Getting Broomfield County Court Records
For a Broomfield County District Court or County Court file, the widest online channel is the Colorado Judicial Branch Record/Document Request Form. Prefer something else? Email BroomfieldRecordsRequest@judicial.state.co.us, call 303-464-5020, or mail the request. You can also walk up to the Clerk of Court at Broomfield Combined Courts, 17 Descombes Drive, Broomfield, CO 80020. The counter opens weekdays from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., closing over lunch. Visiting in person lets you inspect records, though officials make no promise of a public terminal with extra search coverage. Confirm that before you drive over.
Broomfield Municipal Court records take a different route. Use the municipal records form, courtaccess@broomfield.org, or 720-887-2100, or stop by the municipal counter at the same street address. City administrative material goes through JustFOIA, not the state court form. Keep each Broomfield request narrow:
- Read the caption and identify District, County, or Municipal Court.
- Find the case number through the court docket, a notice, or the clerk.
- Name the ROA, order, judgment, ticket, or other exact filing needed.
- Choose online, email, phone, mail, counter, or municipal-form access.
- Review the fee notice, then select a plain or certified copy.
Broomfield Court Record Request Form
The state online form starts with your contact details. It also collects your address, the case number, and the Broomfield court document you want. Traffic and criminal options cover a disposition or sentence order, a protection order, and a ticket. On the civil side, you can pick an order for judgment, transcript of judgment, satisfaction of judgment, or protection order. Probate requests in Broomfield County can name letters, a will, trust, application, petition, closing document, or claim. An "Other Documents" field covers the Broomfield Register of Action, usually shortened to ROA. A final checkbox covers certification or exemplification.
The official online record form shows how the Judicial Branch splits case identity from document choice.
The form's value is simple. It never treats a Broomfield County docket summary as the whole file. Add the Broomfield filing title and its approximate date when you know them. A precise Broomfield County choice cuts research time. It also lowers copying cost and the odds of getting the wrong item.
Court Record Types
A Broomfield court docket lists the Broomfield County matters set for a given date. The Broomfield ROA is different. It is a chronological summary of filings, minute orders, charges or claims, settings, and outcomes. Behind each entry sits the court record itself. The complaint, motion, signed order, or judgment make up that Broomfield County record. Another court or agency may need official proof. Broomfield certification then adds the clerk's authentication.
The Broomfield Combined Courts clerk holds all Broomfield County state District and County Court records. That includes felony, major civil, domestic-relations, juvenile, probate, mental-health, misdemeanor, traffic, eviction, small-claims, and limited civil files. Access limits still apply. The Broomfield Municipal Court clerk keeps city ordinance traffic, parking, animal, code, and misdemeanor files. Other Broomfield record products include:
- Written transcripts prepared through the court reporter channel
- Disposition and sentence orders in criminal or traffic matters
- Judgments, satisfactions, and transcripts of judgment in civil cases
- Tickets, protection orders, and probate instruments
- Plain, certified, or exemplified document copies
Broomfield County Court Record Custody
One Broomfield address can hide three custodians. The Broomfield Combined Courts clerk keeps the District and County Court case files. The Broomfield Municipal Court clerk holds the city-code cases. Nonjudicial city and county records go through Broomfield's general public-record portal. The Broomfield Police Department Civil Unit may serve a summons or other civil paper. It does not keep the Broomfield court docket. A return of service joins the Broomfield judicial file only once it is filed with the court.
| Record | Correct first contact | Wrong shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| State case ROA or filing | Combined Courts records unit | City JustFOIA |
| Municipal ticket or ordinance file | Municipal Court clerk | State docket alone |
| City administrative record | Broomfield JustFOIA | Judicial record form |
| Active municipal defense evidence | Municipal discovery form | Closed-case record form |
Broomfield discovery stays narrow. It is open to an active municipal defendant, counsel of record, or a Broomfield juvenile defendant's parent or guardian. This is not a general Broomfield public-record request. For a closed or sentenced Broomfield municipal case, ask the clerk about the criminal-justice record route.
Inside a Broomfield County Court Record
A Broomfield County state court record opens with identifiers, then builds a Broomfield procedural history. The Broomfield case number usually carries a filing year, a case-type code, and a sequence. There is no local official codebook. Use the full Broomfield number exactly as the court shows it, and never guess from a shortened code. Broomfield civil and criminal files differ in party roles and events. Both tie the case header to dated filings and signed rulings.
| Case identity | Case number, court, division, filed date, type, and status. |
|---|---|
| Parties and counsel | Caption, legal roles, and attorney information that remains public. |
| ROA entries | Chronological filings, settings, resets, minute orders, and disposition events. |
| Filed documents | Complaints, petitions, motions, responses, orders, judgments, and allowed exhibits. |
| Outcome | Charge or claim disposition, sentence, judgment, satisfaction, appeal, or reopening data. |
A Broomfield vendor ROA has no pleading images. That is expected. The Judicial Branch says authorized commercial registers deliver real-time Broomfield data but are not the official Broomfield County court record. When exact wording matters, request the named Broomfield filing from the clerk.
