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What Is a Court Docket in Boulder County

A docket is a court's hearing calendar. In Boulder County it lists each case set before a judge or magistrate at the Combined Court, organized by date, time, division, and hearing type. The docket entry shows the case caption, case number, courtroom or division letter, and event type. It is a scheduling record, not the case file. The full file with motions, exhibits, orders, and transcripts lives with the Clerk of Court and must be ordered through the record request process.

Boulder County is the 20th Judicial District, coextensive with the county. Every state-court docket for a Boulder address routes through one combined-court system. District court dockets cover felony, divorce, probate, juvenile, and larger civil files. County court dockets cover misdemeanor, traffic, small claims, and county civil files. Magistrate dockets cover support, paternity, mental health, and other matters assigned by rule. Municipal court dockets for Boulder, Longmont, Lafayette, Louisville, and other cities are tracked by each city and are not in the state docket search.

How to Find Boulder County Dockets Online

The official Boulder County docket portal is the Colorado Judicial Branch Docket Search. The form groups filters into five blocks: Location, Date, Case Number, Party, and Attorney. The rule states, "At least one filter in addition to date is required to perform this search." Results appear under Docket Search Results. The portal does not return court documents. For copies, the next step is the Judicial Branch Record/Document Request Form.

The statewide docket-search form shows the basic filter set every Boulder County court docket search uses.

The form needs a date range plus one more filter, so picking Boulder County and a case class is usually the fastest way to a Boulder County court docket search.

How to Run a Boulder County Docket Search

1. Open the Colorado Judicial Branch Docket Search page and read the rule that at least one filter beyond date is required.
2. Set Judicial District to 20th or set County to Boulder. If the courthouse is known, pick Boulder Combined Court or Boulder County Combined Court - Longmont.
3. Choose Court Type. Pick District for felony, divorce, probate, juvenile, or larger civil; pick County for misdemeanor, traffic, small claims, or county civil. Use Both if unsure.
4. Pick a date range: 6 Months, 3 Months, 1 Month, 1 Week, Today, or Specific Date. Add a case class, case number, party name, or attorney name to meet the one-extra-filter rule.
5. If the case number is known, enter the 4-digit year, the case class, and the sequence, for example 2024CR1234 or 2026T999999.
6. Review the Docket Search Results. Note the case number, division, court type, hearing date, and time for the next step or for a record request.

Boulder County Docket Search Fields

The Colorado Docket Search uses one form for every county. Most Boulder County fields are optional. The portal returns docket entries, not documents.

Case class is the fastest filter for narrowing a Boulder County docket. CR is district criminal felony, M is Boulder County misdemeanor, T is Boulder County traffic, DR is domestic relations, PR is probate, and JD covers juvenile delinquency. CV, C, R, CW, and S cover the civil ladder from district civil to small claims.

Sample Boulder County Docket Entry

Each docket line is a small record. It tells the reader when a case is set, where it will be heard, who is on the bench, and what kind of event is coming up. The field list below mirrors the Colorado Judicial register-of-action layout used for Boulder County files.

The Boulder County docket does not show motions, transcripts, exhibits, or sealed evidence. For the paper behind a docket line, the requester moves to the Boulder County record request.

Courts That Publish Dockets in Boulder County

The Boulder County trial-courts page lists every division that posts a docket on the statewide search. The Combined Court at 1777 6th Street houses district court, county court, and magistrate divisions in one building. The Longmont satellite at 1035 Kimbark Street handles some county and district matters. Both feed the same docket.

The Boulder County trial-courts home page is shown below.

The page links to each judge and magistrate, plus the Boulder and Longmont sites that drive the docket.

• District Court, Divisions 1-6 and 12-14: felony, divorce, probate, juvenile, larger civil, and Rule 120.
• County Court, Divisions 7-11: misdemeanor, traffic, small claims, and county civil.
• Magistrate Divisions J, M, O, and T: support, paternity, mental health, and other assigned duties.
• Courtroom CJ at the Boulder County Jail: in-custody advisements at 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• Longmont Combined Court: select county and district settings for the north end of the district.

Each division has its own email of the form 20division[number]@judicial.state.co.us and a direct phone line through the Boulder judges and staff page. Main clerk lines are 303-441-3750 for Boulder and 720-564-2522 for Longmont.

