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Broomfield Clerk Structure

Broomfield is a consolidated city and county, and its clerk structure is split. The Colorado Judicial Branch Clerk of Court at Broomfield Combined Courts manages court case records for state District Court and County Court matters. The City and County Clerk and Recorder at the George Di Ciero City and County Building manages recording, marriage and civil union licenses, elections, motor vehicle services, and city council records.

This distinction controls where requests go. A divorce decree, criminal disposition, civil judgment, probate letter, or protection-order court file belongs with the court clerk. A marriage certificate, recorded deed, UCC recording, DD214 recording, election record, motor vehicle title matter, or council record belongs with the Clerk and Recorder or Broomfield's city/county public-records process.

Court Clerk vs Clerk and Recorder

The court clerk handles judicial case records, not all Broomfield public records. The Judicial Branch records unit can process requests for case documents and certified court copies, but it does not provide police incident reports, accident reports, recorded-property documents, or city administrative records.

• Court clerk: District Court and County Court files, Registers of Action, certified court copies, court dispositions, divorce decrees, probate documents, tickets, and sentence orders.
• Clerk and Recorder: recorded documents, marriage and civil union licenses, certificates, elections, motor vehicle title and licensing functions, and clerk services for Broomfield City Council.
• Police Records: crime reports, accident reports, body-worn camera video, 911 audio, and local background or clearance letters.
• CORA custodian: centrally maintained city and county records requested through Broomfield's public records process.

How to Request a Certified Court Copy

Certified court copies are commonly needed for divorce decrees, dispositions, judgment records, probate letters, and other documents where the copy must prove it came from the court file. The court request form allows a requester to ask for certified or exemplified documents and to identify the case type and document category.

1. Identify the custodian. Use the court clerk for Broomfield state court documents, not the Clerk and Recorder.
2. Gather the case number if known, party names, year filed, case type, and document name.
3. Open the Colorado Judicial Branch Record/Document Request Form and choose Broomfield County as the record location.
4. Select the document category, such as Divorce Decree, Complaint/Information, Disposition/Sentence Order, Ticket, Letters, Will, Trust, Petition, or ROA.
5. Check the certified or exemplified option if the copy must carry official certification.
6. Wait for the clerk's response. The form says the requested response will be provided within three business days unless extenuating circumstances apply.

Court Record Request Form Fields

The Judicial Branch form collects requester contact information, case identifiers, party information, document choices, and certification needs. Some fields are optional, but party information and address details are important when the case number is unknown. Suppressed, juvenile, probate, or protected records may require U.S. government-issued photo ID or may be unavailable to the requester.

Broomfield County Clerk Fees

Court copy fees and Clerk and Recorder fees are separate. Court records use the Colorado Judicial Branch fee schedule captured in the research. Recording and marriage fees are set by the Broomfield Recording Division. Broomfield's current recording-fee notes say recording fees effective June 1, 2026 include a flat first-page fee and no extra charge for additional pages.

Clerk and Recorder Records

The City and County Clerk and Recorder page describes the office as Chief Election Official, Colorado motor vehicle titling and licensing agent, ex-officio recorder of property and legal documents, marriage-license agent, and clerk to the Broomfield City Council for agendas, minutes, and licenses. The Recording Division supports walk-ins and in-person appointments during business hours.

Broomfield's recorded-document self-service portal supports recorded document search, online copies, Fraud Guard signup, e-recording for most documents, and marriage or civil union license applications. The portal disclaimer says index data functions like a library card catalog, information can change without notice, and users should search spelling variations. Broomfield recorded documents date from November 2001 forward because Broomfield became a county in 2001; earlier property history may require Adams, Boulder, Jefferson, or Weld County.

CORA Requests and City Records

General city and county public records go through Broomfield's public records request process, not the court clerk. Broomfield identifies the City and County Clerk as the official custodian of centrally maintained city and county records. Requests should be made in writing through the Open Records Request Form and may receive an estimate when more than one hour of work is needed.

Broomfield's public records request portal is linked from the official public records request page.

The portal is the correct starting point for centrally maintained Broomfield city and county records, not for state court case-file copies.

Broomfield's CORA policy states that the first hour of research and retrieval is free. After that, the charge is $41.37 per hour, standard paper copies are $0.25 per page, and a 50% deposit may be required if the estimated work exceeds one hour.

The detailed fee and deposit rules are listed in Broomfield's public records request policy and process.

Those CORA charges apply to city and county records; court copies use the Judicial Branch fee schedule instead.

Police Records Are a Separate Channel

Broomfield Police Records handles police reports, body-worn camera video, 911 audio, accident reports, and local background letters. Broomfield Police Department performs sheriff-type functions for the consolidated city and county and is led by Chief Enea Hempelmann. The records unit is at 7 DesCombes Drive, Broomfield, CO 80020, with phone 303-438-6420 and email bpd@broomfield.org. Crime and accident reports cost $5 for the first 15 minutes and $40 per hour after 15 minutes. Local background or clearance letters cost $10 per person. Body-worn camera video and 911 audio cost $40 per hour.

Broomfield links police report and digital media requests through GovQuest.

Use that police-record channel for incident materials; a criminal court file will show court filings and dispositions, not the full police report by default.

Common Clerk Forms and Portals

Broomfield users often need one of four official channels: the Judicial Branch court record request form, the docket search, the Clerk and Recorder self-service portal, or Broomfield's public records request portal. The document type determines the portal.

• Record/Document Request Form - court case documents and certified court copies.
• Colorado Judicial Docket Search - hearing and docket lookup for Broomfield state court matters.
• Broomfield Self-Service Portal - recorded documents, copies, Fraud Guard, e-recording, and marriage or civil union application workflow.
• Broomfield JustFOIA - general city and county public records requests.

Mail, Online, and In-Person Requests

Court records may be requested online through the Judicial Branch form, by contacting the Broomfield Combined Courts records unit, or by visiting the clerk during office hours. Recorded documents and marriage certificate copies may be searched or ordered through Broomfield's self-service portal or handled through the Recording Division. If a request involves older recorded history before November 2001, the prior county may matter because Broomfield was created from parts of Adams, Boulder, Jefferson, and Weld counties.