Types of Library Cards

If you live in Washington County without a street address or are living in temporary accommodations, you may get a Temporary – No Permanent Address card. 

How to get a card: Photo ID is required; proof of address is not. Check with a WCCLS member library to see this card type is offered.

Washington County property owners who reside outside of Washington County or our reciprocal borrowing areas are eligible for a Non-Resident Property Owner Card:

• Check out up to 100 items
• Place up to 50 holds
• Place up to 5 interlibrary loans
• Plus access to e-books and online resources
• Annual renewal

How to get a card: Bring your current Washington County Property Tax statement, photo ID, and proof of address to a WCCLS member library.

You can get a free WCCLS library card if you are a library cardholder in:

• Multnomah County, Oregon
• Clackamas County, Oregon (excluding Johnson City)
• Hood River County, Oregon
• Clark County, Washington
• Skamania County, Washington
• Klickitat County, Washington
• Cities of Ariel, Cougar or Woodland, Washington (in Cowlitz County)

Libraries in these areas belong to the Metropolitan Interlibrary Exchange (MIX). Residents may apply for free library cards at participating libraries. You must register for a card at each library system you wish to use. Materials must be checked out and returned at the appropriate library or library system. Registration requirements, rules, and fees may vary by library system.

Metropolitan Interlibrary Exchange libraries include Camas Public Library, Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, Hood River County Library District, Library Information Network of Clackamas County, and Multnomah County Library.

Thanks to the Oregon Library Association, if you have a card from a participating Oregon Library Passport Program library, you can get a free WCCLS library card.

The Passport Program provides limited access to WCCLS libraries and materials must be checked out and returned to a WCCLS library; your home library will not return items for you.

• Borrow up to 10 items
• Place up to 10 holds
• Access e-books, digital magazines and newspapers, online learning platforms, and much more

How to get a card: Bring your library card from a participating Passport Program library, photo ID, and proof of address to a WCCLS member library.

If you reside outside of Washington County or any of the MIX jurisdictions listed above, and your local library does not participate in the Oregon Library Passport Program, you may purchase a Non-Resident Library Card for an annual fee of $140.

• Borrow up to 100 items
• Place up to 50 holds
• Place up to 5 interlibrary loans
• Access e-books, digital magazines and newspapers, online learning platforms, and much more
• Annual renewal

How to get a card: Register at a WCCLS member library.