Together, district and municipal courts are known as the Courts of Limited Jurisdiction. District courts are county courts, while municipal courts are city courts. These courts are called limited jurisdiction because they are limited in their ability to hear only lower level offenses: infractions, misdemeanors, and gross misdemeanors. Additionally, district courts hear civil cases up to $100,000. Washington courts are leveled, and this lowest level of courts hears the majority of cases filed in Washington.
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