Broomfield County Court Dockets
A court docket is the working calendar and event history for a case. In Broomfield County, docket information can show the court location, court type, division, date range, case number parts, party names, attorney search fields, and the date of a scheduled event. It is built for hearing lookup and case tracking. It does not give a complete scanned case file, and it should not be treated as a certified copy of a complaint, disposition, sentence order, divorce decree, protection order, or probate document.
The local split matters. Broomfield District Court handles felony criminal cases, civil cases in any amount, domestic relations, juvenile, probate, mental health, and appeals. Broomfield County Court handles misdemeanors, traffic infractions, small claims, protection orders, evictions, limited civil cases, and early felony steps. Broomfield Municipal Court handles city ordinance matters, municipal traffic, parking, animal, code, and municipal misdemeanor cases. A state court docket may be found through the Colorado Judicial Branch, while municipal court questions route to the Broomfield Municipal Court office.
The Colorado Judicial Branch docket search is the main public docket channel for Broomfield state district and county court matters. Case documents are requested through the Colorado Judicial Branch Record/Document Request Form, and paid register-of-action searches may be available through CoCourts for open and closed case summaries. For the broader document path, see Broomfield County court records.
Search Broomfield County Court Dockets
The state docket search requires a date choice and at least one additional filter. For Broomfield, the most direct path is to choose the 17th Judicial District, Broomfield County, or Broomfield Combined Courts, then add party, case number, court type, division, or attorney information. A date-only search is not enough. The tool is best for hearing lookup, not for finding every document filed in a criminal, civil, probate, or domestic case.
- Open the Colorado Judicial Branch docket search and select a date range such as today, one week, one month, three months, six months, or a specific date.
- Use a Broomfield filter. Choose the 17th Judicial District, Broomfield County, Broomfield Combined Courts, or the court type if known.
- Add a case-number part, party name, business name, division, attorney name, or attorney bar number so the search has more than a date.
- Review the resulting court date, event, division, and case information, then request court documents if the docket entry points to a needed filing.
Municipal Court is separate from the state docket search. For Broomfield ordinance, municipal traffic, parking, animal, code, and municipal misdemeanor matters, use Broomfield Municipal Court or call 720-887-2100. The municipal forms page also lists local court documents and fine schedule links that can help identify whether a citation belongs in municipal court.
The Broomfield Municipal Court forms page is shown in the source image below because municipal forms and fine links often explain whether a local ticket or ordinance matter belongs outside the state docket system.
That municipal source is useful when the state docket search does not return a local ordinance or city traffic matter.
Broomfield County Docket Fields
The public docket search exposes structured fields rather than a broad keyword box. Case-number searches are split into year, case class, and sequence. Party searches are split between individual and business names. Attorney searches can use either a name or bar number. These fields help avoid mixing a Broomfield felony docket with a county traffic docket, a municipal citation, or a case in Adams County, which shares the 17th Judicial District with Broomfield.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judicial District | Dropdown | No | Choose 17th Judicial District for Adams and Broomfield matters. |
| County | Dropdown | No | Select Broomfield County when the county is known. |
| Courthouse | Dropdown | No | Includes Broomfield Combined Courts. |
| Court Type | Dropdown | No | Both, County, or District. |
| Date Range | Dropdown | Date component | Six months, three months, one month, one week, today, or specific date. |
| 4-Digit Year | Text | No | Case-number year component. |
| Case Class | Dropdown | No | C, CR, CV, CW, DR, JD, JV, M, PR, R, S, or T. |
| Case Sequence | Text | No | Numeric case sequence. |
| Party Name | Text | No | Individual first/last name or business name. |
| Attorney | Text | No | Attorney name or one-to-six digit bar number. |
Note: Docket results are not a substitute for a certified court record from the Broomfield Combined Courts clerk.