Broomfield Court Record Transcript Channels
A transcript captures the words spoken in a Broomfield County proceeding. That makes it different from an ROA or a minute order. Those only summarize what the court recorded. For a state-court transcript, email 17courtreporter@judicial.state.co.us. The 17th Judicial District does not hand out hearing audio unless the law requires it. Municipal matters go elsewhere: ask the Municipal Court Administrator at courtaccess@broomfield.org.
Pick the lightest record that proves your point. A certified disposition order may settle an outcome. It can do so without paying for a full transcript of a Broomfield County court docket proceeding. When the exact words matter, use the reporter channel. Exhibits, sealed portions, and protected testimony can call for added permission. The court or reporter will quote the cost and the production terms.
Fast distinction: use the court docket for a date, the ROA for event history, a filed order for the ruling, and a transcript for spoken words.
Fees and Certified Copies
The Judicial Branch fee schedule splits its charges by product. Electronic or coin copies get a line. So do paper court copies. Name research, certification, and special items each carry their own line too. A certified or exemplified copy adds $20 per document on top of copying. Parties and attorneys pay no more than $15 in copy charges, whatever the page count. The published schedule sets no such ceiling for nonparties. Broad requests can also trigger off-site retrieval, research, redaction, and postage costs.
| Item | Published amount |
|---|---|
| Electronic or coin copy | $0.25 per page |
| Paper court copy | $0.75 per page |
| Nonparty name search including ROA | $5 |
| Certified or exemplified copy | $20 per document |
| Transcript of judgment | $25 |
| Certificate of satisfaction | $20 |
| Research or redaction after first hour | $30 per hour, billed in 15-minute units |
Do not put card data on the printable request form. The form itself warns against it. Once a researcher sends a Notice of Fees, payment works by check or certified funds. Credit card by phone is another option. Certified research arrives by U.S. mail; ordinary research is normally emailed.
Clerk of Court, Broomfield Combined Courts
17 Descombes Drive
Broomfield, CO 80020
303-464-5020
Broomfield County Court Record Timing
The online state form promises a response within three business days absent extenuating circumstances. That is not a pledge to copy a large archived file in that span. Off-site retrieval costs the actual amount. It adds time too. A narrow request for an ROA plus one dated order is far easier to price. A demand for every Broomfield County court record tied to a name is much harder.
The printable form wants case numbers and party names. It also wants document descriptions, contact information, and a copy of identification. Name-only research works better with a full name, date of birth, aliases, an approximate year, and a case type. Suppressed, juvenile, or probate material may require identification and proof of a lawful relationship. If normal remote access is blocked, ask about other options. A redacted copy, party access, or a court order may open a valid path.
Note: Confirm the current fee estimate before sending payment. Check the delivery method too, especially for a broad Broomfield County court record request.
Sealed Records and Public Access
Colorado court records are governed mainly by Judicial Branch directives, rules, case law, and orders. A Colorado Open Records Act request to city hall will not unlock them. Chief Justice Directive 05-01 sorts access into public, remote, facility-only, excluded, and compiled-data tiers. Criminal Rule 55.1 demands a written closure order. It must name the protected interest. It must also explain why a less restrictive step would fail. Redaction can shield personal identifiers while the rest of a filing stays public.
Key Colorado rules:
CJD 05-01 sets the main court-record access categories.
Criminal Rule 55.1 governs criminal-record access and closure findings.
C.R.S. ยงยง24-72-301 through 309 govern criminal-justice records held by covered custodians.
Juvenile files and some probate or mental-health records get special handling. A blank calendar result does not prove a matter never existed. Ask the records custodian for the legal basis behind a denial and whether a public redacted version exists.
Broomfield Court Records Beyond State Court
Federal cases arising in Broomfield live in a separate record system. The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado posts docket sheets and many linked filings through PACER. The official PACER Colorado court locator confirms the district route.
PACER often attaches a filed PDF to a numbered federal docket entry. Colorado's free state Docket Search does not do that. State trial-court documents still come from the Broomfield clerk. Bankruptcy files sit elsewhere, with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado, a separate federal custodian.
Older federal material may need a clerk or archive referral. The National Archives at Denver serves as the federal archive fallback, not a substitute for the Broomfield Combined Courts record desk.