Docket vs. Full Case Record

A Boulder County docket is a list of events. The case file is what sits behind them. The docket shows a sentencing hearing set for 9 a.m. in Division 5. The file holds the motion, the plea, the presentence report, and the signed order. The Access Guide to Public Records says case documents are not available directly through the Judicial Branch website except for dockets, so the file must be requested.

Vendors are a third option. The Access Guide notes that third-party vendors linked by the Judicial Branch return a register of actions for a fee but do not provide court documents.

How to Read a Boulder County Docket Entry

Boulder County dockets read in short codes. The case number tells the user the year, class, and sequence. A 2024CR file is district criminal. A 2025DR file is domestic relations. A 2026T file is county traffic. CV is district civil, S is small claims, M is misdemeanor, JD is juvenile delinquency, CW is civil water, PR is probate.

Hearing types in a Boulder County criminal file cycle through advisement, bond, arraignment, pretrial, motions, trial setting, trial, and sentencing. Domestic relations files run from initial status conference to temporary orders, permanent orders, and motions to modify. Disposition codes show the outcome: dismissed with prejudice, dismissed without prejudice, plea, verdict, sentence, or judgment.

Division matters too. A division number or letter on a Boulder County docket is also a judicial officer. Division 13 is the chief district judge. Divisions J, M, O, and T are magistrate seats. Courtroom CJ sits at the Boulder County Jail at 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. If a case shows Courtroom CJ, the defendant appears at the jail, not the main courthouse.

Scheduled Returns and Walk-In Procedures

Boulder County publishes set return dates for some county court matters. County Court civil returns are Wednesday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. at the Boulder Combined Court and Friday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. at the Longmont Combined Court, except holidays and the Friday after Thanksgiving. Filers should check the docket for the assigned division before walking in.

Walk-in warrant info is a separate track. The Boulder court page lists a Walk-In Warrant Information section so a defendant with an active warrant can get a case added to a Boulder County docket. The page links to 20th Judicial District Walk-In Warrant Procedures and a Victim Rights Act crimes-ineligible list; VRA crimes may be excluded. For active warrants, the Sheriff's directory says the public must call Boulder County Courts at 303-441-3750 or appear with photo ID. For more, see Boulder County warrant records.

Payments and filings for both Boulder and Longmont can be mailed to ATTN: Clerk of Court, PO Box 4249, Boulder, CO 80306. Text reminders for court dates are set up by submitting form JDF 18 for each case and mailing or dropping it at the 20th Judicial District.

Requesting a Transcript of a Docketed Hearing

The Boulder County docket entry shows that a hearing happened. The transcript is the word-for-word record. To order one, the requester uses form JDF 4. Audio or CD requests can be emailed to 20Transcripts@judicial.state.co.us. Printed hard-copy transcript requests go through eScribers per the Boulder court page. Fees and turnaround depend on hearing length.

Sealed, suppressed, juvenile, and confidential proceedings sit outside that path. The record request form warns that suppressed cases, juvenile and probate records, or certain protected documents may require a U.S. government-issued photo ID, an attorney appearance, or a court order.

What a Boulder County Docket Does Not Show

The docket is broad in scope but narrow in detail. Several record types are restricted by statute, by Chief Justice Directive 05-01, or by court order. Some material is redacted at the docket level. Some matters are not on the public docket at all.

• Sealed and suppressed cases: hidden from the public docket by statute or court order; access requires ID or a court order.
• Juvenile detail: Title 19 and CJD 05-01 limit access to juvenile delinquency and dependency cases; party names may be reduced to initials.
• Mental-health proceedings: commitment, competency, and treatment matters are restricted by statute and HIPAA-adjacent privacy.
• Personal identifiers: Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and protected addresses are redacted in the public view.
• Municipal court cases: Boulder, Longmont, Lafayette, Louisville, Erie, Nederland, Lyons, and Superior city tickets are not in the state docket.

For full case file access, including pleadings and orders that the docket only summarizes, the requester turns to the record/document request form. For municipal cases, the user contacts the city court that issued the citation.

Related Resources

For full case files, see Boulder County court records. Criminal hearings tie back to arrest and criminal records. Traffic dockets are covered at traffic court records. For judges and division emails, see District Court and the Clerk of Court. For warrant walk-in eligibility, see warrant records.