How to Search Weld County Court Records
Two free public tools cover most case work. The first is the Colorado Judicial Branch docket search, prefiltered to Weld County. It lists hearing dates, times, courtrooms, case numbers, and appearance type for any week. The tool needs at least one filter beyond date. Choose Judicial District 19, or set County to Weld. Add a name, case number, or attorney bar number to narrow the list.
The second tool is the record/document request form for full case files. Use it for divorce decrees, criminal dispositions, probate letters, and certified copies. The form covers years from 2026 back to 1873. The state's access guide explains the official policy, the commercial register-of-actions vendors, and the Children's Code limits on juvenile files.
The official Weld docket page shows the live search form used to find a hearing. 
The result list shows case number, hearing type, courtroom, and whether the hearing is in person or virtual.
- Open the Weld docket page at coloradojudicial.gov and confirm Weld County in the County filter.
- Pick a date range, then enter a party name, a case number, or an attorney bar number.
- Narrow by Court Type (District, County, or Both) and by Courtroom if known.
- Review docket entries for hearing date, time, case number, and courtroom.
- For a copy of a decree, order, or disposition, submit the court record request form and pick Weld County.
Note: the docket search shows hearings but never document PDFs, so a full case file always needs the records request form or a clerk visit.
The Weld County Judicial System
Colorado runs a unified state judicial branch with 23 judicial districts. Weld County stands alone as the 19th Judicial District. District Courts hear felonies, divorces, probate, juvenile, mental health, and civil cases of any size. County Courts handle misdemeanors, traffic, small claims, evictions, protection orders, and civil claims under $25,000. The state also runs Water Courts; Weld sits in Water Division 1. Municipal courts hear city ordinance cases. The trial-courts overview walks through this in plain terms.
The current Weld County Clerk and Recorder is Carly Koppes, an elected county office. She does not hold court case files. Court files are kept by the Clerk of Court, a Judicial Branch staff role inside the 19th Judicial District. The District Attorney is Michael J. Rourke. The Sheriff is Steve Reams. The chief judge and division roster sit on the official Judges and Staff page linked from the Weld court site.
Case flow: Municipal Court › County Court › District Court › Colorado Court of Appeals › Colorado Supreme Court
| Court | Jurisdiction | Case Types |
|---|---|---|
| Municipal Court | City ordinance, in Greeley, Evans, Frederick, Milliken, and other cities | City code, minor traffic, local offenses |
| Weld County Court | 19th Judicial District, limited | Misdemeanors, traffic, small claims, evictions, civil under $25,000, protection orders |
| Weld County District Court | 19th Judicial District, general | Felonies, divorce, probate, juvenile, mental health, large civil |
| Water Court (Division 1) | State water rights, seated at Weld County Courthouse | Water rights, water use, water administration |
| Colorado Court of Appeals | Statewide intermediate appellate | Most district court appeals |
| Colorado Supreme Court | Statewide, court of last resort | Final appeals and select original cases |
Weld County Courthouses
Weld County's trial courts run from three downtown Greeley buildings, all under the 19th Judicial District. The official court page lists each one. The Centennial Center is the main clerk and records counter for most users. The historic 1917 courthouse holds probate and water court contacts. Plaza West routes transcript requests.
A look at the 915 10th Street block on the map shows the three buildings in one compact downtown core. 
Public parking, the Court Information Center, and the records window all sit within a short walk of one another.
The Clerk's Office at the Centennial Center is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The window closes at 4:00 p.m. sharp. The office also opens at 8:00 a.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month. The court does not accept email or fax pleadings. The official 19th Judicial District page lists each building, hours, and contact emails.
The Judicial Branch page itself can be reviewed at the Weld trial-court page. 
The page links to virtual courtrooms, jury info, the bond hearing schedule, and the ADA accommodation request.
Types of Court Records Available in Weld County
Weld court records fall into a small set of clear case classes. The state docket tool labels each class with a short code so the file type is easy to read. The District Court holds most felony, divorce, probate, and juvenile cases. The County Court holds misdemeanor, traffic, small claims, and eviction cases.
Each class produces its own paperwork. Civil files include complaints, answers, motions, and judgments. Criminal files include charging documents, plea papers, and sentence orders. Family files include decrees, parenting plans, and support orders. Probate files include wills, letters, and creditor claims.
- Criminal records - Felony (CR) and misdemeanor (M) files with complaints, dispositions, sentencing, and protection orders. Detail on the criminal records page.
- Civil records - District court civil (CV) cases at any amount and county civil (C) cases under $25,000, plus small claims (S).
- Family and divorce records - Domestic relations (DR) cases including divorce decrees, parenting plans, and support orders. See marriage and divorce records.
- Probate records - District court probate (PR) files for wills, letters, trusts, and conservatorships. See probate records.
- Traffic records - County court traffic (T) cases for citations, infractions, and minor misdemeanor traffic charges.
Water cases (CW) appear on the docket too, but they go through the Water Court division at the historic courthouse, with its own filing rules. For day-to-day searches, the docket tool covers all of these classes in one form. The court records page walks through the field-by-field search.
