1. Codes and Flood Regulations

    Looking for information related to current codes or plans, or for details about your property?Use the links below to explore the available resources: Lewis County Code Flood Information Responding to Hirst Determining adequate water supply for a building permit


    Community Development - Oct. 24, 2016, 11:05 a.m.

  2. Warrant Options and Procedure

    *Updated 5/5/2023*The following options may be utilized to address an outstanding warrant:Post cash bail in person at the court’s clerk’s window;Post an out of custody bond; orTurn yourself into the Lewis County Jail. Your matter will be heard the next judicial day.


    District Court - Feb. 19, 2021, 4:08 p.m.

  3. Reynolds Ave/Harrison Ave Corridor Improvements

    OVERVIEWLewis County and the City of Centralia are collaborating to improve the Reynolds Avenue corridor between Harrison Avenue and Pearl Street (SR 507) and the Harrison Avenue corridor between the Reynolds Avenue intersection and the Goodrich Rd-Kuper Rd intersection.Open House #1Open House #2


    Public Works - Nov. 22, 2022, 10:01 a.m.

  4. Vector Control

    Vector control is any method to reduce or eradicate the carriers of pathogens (e.g. virus or parasite), of which animals are the carriers. Pathogen carriers include mammals, birds or arthropods, mosquitoes, and other insects. For more information, call Bill Teitzel at 360-740-1261.For all animal bites or exposures from an animal to a person, we recommend seeking medical attention and then filling out the Lewis County Animal Bite/Exposure Report and submitting to our office.If you have questions regarding an encounter with a bat or what to do if you find a bat please click on the link for Bat Exposure FAQ's.Public …


    Code Compliance - June 8, 2022, 8:43 a.m.

  5. Children In Need of Services (CHINS)

    LEWIS COUNTY JUVENILE COURT CHILDREN IN NEED OF SERVICES LEGISLATION R.C.W. l3.32A Effective 7/23/95 CHINS Handout Child In Need of Services (CHINS) means a juvenile: 1. Who is beyond the control of his or her parent such that the child’s behavior endangers thehealth, safety, or welfare of the child or other person; 2. Who has been reported to law enforcement as absent without consent for at least 24 consecutive hours from the parent’s home, a crisis residential center, an out-of-home placement, or a court-ordered placement on two or more separate occasions; and 3. Who is in need of necessary services, …


    Juvenile Court - Oct. 23, 2014, 1:43 p.m.

  6. Notice of Closure

    Lewis County Community Development, Public Works, and Public Health & Social Services will be closed on Wednesday November 19, 2025 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM for All Staff Training for a New Permitting Software. NO Building Inspections or Site Visits will occur on November 19, 2025.We appreciate your patience during this transition. For more information, please see the Press Release.


    Community Development - Nov. 12, 2025, 11:10 a.m.

  7. NOAA Weather Radio

    Lewis County Emergency Management strongly recommends all citizens have a weather radio as part of their emergency preparedness kit. Weather radios are equipped with a special alarm tone feature that can sound an alert and give you immediate information about a life-threatening situation. During an emergency, the National Weather Service forecasters will interrupt routine weather radio programming and send out the special tone that activates weather radios in the listening area. The hearing and visually impaired also can get these warnings by connecting weather radios with alarm tones to other kinds of attention-getting devices like strobe lights, pagers, bed-shakers, personal …


    Emergency Management - May 24, 2011, 2:43 p.m.

  8. Home Composting: Making "Black Gold"

    Composting is a little like baking a cake, and the WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter (MRC) Volunteers will teach you how to make compost or "black gold" in your own back yard! There are some basic science principles required to successfully create compost in the shortest possible time but the rest is art, allowing you to create a composting setup that works for you. The MRC volunteers invite you to attend a basic composting class at 11 a.m. April 18 at the Salkum Timberland Library. There will be an opportunity to ask questions about your own composting challenges as …


    Solid Waste - Feb. 6, 2026, 1:07 p.m.

  9. Board of Health

    Lewis County's Board of Health meets the second Monday of each month at 1:30 pm in the Commissioners Hearing Room.Agenda's for regularly scheduled meeting will now be listed on Public Health and Social Services "Events" calendar every Friday before the regularly scheduled Monday meeting. The Board of Health is allowing attendance by alternative means. Zoom information is listed at the bottom of each agenda.Current Board of Health Documents


    Public Health - April 4, 2016, 1:32 p.m.

  10. Tires

    You must pay to recycle tires at Lewis County transfer stations in Centralia, 1411 S. Tower Ave., or in Morton, 6745 US Hwy 12:Please pay at the scale house prior to dropping off. Fee depends on size and type:$10.00 each Passenger Car/Light Truck Tires without rims.$10.00 each Passenger Car/Light Truck Tires with rims.$10.00 each Semi-Truck Tires without rims.$20.00 each Semi-Truck Tires with rims.


    Solid Waste - Dec. 2, 2024, 4:42 p.m.