Broomfield County Court Channels
Broomfield court docket access depends on the issuing court. The Colorado Judicial Branch covers state district and county courts. The municipal court maintains local ordinance and city citation processes. Police records and jail records are different custodians and should not be used as the main court calendar source, though they can explain arrest, bond, or custody status tied to a court event.
| Court or Office | Docket or Record Role | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Broomfield District Court | Felony, civil, domestic relations, juvenile, probate, mental health, and appeal matters. | 17 Descombes Drive, 303-464-5020 |
| Broomfield County Court | Misdemeanors, traffic infractions, small claims, protection orders, evictions, and felony preliminaries. | 17 Descombes Drive, 303-464-5020 |
| Broomfield Municipal Court | Municipal ordinance, city traffic, parking, animal, code, and municipal misdemeanor matters. | 720-887-2100, courtaccess@broomfield.org |
| Clerk of Court / Records Unit | Copies, ROA requests, certified documents, and case-file questions. | BroomfieldRecordsRequest@judicial.state.co.us |
Broomfield Dockets vs Case Files
A docket can tell a user that a hearing exists, when it is set, and which court is handling it. The full case file can include the complaint, information, ticket, motion, order, disposition, sentence order, divorce decree, parenting plan, probate letters, will, trust, judgment, or satisfaction of judgment. Broomfield court copies and certified copies go through the state record request form or the clerk at Broomfield Combined Courts.
| Docket | Full Case Record | |
|---|---|---|
| Best use | Finding hearings and court events. | Reading filings, orders, dispositions, and certified records. |
| Main state channel | Colorado Judicial Branch docket search. | Record/Document Request Form or clerk contact. |
| Common fields | County, court, date, case number, party, attorney, division. | Documents, ROA, charges, sentence, orders, judgments, copies. |
| Limits | Not a complete file and not a warrant database. | Fees, redactions, ID, party status, or court order may apply. |
The Colorado Judicial Online Payment System is a related but separate tool. The payment portal can search by case number, ticket number, or name for court fines, fees, costs, restitution, and payments, but it is not the full docket search.
The image below comes from the Colorado Judicial Online Payment System, a related court tool that helps connect a docketed case or ticket to payment information when payment is allowed.
Use payment search only after confirming the case or ticket belongs to the correct Broomfield court channel.
Read Broomfield County Dockets
Colorado case numbers often use a year, a case class, and a sequence. A Broomfield docket search may expose classes such as CR for criminal, T for traffic, M for misdemeanor, DR for domestic relations, PR for probate, and CV or C for civil matters. A docket may also show the judge or magistrate, party names, attorney details, scheduled events, minute orders, payments, warrants, protection-order hearings, and disposition events. Some of those entries point to documents that must be requested from the court clerk.
Several record limits affect docket reading. Social Security numbers, street addresses, protected personal identifiers, victim data, juvenile information, sealed material, suppressed filings, confidential records, and some non-party names may be omitted. CoCourts also excludes juvenile and probate case types and does not show sealed cases, long narratives, or detailed financial histories. If a Broomfield docket appears incomplete, the reason may be a legal access limit rather than a data error.
- Docket
- A calendar or event list for hearings and filings.
- Register of Action
- A case summary that may show charges, events, sentences, and minute orders.
- Disposition
- The outcome of a charge or case.
- Minute order
- A short court entry recording what happened at a hearing.
When a docket entry points to a document, the court-record fee schedule controls the copy path. Broomfield court copies are listed at $0.25 per page, with a $15 maximum copy fee for parties and attorneys in their own case. Certified or exemplified copies are $20 per document. A name search is $5, a transcript of judgment is $25, and a certificate of satisfaction is $20. Research or redaction after the first hour is $30 per hour in 15-minute increments, and off-site case file retrieval is charged at actual cost.
Those fees are different from Broomfield city and county CORA requests, police reports, accident reports, and municipal payments. A docket user who needs a police incident report should use Broomfield Police Records, not the court clerk. A user who needs a municipal ticket payment or municipal virtual court link should contact Municipal Court. A user who needs a certified criminal disposition, divorce decree, ROA, protection order, judgment, or probate letter should use the court request process.
Note: For virtual municipal court links, forms, or fine questions, contact Broomfield Municipal Court instead of relying only on the state docket search.