What Weld County Court Records Show
A docket entry from the Weld County Court shows hearing date, time, duration, party name, case number, hearing type, location, appearance type, and courtroom. A full case file shows much more. The case number itself encodes the year, the case class, and a sequence (for example 2024CR104, 2025M2689, 2022DR30366, 2022T1478). That tells the reader the year filed and the type of case.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case Number | Year, case class code, and sequence (e.g. 2024CR104 means a 2024 felony, sequence 104). |
| Filing Date | The day the court accepted the first document. |
| Parties | Plaintiff and defendant in civil, the State of Colorado and defendant in criminal, petitioner and respondent in family. |
| Charges / Cause | Charging statute and code on a criminal file, or the cause of action on a civil file. |
| Disposition | The outcome: dismissed, plea, verdict, judgment, default, or settlement. |
| Sentence / Judgment | Probation, jail, fine, restitution on the criminal side; money award, order, or decree on the civil side. |
The full court docket page shows what a single hearing entry looks like in the live search.
Public Access Laws for Weld County Court Records
Three frameworks overlap for Weld County court records. The Colorado Open Records Act sets the base rule for most state and local records. The Criminal Justice Records Act covers arrest, charging, custody, and release records. Chief Justice Directive 05-01 sets the Judicial Branch's own access policy. A deed and a sheriff arrest record and a court file all follow different paths.
The state's access guide to court records spells out who keeps which files and how to ask. 
The guide also points users to the official records request form rather than a third-party search.
Key Statutes:
Colorado Open Records Act (CORA), C.R.S. § 24-72-201 to 206 - sets the open-records framework, inspection rights, fee rules, and the narrow grounds for denial that apply to most county records.
Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act (CCJRA), C.R.S. § 24-72-301 to 309 - controls release of arrest, charging, custody, and other criminal justice records and lets the custodian set rules and deny inspection when the law says so.
Chief Justice Directive 05-01 (court records access) - sets the Colorado Judicial Branch policy for public access to court records, including the request form, ID rules, and limits on sealed or suppressed files.
The state Public Records page also discusses commercial register-of-actions vendors. Those vendors can show case-level data, but they cannot produce certified copies. For a true certified record, the request still goes to the Clerk of Court. The public records page covers the CORA request process in more detail.
Records That Are Restricted or Confidential
Not every Weld court record is open to the public. Juvenile, adoption, dependency, and mental-health files are confidential under Colorado law. The Children's Code (C.R.S. § 19-1-301 et seq.) limits access to juvenile records, and C.R.S. § 19-1-306 allows expungement of juvenile delinquency files. Some probate files require a photo ID if a sealed or protected document is involved. Sealed adult criminal records under C.R.S. § 24-72-703 stay visible to courts, prosecutors, and law enforcement, but not the general public.
To open a sealed file, the asking party files a motion in the same court that handled the case. The court reviews the request, sets notice rules, and can order a hearing. Common denials include an ineligible offense, an unfinished waiting period, unpaid restitution, or a new criminal history. After an order enters, the court tells the relevant agencies, but updates can take weeks to spread across CBI, the sheriff, the municipal court, and any private vendor.
Specialty Courts in Weld County
The 19th Judicial District runs problem-solving programs that pair court oversight with treatment. Public Judicial Branch records identify a 19th Judicial Adult Treatment Court and a 19th Judicial DUI Court. Each program mixes judicial monitoring, drug or alcohol testing, treatment services, and tight probation reporting. Participants sign release-of-information forms so the team can see treatment notes.
Administrative Order 2024-01 in the 19th Judicial District set up a Drug Offender Treatment Board. The order, filed January 11, 2024 at the District Court address 901 9th Avenue, names the chief probation officer and other local justice partners. The board coordinates funding, treatment selection, and policy decisions across the district. The Weld court page also links bond hearing virtual courtrooms and protection order checklists, both of which work alongside the specialty dockets.
Water Court is a separate specialty court housed at the Weld County Courthouse, with its own phone line at (970) 475-2507. Weld sits in Water Division 1 of the South Platte basin. The court hears water rights, water use, and water administration cases. The case class CW shows up in the docket search results when a water case is set for hearing.
Weld County Sheriff and Jail
The Weld County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Steve Reams, runs the county jail at 2110 O Street, Greeley. The agency's patrol and administration office sits at 1950 O Street. The Sheriff publishes three live tools online: a daily arrest report, a daily inmate released report, and an active warrant search. Each tool covers only people booked into the Weld County jail.
The daily arrest report goes back to February 14, 2006. It returns name, arrest time, agency, booking number, date of birth, gender, charge list, and a VINE custody-status link. The released report shows release date, bond amount, bond type, and bond clearance. The warrant tool filters by name, city, ZIP, bail amount, warrant date range, crime level, and jurisdiction. For the daily roster and booking flow, the Weld County inmate records page has the full walkthrough, and the warrant records page covers active warrants. Recent releases sit on the released inmates page, and broad jail capacity numbers run on the jail population data page.
