts site (Petition for Protection Order, PO 001). Local filing:
- Domestic violence, sexual assault, vulnerable adult, extreme risk — Pierce County Superior Court Clerk, 930 Tacoma Ave. S., Room 110. DV clerk: (253) 798-8827. No filing fee on a DVPO. Official: Civil protection orders
- Anti-harassment and stalking — District Court, same building, Room 239. Phone / chat: (253) 798-7487. File path: File a protection order. Stalking has no fee. Anti-harassment may. Staff call you after an online packet. Ask about a fee waiver if money is the block.
County clerk hours and the rest of that building: Pierce County desk. Police report of an incident that already happened: Police records desk.
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