Browse Redmond Residents Directory

Start a Redmond Residents Search

Choose the first source by what is already known. An exact address points to the King County parcel system. A full name may fit the recorder, court index, city staff directory, or an archive catalog. A past address belongs in dated telephone books, newspapers, census material, and recorded land files. Keep a short source log with the search date and the spelling used. Redmond records are split among city, county, and state custodians, so a careful sequence saves time and reduces false matches.

Official records are not a complete household list. A parcel page identifies an assessed owner, not each person at the home. A voter source has legal limits and does not include every resident. A directory records only those listed when it was issued. Treat each result as one dated fact, then confirm it elsewhere.

A phone number may be the only starting point, but official Redmond systems seldom index private numbers. Search a dated telephone directory when the number is old, or use the number only to confirm a public city or business role. For a living person, a full name plus a known year or address is safer than a broad search. When several Redmond results share the name, stop until a court, parcel, archive, or filing number separates them.

1. Enter the street address in King County Parcel Viewer and note the parcel identification number, or PIN, plus the jurisdiction.
2. Open the Assessor account for the tax and property details attached to that parcel.
3. Use the owner name or PIN in the Recorder's Landmark index to find later recorded instruments.
4. For a named person, compare an official court, voter, business, or historical source that fits the question.
5. If the needed Redmond record is not online, ask the identified custodian for the existing record by date, address, and record type.

Redmond Directory Custodians

Redmond City Hall keeps municipal records, permits, council material, and police-request routes. King County holds the main property, deed, voter, and county court systems used in a residents directory search. Washington agencies maintain statewide court indexes, vital certificates, business registrations, professional licenses, archives, and confidentiality programs. The office named on an index remains the authority for the underlying file.

Use the city only for records Redmond creates or keeps. A mailing address marked “Redmond” can fall outside incorporated city limits, especially in 98053. Parcel Viewer and iMap help establish the boundary before a request is sent. Street-by-street methods appear in the Redmond street directory when the address, rather than a person, is the starting point.

Redmond Parcel Records First

The county parcel tools provide the cleanest bridge from a place to a record. Parcel Viewer accepts an address, PIN, or condo name and links mapped land to selected parcel data and reports. The Assessor's eReal Property page adds account and assessment detail. A parcel is a mapped unit of land. Its situs address is the physical location, while the tax mailing address may point somewhere else.

The King County property lookup is the official entry point. The captured screen shows the county service that routes a Redmond residents directory search into parcel records.

Once the account is open, record the PIN, site address, legal description, and the date shown. Do not turn the owner field into a claim of current occupancy. Condominiums, trusts, business entities, and mailing contacts can all make a name-to-home shortcut unreliable.

Parcel

A mapped land unit tied to a county PIN.

Index

A list that points to a record; it may not include the full document.

Roll

An official list maintained for a stated public function, such as assessment or elections.

Criss-cross directory

A printed directory arranged by address or telephone number instead of surname.

Redmond Deeds Cross the 1991 Line

Landmark is King County's online recorded-document index. Most indexed records begin August 1, 1991, while parcel-number searching generally begins in 1997. Search by a grantor, the person giving an interest, or a grantee, the person receiving it. Document type, recording date, legal description, and recording number help separate people with similar names.

The King County Landmark search provides the online route for deeds and other instruments. Its captured search screen shows why a name, parcel, and date range work better than a street address alone.

Landmark does not index records by street address. Resolve the Redmond address to a PIN first. For recorded originals from 1853 through July 31, 1991, contact King County Archives and use its research-room or microfilm access. Copies may be requested through the Recorder, and a certified copy is an office-issued copy carrying formal authentication.

Today's Redmond Directory Sources

No current Redmond residents directory includes every household. These official sources instead list people in a defined role at a point in time. Match the source to the claim it can support, and keep the keeper's name with the result.

A commercial directory may merge old and new data without showing the source date. Official indexes have narrower coverage, but they state the custodian and purpose. They also provide a way to inspect or request the source file. That makes an official record easier to check and correct.

Redmond Voter Data Has Limits

King County's My Voter Information tool is meant for a voter checking a personal registration. The form asks for first name, last name, and date of birth. Registration information updates each night at midnight, while ballot-status information updates each hour during an election. It is not a public browse-all directory of Redmond residents.

The official voter self-lookup shows the fields and its stated update cycle.

Washington permits requests for voter-registration data through the Secretary of State, subject to request terms and restrictions. Public voter data can include registration fields but not ballot choices. Use the county self-service page for one's own status. Use the state request process only for a lawful purpose and follow its delivery and use conditions.

Confirm Redmond Names in Court

Washington Courts Case Search can test whether a full name appears as a party in a statewide court index. Filters include court level, person or business name, case number, court, case type, and year. Results are updated daily. An index result is not the official court file, and a case association does not prove fault or guilt.

Use the Washington Courts name and case search, then request the file from the court that heard the matter. King County District Court provides online access, public terminals, and records-request options, although some documents are restricted by role or token. Superior Court files and divorce decrees remain with the King County Superior Court Clerk. Always compare name spelling, court, case year, party role, and case number before deciding that two entries refer to the same Redmond person.