Marriage, Divorce, and Probate Records
Weld County splits these records between two offices. The Clerk and Recorder issues marriage and civil union licenses and sells certified marriage copies. Divorce decrees and probate files stay with the District Court. The Clerk and Recorder's own FAQ tells users to call the District Court at (970) 475-2400 for divorce copies. See the marriage and divorce records page for the marriage license walkthrough and the divorce decree request steps. The probate records page covers wills, letters, and estate files.
- Testator
- The person who signed a will. After death, the will is filed with the District Court so an estate can be opened.
- Executor
- The person named in a will to handle the estate. In Colorado the court usually calls this role the personal representative.
- Conservator
- A person the court picks to manage money or property for someone who cannot do so. This is set up under Colorado probate law in the District Court.
Weld County Court Records Fees
Fees split between the Clerk and Recorder and the Clerk of Court. The Clerk and Recorder publishes a recording fee schedule for deeds, plats, and marriage copies. The Clerk of Court charges copy fees set by Chief Justice Directive 04-05 on the state record request form. The Clerk and Recorder's elected official page lists Carly Koppes and links to the Recording Department fees.
The official page 
lists the term, the email, the phone, and the offices Koppes oversees. The recording fee table below lists the items most users hit, drawn from the published Recording Department schedule.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Recording, letter or legal size | $43.00 regardless of pages |
| Real Estate UCC financing statement, paper, 1-2 pages | $13.00 |
| Death certificate recorded as single death certificate | $3.00 |
| Certified marriage or civil union copy by mail | $3.00 each, check or money order |
| Court certified copy | Per CJD 04-05 court fee schedule |
| State record/document request form | Free to submit; copy fees may apply |
For court file copies the state form takes care of payment after the staff confirms the file exists. See the Clerk of Court page for the certified copy steps and accepted payment methods.
How to Interpret Weld County Court Records
Each Weld case number opens with a four-digit year, then a case class, then a sequence. The class letter is the key. CR is district court criminal felony. M is misdemeanor or county criminal. T is traffic. DR is domestic relations including divorce. JV is juvenile, and JD is juvenile delinquency. PR is probate. CV is district court civil. C is county civil. S is small claims. CW is water court.
Charges are not the same as convictions. A complaint or ticket lists charges. A disposition records the outcome: dismissal, plea, jury verdict, or bench finding. Only after a guilty plea or guilty verdict does the record show a conviction. The Sheriff arrest report warns that an arrest does not mean conviction. The same rule applies to court records: do not read a filing as proof of guilt. The Weld County District Court page covers division layout, and the court records page covers ROA reading in more depth.
Accuracy and Record Limitations
Online court data lags real life. The Sheriff updates the arrest tool daily, but a record may post hours after a booking. The court's docket may show a hearing that was reset late in the day. Sealed and suppressed cases never appear in public results, even if a hearing was held. Old files held off-site may not load in any online tool and may require retrieval at actual cost.
Note: Always confirm a Weld County court detail with the originating office before relying on it for a legal step, a background check, or a court filing.
History of Weld County Courts
Weld County has had six courthouse buildings in five places. The first court sat in Andrew Lumry's one-room log cabin on the South Platte River from 1861 to 1869. Lumry later served as a county clerk. Fort Latham held court briefly, then the county seat moved to Evans in 1870 at a site called Block 36. The corner of 9th Street and 9th Avenue in downtown Greeley has held the courthouse since 1883.
Read the full story on the official Weld courthouse history page. 
The 1883 building was demolished in 1915. The current courthouse was started and finished in 1917 and still holds active cases today.
Official History of Weld calls the 1917 courthouse the Jewel of the Plains. 
The building is limestone and marble in Classical Revival style, tied to architect William N. Bowman, who also worked on the Greeley Masonic Temple and University of Northern Colorado buildings such as Gunter Hall.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I search Weld County court records?
Start with the Colorado Judicial Branch docket search prefiltered to Weld County. Set Judicial District 19 or County to Weld, pick a date range, and add a name, case number, or attorney bar number. The result shows hearing date, time, case number, hearing type, courtroom, and appearance type. For a full file, decree, or certified copy, switch to the state record/document request form and select Weld County. Most replies arrive in three business days unless extenuating circumstances apply.
How do I get a divorce decree from Weld County?
Weld County divorce records are District Court records, not Clerk and Recorder records. Submit the Colorado Judicial Branch record/document request form, choose case type Divorce, select Weld County, and pick Divorce Decree under Family Matters. Add the party names, the filing year, and the case number if known. Copies cost $0.25 per page with a $15 cap for parties and their lawyers. A certified or exemplified copy is $20 per document. Call (970) 475-2400 to confirm the file exists.
Are Weld County court records free to view?
The docket search itself is free. So is the state access guide and the record request form. Fees can apply for copies, certifications, name searches, transcripts, and off-site retrievals. The Clerk and Recorder is separate; its index search is free, but viewing or printing a recorded image may cost a monthly or per-document fee. The Sheriff arrest, release, and warrant tools are free as well. CJD 06-01 and C.R.S. § 13-32-104(1)(a) allow waivers for qualifying indigent requesters.
More on the Weld County Court Records FAQ page.