Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Airway Heights, Washington, in Spokane County, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Washington the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the County Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the Washington State Patrol is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Airway Heights is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Spokane County Superior Court
In Washington the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Airway Heights are heard by the Spokane County Superior Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $100,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the District Court takes misdemeanors, traffic infractions, small claims and civil cases up to $100,000, and the file of each case is kept by the County Clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.wa.gov/search/index.cfm (page title: Washington State Courts | Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search.
The Washington Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Washington is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: WATCH lets anyone search conviction records by name online, for $12 a search, through the Washington State Patrol. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it. The search is on the Washington State Patrol site.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Airway Heights
The Spokane County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Airway Heights (filed by the FBI as Airway Heights Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Airway Heights: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Spokane County: Eastern Washington University (campus police); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the five agencies in Spokane County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,577 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Airway Heights arrest records.
The Prosecuting Attorney for Spokane County
The Prosecuting Attorney decides which arrests in Spokane County become charges and files them in the Spokane County Superior Court or the District Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at spokanecounty.gov/332/Prosecuting-Attorney (page title: Prosecuting Attorney | Spokane County, WA), phone 509-477-3662, Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Airway Heights
Registered sex offenders living in Airway Heights are listed on the Washington Sex Offender Registry, run by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs. Level 2 and Level 3 offenders are listed online; Level 1 offenders are not.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Spokane County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) a county office must answer a request within 5 business days, and it may charge for copies at 15 cents a page, and set fees for electronic records.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Airway Heights?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Washington State Patrol: WATCH lets anyone search conviction records by name online, for $12. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56).
Can I search Airway Heights criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.wa.gov/search/index.cfm (page title: Washington State Courts | Search). Statewide, Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search.
How do I get my own Washington criminal history?
Through the same WATCH search, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Airway Heights?
The Prosecuting Attorney, reached at 509-477-3662, which files its cases in the Spokane County Superior Court or the District Court.
Is this the official Airway Heights website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.