Klickitat County
Washington
Last verified September 16, 2026
Klickitat County is a county in Washington, with property values assessed by County Assessor Billi Jean Bare. Brenda Sorensen serves as County Auditor, whose office maintains the county's official records, deeds, and court filings. Use the search tools below to look up property assessments, recorded deeds, and court documents for Klickitat County.
County Assessor
- Official
- Billi Jean Bare
- Phone
- 509-773-3715
- Address
- 205 S Columbus, Room 200, Goldendale, WA 98620
Vehicle Registration
Vehicle registration and titling for Klickitat County is handled by the Klickitat County Auditor — Vehicle/Vessel Licensing — (509) 773-2395.
How to Search Property and Court Records
A County Assessor and a County Auditor hold different pieces of the same property's history, and knowing which one to search saves time. The County Assessor's office assesses each parcel's value for tax purposes and publishes a searchable record — owner name, assessed value, lot size, building details, and the parcel's legal description — usually searchable by owner name, address, or parcel ID.
The County Auditor's official records index is where deeds, mortgages, liens, satisfactions, and other recorded documents actually live. If you need to confirm who holds title to a property, trace a chain of ownership, or check for an outstanding lien, that's a County Auditor search, not a County Assessor search. Court dockets — civil, probate, family — are typically a separate search within the same office.
Why this matters for insurance and title work: confirming the named insured matches the recorded owner, checking for liens before binding a policy, and verifying a legal description all start with these two offices. Search tools and coverage vary by county — some counties use one shared portal for both, others keep them fully separate.
Cities & Towns in Klickitat County
Building permit contacts for jurisdictions within Klickitat County: