Searching the Boulder County Court Docket
Start with the free Colorado Judicial Branch Docket Search. It loads with Boulder County already chosen. One caution first. It covers scheduled proceedings, not every filing in a case. Match your search to the court named on your notice or citation. District Court handles felonies, larger civil matters, domestic relations, probate, juvenile, and mental-health cases. County Court takes misdemeanors and state traffic cases. It also covers limited civil claims, small claims, protection orders, and early felony proceedings. City ordinance violations belong to the municipal court that issued the ticket.
A full case number is the strongest search key. Colorado numbers blend a four-digit year, a class letter, and a sequence, like 2026CV123. You can also filter by party name, business name, division, or attorney. The system requires at least one filter beyond the date range. A result may affect a filing or deadline. Check it against the newest court notice. Confirm with the assigned division or clerk.
- Select Boulder County, then choose the Boulder or Longmont courthouse when known.
- Choose County Court, District Court, or both, and set the date window.
- Enter the year, case class, and sequence, or search an individual or business name.
- Read the result for time, hearing type, courtroom, location, duration, and appearance mode.
- Request the ROA or named documents from the Combined Court clerk when the calendar is not enough.
Boulder County Docket Search Fields
Before running a Boulder County docket search, glance at the official statewide docket page. It shows the Boulder-filtered interface. County and courthouse filters set the geography. Court type and division set the trial-court layer. Every query includes a date range. Choices run from today to one week, one month, three months, six months, or a specific date. Party and attorney fields can substitute for a full case number.
| Search field | Use | Format or limit |
|---|---|---|
| Courthouse | Boulder or Longmont Combined Court | Choose when the venue is known |
| Court type | County, District, or Both | Matches the case jurisdiction |
| Case number | Year, class, sequence | Four-digit year and 1 to 6 digit sequence |
| Party | Individual or business | First and last name, or business name |
| Attorney | Name or bar number | Bar number accepts 1 to 6 digits |
The official Boulder-filtered results page is shown in this Judicial Branch source.
Here is the limit the interface drives home. Each card is a hearing result only. It is not a link to the full case file.
Inside a Boulder County Court Docket
Colorado says "docket" for the scheduled-hearing list and "Register of Action," or ROA, for the chronological case summary. That distinction matters a lot. The free calendar shows the next public setting. An ROA can summarize charges, sentences, minute orders, filings, and prior settings. The filed complaint, order, or judgment is a third thing entirely. Request it when exact wording matters.
| Case number | Filing year, class, and sequence, such as 2026CR123. |
|---|---|
| Parties | Names and roles used to identify the public case. |
| ROA entries | Dated filings, minute orders, settings, and recorded case activity. |
| Hearing setting | Date, time, duration, hearing type, location, courtroom, and appearance mode. |
| Disposition | The recorded outcome, which may require the actual order for full terms. |
The official record request form defines an ROA as a brief explanation of a case. It also lets you name the precise document you need.
That form bridges a Boulder County docket result and the clerk-held record behind it.
Three Boulder County Record Layers
Most searchers need just one of three layers. The free Docket Search answers when and where a hearing is set. A real-time ROA service can display the chronological index. It covers civil, water, small-claims, domestic, felony, misdemeanor, and traffic classes. Colorado names its contracted providers. Their data is not the official court record, and they do not hand out filed-document copies. For the official ROA, pleadings, orders, judgments, and authentication, the Combined Court clerk is the source.
| Layer | Best for | Important limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free docket calendar | Upcoming date, time, room, and hearing type | No complete case history or document images |
| Contracted ROA access | Real-time event chronology | Vendor data is not certified |
| Combined Court clerk | Official ROA and filed papers | Copy, research, or retrieval fees may apply |
The Boulder County trial-court hub links the local services that move you between these layers.
Its official service links keep you from mistaking the public calendar for a complete court record.
Courts That Keep Dockets in Boulder County
District Court and County Court share the Boulder County Combined Court, but their jurisdiction splits. Small Claims runs as a County Court procedure. Water Division 1 handles designated water cases. Municipal courts are local limited-jurisdiction courts, not branches of the state Combined Court clerk. A County Court appeal goes up to District Court. A final District Court appeal generally lands at the Colorado Court of Appeals.
| Court | Docket Covers | Where to Search |
|---|---|---|
| District Court, Twentieth Judicial District | Felony, major civil, domestic, probate, juvenile, mental health | State docket search, then Combined Court clerk |
| County Court | Misdemeanor, traffic, civil through $25,000, small claims, protection orders | State docket search, then Combined Court clerk |
| Municipal courts | City charter, ordinance, parking, and city-issued traffic cases | Issuing city's court and clerk |
The Twentieth Judicial District page confirms the current Boulder County district structure.
