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Real Estate Excise Tax
Processing Deeds in Lewis County Instructions for Processing Deeds in Lewis CountyRecording Fee DistributionBelow is a link to the Washington State Bar Association website where you may obtain blank legal forms for property transfers:Blank Legal FormsDisclaimer: The Treasurer's office cannot advise you on which document to use or how to fill it out, please consult an attorney if you have questions regarding these forms. Real Estate Excise Tax Rules Instructions for REET Affidavit Real Estate Excise Tax Forms Note: Although acceptable in Lewis County, the following Excise tax forms may not be accepted in all counties. Please check with your …
Treasurer - Jan. 25, 2011, 2:43 p.m.
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24 Hour Disease Reporting Line
Thank you for working with us to protect the health of the community. Report a Notifiable Condition To report non-immediately reportable conditions (24 hours a day) call (360) 740-1275 to leave a message or fax a report to (360) 740-1472. For immediately-reportable conditions during business hours call (360) 740-1223 and ask staff to connect you with Communicable Disease staff. To report immediately and 24-hour reportable conditions or a public health emergency after business hours, call (360) 740-1105 and ask staff to locate the Health Officer. If no one is available with Lewis County Public Health and condition is immediately notifiable …
Public Health - May 8, 2009, 3:13 p.m.
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Services
Weed Identification The most common question we get: "What's this weed?"We love this question, but do ask that you provide us with a good, representative sample, or even a series of photographs of the weed you are concerned about. Samples that include flowers or fruit are often essential for positive identification. Photos should include both close-up, detailed and high-resolution pictures of the stem, nodes, flowers or fruits, as well as pictures taken further back to see the overall shape and size of the plant. You can drop the sample off at the weed office or email us a photo. From …
Weed Control - March 5, 2015, 2:14 p.m.
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Aquatic & Riparian Noxious Weeds
Aquatic weeds can be emerged, submerged or floating. An emerging plant is rooted underwater and has a structure emerging beyond the surface of the water (often on a stem, for flowers to be pollinated). A submerged aquatic plant exists entirely (or almost entirely) under the surface of the water (it may grow to touch the surface or produce near-surface flowers, such as Brazilian Elodea), and a floating plant will have roots in the underwater sediment but be attached to a leaf "floating" on the surface of the water.Riparian weeds grow along the banks of a waterway extending along the edge …
Weed Control - Sept. 12, 2022, 11:27 a.m.
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Veterans Relief Fund
The Veterans Advisory Board is held the first Wednesday of each month at 11:00 am in the Lower Level BOCC Room of the Lewis County Historic Courthouse. This is an open meeting and the public is welcome. Veterans' Relief Fund Veterans or spouses of veterans may be eligible for assistance through the Veterans Relief Fund. Possible help includes:Funeral ExpensesUtilitiesRent/HousingEmergency Medical ExpensesFood VouchersGas VouchersQualifying applicants may receive:Funeral assistance up to $1,000Rent/Housing assistance up to $1,000 or 75% of rent, whichever is lowerUp to $500 (no money is given to the applicant) in assistance for categories other than funeral expenses or housing.To …
Public Health - March 21, 2016, 10:30 a.m.
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Identity Theft/Fraud Resources
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to ensuring that our community has access to the best tools available to report and combat Identity Theft/Fraud in our communities. To that end, we would like to introduce everyone to the new IdentityTheft.gov website from the Federal Trade Commission. We are asking our community members to use this site to fill out and print an Identity Theft/Fraud information form that will assist our Office in gathering the information needed to investigate your case. You will also have the opportunity to see a list of resources that can help you recover from the …
Sheriff - April 13, 2016, 2:04 p.m.
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Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) is a federal law that prohibits and seeks to eliminate sexual assaults and sexual misconduct in correctional institutions and community corrections settings. Lewis County Juvenile Court is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for youth. We have adopted a zero tolerance policy pertaining to any form of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment of youth. Agency PolicyIn compliance with Section 115.322 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards, Lewis County Juvenile Court has provided policies to ensure referrals of allegations for investigations. Those policies can be found by clicking PREA Policy 22.1. …
Juvenile Court - June 4, 2024, 11:06 a.m.
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Public hearing for the purpose of leasing solid waste transfer stations
The Lewis County of Commissioners will host a public hearing on or after 10 a.m. March 11 in the Commissioners' hearing room on the second floor of the Historic Lewis County Courthouse in Chehalis. The purpose of the hearing is to consider renewal of the leases of its solid waste transfer stations in Centralia and Morton to the Lewis County Solid Waste Disposal District No. 1, a quasi-municipal corporation. Please click here to read the Notice of Hearing.
Solid Waste - Feb. 3, 2025, 5:09 p.m.
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Maintenance & Operations
Lewis County Maintenance & Operations is comprised of two separate divisions; Fleet Services and Road Maintenance. The Fleet Services Division is responsible for purchasing, liquidating, and mechanically maintaining the entire fleet of rolling stock and off road equipment. Currently, Fleet Services maintains and services vehicles at two separate locations. The Road Maintenance Division is responsible for providing cost effective, safe travel over the 1,053 miles of county roadway in Lewis County. To accomplish this, the division has: Five Road Maintenance Areas and Shops Vegetation Management Bridge & Guardrail Maintenance Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Maintaining and improving our existing transportation system is …
Public Works - May 8, 2009, 10:46 a.m.
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Swift Water
Lewis County Technical Rescue Team In 2014, partnerships were made to form the Lewis County Technical Rescue Team. This team is comprised of the following departments:Lewis County Sheriff's OfficeChehalis Fire DepartmentLewis County Fire District 6Lewis County Fire District 15Lewis County Fire District 2This multi-agency technical rescue team services all 2,436 square miles of Lewis County. The team operates with and maintains a cache of specialized equipment centered in Lewis County. This equipment includes, ropes and vital rope rescue hardware, inflatable kayaks, inflatable boats, and various other technical tools for serving the varying landscapes of Lewis County. This team is dispatched …
Sheriff - March 8, 2023, 10:04 a.m.