Payment Options | Clark County

COVID-19 | Clark County

Law Library | Clark County

Recycling A-Z | Clark County

Access to Records | Clark County

Domestic Violence | Clark County

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Infractions | Clark County

Copy Request | Clark County

Jail Roster | Clark County

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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December 2025

November 2025

Clark County, Washington

Title / URL	Issues
Payment Options \| Clark Countyclark.wa.gov/treasurer/payment-options	13
COVID-19 \| Clark Countyclark.wa.gov/covid19	13
Law Library \| Clark Countyclark.wa.gov/law-library	13
Recycling A-Z \| Clark Countyclark.wa.gov/public-works/recycling-z	13
Access to Records \| Clark Countyclark.wa.gov/clerk/access-records	13
Domestic Violence \| Clark Countyclark.wa.gov/sheriff/domestic-violence	13
First time visit: View without clicking anythingclark.wa.gov/	13
Infractions \| Clark Countyclark.wa.gov/district-court/infractions	13
Copy Request \| Clark Countyclark.wa.gov/auditor/copy-request	13
Jail Roster \| Clark Countyclark.wa.gov/jail-services/jail-roster	13

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Clark County, Washington

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