Boulder and Broomfield split the Twentieth Judicial District in January 2025, so this current source matters.
Boulder County Docket Case Classes
Case class letters sharpen a Boulder County docket search. CR marks District Court criminal cases. M covers County Court misdemeanors, and T flags traffic cases. CV is District Court civil, C is County Court civil, and S is small claims. DR means domestic relations, PR probate, and CW water. JD and JV are juvenile categories with stricter access rules. A class points you to the right court. Yet it never reveals the result on its own.
- ROA
- The Register of Action, a chronological summary of case activity.
- Setting
- A scheduled event, such as a hearing, conference, return date, or trial.
- Minute order
- The court's recorded ruling or direction, sometimes without a separate long order.
- Reset
- A setting moved to another date; the older date may remain in the case history.
- Disposition
- The recorded outcome of a charge or case.
Read the current setting beside the newest order. A "Disposition Hearing" label only names the event type. It does not prove a final outcome has already entered.
How to Find Court Dates and Settings
A Boulder County docket entry tells you a lot at a glance. Expect the date, start time, and expected length. Party names, the case number, and the hearing type come next. Many entries also list the courthouse and the courtroom. They note whether you appear in person or remotely. Common hearing labels include Jury Trial, Court Trial, Status Conference, Initial Conference Appearance, Permanent Restraining Order Hearing, Return Date on Summons, and Hearing on Citation. Watch the appearance field closely. If it is blank, remote attendance is not an option. Join by Webex only when the docket, a notice, or the division itself says you may.
Check any date on the free calendar first. Then open the newest notice or minute order in the ROA and compare. If the two disagree, call the division or the clerk at the number listed. Some case types qualify for text reminders. For CR, T, M, and JD cases, Boulder County can send per-case texts. Sign up with form JDF 18. Resets, location checks, and what to do after a missed setting are covered in the Boulder County court dates guide.
Need a division phone number? The judges and staff directory lists current contacts for every Boulder County courtroom.
Check this live roster because judges rotate subject assignments about every two years.
Boulder County Docket Locations
The main records counter sits at the Boulder County Justice Center, 1777 Sixth Street, Boulder, not the historic county courthouse on Pearl Street. The building opens weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the clerk counter is listed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Expect security screening at the door. Before a trip made only for a record, contact Records/Research at 720-664-1468 or 20recordsrequest@judicial.state.co.us.
The official panel keeps state and county offices straight. It lists each courthouse address, its counter hours, and the docket work handled there.
The Longmont Combined Court page shows a courthouse at 1035 Kimbark Street, Longmont. Its counter is open weekdays only. Hours run 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. County civil return dates fall on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. in Boulder and Fridays at 1:30 p.m. in Longmont, except on stated holidays.
Longmont hosts two separate courts. The city court sits at 225 Kimbark and the state court at 1035 Kimbark, and the two keep different dockets, so confirm which one issued your case.
Public Access to Court Dockets
Colorado access rules come mostly from Judicial Branch rules and directives. The Colorado Open Records Act covers qualifying government records. A Boulder County judicial case file, though, never moves through the county's ordinary CORA request queue. For a state case, ask the Combined Court clerk. A city case belongs with the municipal clerk. Sealed, suppressed, juvenile, adoption, and protected material may be withheld, and authorized requesters may need to show government-issued photo identification.
Key Rules:
CJD 05-01 governs public and remote access to Colorado court records, including exclusions and vendor access.
Colorado Supreme Court Rules, Chapter 38 covers access to Judicial Branch information and administrative records.
C.R.S. §§ 24-72-201 through 206 contain the Colorado Open Records Act.
C.R.S. § 19-1-304 limits access to juvenile records and information.
A missing search result proves nothing. It does not show that no case exists or that a record was expunged, and the clerk can disclose only what the governing law and any court order permit.
Boulder County Docket Filing Scale
One number frames the workload. The Twentieth Judicial District Overview reported 24,824 filings in fiscal year 2024. District Court took 9,313 of them. County Court took the rest, 15,511. The report also counted 17.9 judges and magistrates against a county population estimate of 326,831. Those figures are a dated fiscal-year snapshot rather than a live docket counter, but they show why court type, location, case class, and date filters matter.
The cooperative docket rotates subject work across divisions. District and County divisions both take turns. Chief Division 13 carries Integrated Treatment Court, competency, and probation-violation assignments, so search the underlying criminal case number instead of hunting for a separate public treatment-court database.