Redmond or County Address?

The word “Redmond” on mail does not settle jurisdiction. The city's own guidance associates 98052 with city residents and warns that a 98053 Redmond mailing address may be in unincorporated King County. Adjacent Sammamish-area geography can add another mismatch. This distinction controls whether Redmond or King County keeps a permit, police, land-use, or other local file.

The King County iMap can overlay parcels, ZIP areas, cities, and administrative boundaries. The captured map interface is useful for testing a mailing label against an actual mapped jurisdiction.

Save the layer name and map date. GIS is a research aid, not a land survey. If the boundary remains unclear, ask the city planning office, county GIS staff, or Assessor about the exact address and PIN.

Note: A ZIP code describes mail delivery, while a city limit decides which local government holds many Redmond records.

Historical Redmond Directory Shelves

Older Redmond residents appear in telephone books, regional city directories, newspapers, census schedules, yearbooks, obituaries, photographs, and oral histories. KCLS provides genealogy databases, FamilySearch access, Sanborn maps, newspaper resources, and research help. The Redmond Historical Society's online archives include PastPerfect catalog records, yearbooks, oral histories, obituaries, photographs, and the Sammamish Valley News archive.

Digitized telephone books offer clear local examples. A 1944 Kirkland-Redmond book uses short telephone numbers and locality-based listings. A 1949 entry can use a rural route and box rather than today's postal format. Later Polk directories may combine Bellevue, Kirkland, and Redmond in one regional volume. The full collection and entry-reading method belong in the Redmond city directory.

The KCLS history and genealogy gateway is a practical first stop for the old directory trail.

This collection screen points beyond one printed volume. Pair each directory entry with the publication year, original abbreviation key, a map, and another dated record before connecting it to a family.

Redmond Records Before Incorporation

Redmond incorporated in 1912, but the local record trail starts earlier. The 1888 railway helped the settlement grow into a commercial center, and early newspapers, land records, maps, and rural telephone listings reflect that change. Later annexations shifted some addresses into city jurisdiction. A modern city search can therefore miss a person whose record was filed under a rural route, older road name, or county office.

Historic street signs add useful search terms. Redmond's standard map set names roads such as York Road, Conrad Olson Road, Perrigo Road, Railroad Avenue, Homestead Drive, Grass Lawn Road, Tosh Road, and Campton Road. Search the old label in Historical Society newspapers and KCLS material, then compare it with the current parcel and street standard. Preserve both names instead of forcing an old record into a new address.

Request Missing Redmond Records

Redmond accepts public-record requests through its Public Records Center and under its procedure by email, fax, mail, or verbal request. Ask for identifiable existing records. Give a date range, address, parcel or project number, department, and record type. State the preferred delivery method. Under the Washington Public Records Act, RCW 42.56, an agency generally responds within five business days by producing records, acknowledging the request, or giving a reasonable estimate.

The Redmond Public Records Requests page is the current entry point. Inspection is free. Copying charges follow state law and agency rules, so verify the live cost before ordering. The city is not required to create a new resident list or answer a broad question when no such record exists.

Recent city reporting said Redmond processed 2,127 public-record requests in 2025, compared with 2,107 in 2024 and 1,914 in 2023. That workload makes clear wording useful. Ask for the smallest record set that answers the question and be ready to clarify.

Police records use a separate city route. Redmond accepts those requests through its portal, in person, by mail, or by fax. Supply the incident number when known, plus the event date, location, and requested record type. The Police Records Office lists weekday service and may need time for exemption review and redaction. County court or custody records should go to King County rather than the city police desk.

Protect Redmond Resident Details

Washington's Address Confidentiality Program can provide a substitute mailing address to eligible survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or trafficking and to certain other protected groups. Chapter 40.24 RCW and Chapter 434-840 WAC govern the program. Covered state, county, and city agencies accept the substitute address, with related voter and marriage-record protections.

The program cannot erase information that was already lawfully public, and it does not automatically bind every private company or federal agency. Never try to uncover a protected location. Avoid copying full birth dates, personal phone numbers, minors' addresses, medical data, identity numbers, or exact protected places into search notes.

Read Each Redmond Result Narrowly

A sound residents directory conclusion states what the source proves and what it cannot prove. A deed records a transaction or interest on a date, not present occupancy. An Assessor card supports tax and parcel facts, not a title opinion. A voter result describes registration data within that system. A telephone directory shows a listed subscriber when the book was issued. A court index shows a case association, not guilt.

Check the custodian, record date, update cycle, field meaning, and source limits. Save a recording or case number when available. If two people share a name, add a lawful second point such as a middle initial, role, date range, parcel, or court. Do not merge results simply because the name and city match. That restraint makes a Redmond residents directory useful without turning uncertain data into a claim about a private person.

Access can continue offline. The Recorder takes copy orders by phone, mail, and at its counter. King County Archives offers reference help and a research room for older material. Courts provide clerk requests or public terminals where allowed. KCLS staff can help locate microfilm and databases. Record the channel used, since a web index, counter image, mailed copy, and certified record do not carry the same weight.