Docket Records at the Clerk's Office
The Clerk of Court, Boulder County Combined Court, holds the state trial-court files. Megan Cain serves as acting clerk. Her name appears on the current staff page. The elected Boulder County Clerk & Recorder, by contrast, handles land, marriage, election, and motor-vehicle records. Judicial dockets are not that office's business. A request can travel by statewide web form, email to Records/Research, phone, mail to the Justice Center, or a walk-up counter in Boulder or Longmont.
Clerk of Court, Boulder County Combined Court
1777 Sixth Street, P.O. Box 4249
Boulder, CO 80306
Records/Research: 720-664-1468
The form promises a response in three business days. That assumes no extenuating circumstances. The goal covers the reply, not delivery, so an older file stored off-site may take longer.
Boulder County Docket Technology Limits
Colorado Courts E-Filing is the Judicial Branch filing system for authorized filers. It is not the public Boulder County court docket. A login there does not replace a record request. Electronic filing moved papers into the court's workflow. Public access stayed divided among the free settings calendar, contracted ROA services, and the clerk. So finding an e-filing login does not mean a member of the public can open every pleading in a case.
Court structure also changed. Boulder and Broomfield once shared the Twentieth Judicial District. A January 2025 realignment changed that, leaving the Twentieth as Boulder County alone. That matters for docket searches. The 2026 to 2027 assignment schedule now lists three trailing criminal divisions, two civil divisions, two domestic divisions, probate and mental-health work, and the chief division's specialty assignments. Old search results may still name the prior district arrangement or a former judicial assignment.
Old directories go stale fast. Confirm the present court, division, and access rule on an official Boulder County court page before relying on one.
Boulder County Court Record Fees
Ask for the narrowest item that answers your question. An ROA may settle a case-history point. That can spare you the cost of copying every pleading. A plain copy works for reading. Another court or a formal process may require a certified or exemplified copy. The clerk estimates the request first and then sends payment instructions.
| Record service | Current listed amount |
|---|---|
| Copy | $0.25 per page; party or counsel maximum $15, no nonparty maximum |
| Certified or exemplified copy | $20 per document |
| Name search | $5 |
| Transcript of judgment | $25 |
| Research or redaction | $30 per hour in 15-minute increments after the first hour |
| Off-site retrieval | Actual cost |
The fee display on the official request form is captured here.
A transcript of judgment is a clerk-issued judgment record. It has nothing to do with spoken testimony, which goes through the district transcript channel.
Boulder County Court Dockets by City
Municipal cases stay with the city clerk that issued the citation or filed the ordinance case. The five city pages follow the top incorporated places by 2020 Decennial Census population: Boulder, Longmont, Lafayette, Erie, and Louisville. Longmont crosses county lines. Erie is split between Boulder and Weld Counties. A city address alone therefore does not choose the county docket. Read the court name and case caption first.
Boulder Docket Search
108,250 · city charter, ordinance, traffic, parking, animal, and municipal criminal matters
Longmont Docket Search
98,885 · Longmont Code and Charter matters at a separate Kimbark Street court
Lafayette Docket Search
30,411 · a municipal court of record for city traffic and code cases
Erie Docket Search
30,038 · town ordinance cases in a municipality spanning two counties
Louisville Docket Search
21,226 · Louisville parking, traffic, and Municipal Code matters
Each figure counts the whole incorporated place. It is not limited to the Boulder County portion. State felonies, private civil suits, domestic cases, and probate matters bypass the city courts and remain with the Combined Court.
Map and Directions to the Boulder County Justice Center
The principal state courthouse for Boulder County is the Boulder County Justice Center at 1777 Sixth Street, where the Clerk of Court manages both District Court files (felony, civil, domestic-relations, juvenile, probate, mental health) and County Court files (misdemeanor, traffic, limited civil, small claims, protection orders). A second venue, Boulder County Combined Court—Longmont, handles the same case types at 1035 Kimbark Street. County-civil return dates differ by building: Boulder sits Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m., Longmont Fridays at 1:30 p.m. The historic county Courthouse on Pearl Street houses county government offices, not the court clerk.
Boulder County Justice Center
1777 Sixth Street
Boulder, CO 80302
303-441-3750
Building open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; clerk counter 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Boulder County Combined Court—Longmont
1035 Kimbark Street
Longmont, CO 80501
720-564-2522
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
Security screening, including a metal detector, is required at the Justice Center entrance. A hearing assigned to the jail courtroom is heard at the Boulder County Jail, 3200 Airport Road, not at either courthouse listed above. No official source promises a public lobby terminal at either building, so call Records/Research at 720-664-1468 before a trip made only to use one, and verify current parking and construction conditions from the official location page.