Search Cheyenne County Court Dockets

Cheyenne County Court Docket Searches

For a hearing date, start with the free Colorado Judicial Docket Search. Pick the 15th Judicial District. Then check County Court, District Court, or both boxes. A date alone will not run the query; the form insists on a second filter. That could be a party or attorney name. A division works too. So do the year, class, and sequence pieces of a case number. What comes back is the calendar of scheduled court business. It is not a full filing history for the case.

When the calendar leaves questions open, work the rest of the access chain. CoCourts is a fee-based approved vendor. It sells a real-time register of actions, but it carries no document images and no certified official file. The statewide request form routes to the Cheyenne County clerk. Use it when you need an ROA, a named paper, or certification. For older, off-site, protected, or simply confusing records, the older channels still do the job. Phone, email, mail, and the courthouse counter handle the heavy lifting.

1. Read the court name and case number on the newest notice.
2. Search Cheyenne County with a date and one added filter.
3. Check court type, case class, setting, and division.
4. Use an ROA or clerk request for the complete event history.
5. Confirm a changed or close hearing date with the Cheyenne County clerk.

Two Cheyenne County Docket Layers

Colorado splits this world in two: a "docket" and a "register of actions." The difference matters. The free docket tells you what court business is scheduled. Think of the ROA as a timeline. Every filing, minute order, setting, charge, and sentence, logged in order. The same hearing can show up on both, but each answers a different question. Tomorrow's court time? Use the free docket. Tracing how a case got where it is takes the ROA. Sometimes you need the filed orders behind it. The official Cheyenne County court page is the Judicial Branch's local entry point.

From that page, users reach the statewide calendar while the Cheyenne County Combined Court stays the source for authoritative files and instructions on appearing.

Court Dockets: What They Show

Open a Cheyenne County register of actions and you meet the case header first. It names the court, the case number, the class, the filing date, and the status. Party and counsel entries come next, where public. Below that runs the event list. Accepted filings, notices, minute orders, settings, resets, rulings, and disposition all appear there. Criminal files can layer on charges, pleas, bond activity, sentences, and money entries. Civil court records add service, answers, motions, judgments, dismissals, and satisfaction.

Read entries in order, and read them carefully. A motion is only a request. It does not prove the judge granted anything. A hearing date stays in the history after a reset. It no longer reflects the plan. The word "Closed" by itself rarely explains each charge or claim. An entry can seem thin. Ask the clerk for the signed order, the disposition and sentence order, or the judgment behind it.

Cheyenne County Docket Case Codes

Class letters steer a docket search before you type a single name. CR means a District Court criminal case. CV marks District Court civil litigation. Over in County Court, the letters shift for other case types. M is misdemeanors and T is traffic. S is small claims. C covers limited civil matters. DR handles domestic relations, PR is probate, and JD or JV flags juvenile categories. Note that some classes stay restricted. They may be missing from ordinary remote access even where a valid file exists.

One trap deserves a warning. The Town of Kit Carson sits inside Cheyenne County, not Kit Carson County. Pick the wrong county and you get a false no-result search. Match all three parts of the case number before you search. Choose Cheyenne County. Only then conclude a case is missing.

ROA

Register of actions, the chronological case index.

Setting

A scheduled court event, not always a trial.

Continuance

An order moving a court event to a later date.

Disposition

The recorded result of a charge, claim, or case.

Cheyenne County Courts and Their Dockets

One courthouse hosts both state trial courts as the Cheyenne County Combined Court. District Court takes the weightier work. Felonies, major civil cases, domestic relations, juvenile matters, probate, mental-health cases, and other general-jurisdiction business all land there. County Court takes the lighter load. Misdemeanors, traffic, protection orders, small claims, preliminary felony work, and civil claims under its statutory limit all sit there. A single clerk office holds both sets of state files.

Municipal records live elsewhere. Cheyenne Wells and Kit Carson may keep town ordinance or municipal traffic cases. Those go through their own channels. Federal matters arising in Cheyenne County never touch the Colorado state docket. They sit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and require PACER.

One Cheyenne County Docket Counter

One counter in Cheyenne County handles the court docket work for the whole courthouse. Some notices say “Combined Court.” That can confuse people at first. The clerk at that window sorts out which trial court a case belongs to. The same clerk pulls the public ROA and quotes copy fees. Ask there whether an older file sits off-site. No criminal justice center or civil courthouse shows up in the directory. Neither does a probate annex or a justice-of-the-peace court. Cheyenne County keeps all of its case lookup services under one roof.

The official courthouse location page lists the building and its local contact details.

Visit the Cheyenne County courthouse at 51 S. 1st St. in Cheyenne Wells to inspect a file, order a plain copy, request certification, or sort out a setting. Published hours run Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. But another Judicial Legal Help listing reports narrower lunch and Friday hours. Confirm same-day counter access before any long drive.

Court Dates and Settings in Cheyenne County

Start with any court notice you received. Then compare it against the official Cheyenne County docket. Scan the ROA for later resets. A continuance adds a new event; it does not erase the old date. Unless the court says otherwise, the newest valid setting is the one that counts. Each label matters too. Docket call, advisement, arraignment, bond hearing, pretrial conference, motion hearing, trial, sentencing, review, and protection-order hearing all point to different stages of a case.

Call the clerk when a setting is close, unclear, or recently changed. The public livestream is watch-only, so it cannot serve as an appearance. The judge cannot see or hear viewers. A party approved for remote attendance needs the participant link from the court itself. For date filters, setting fields, and the confirmation chain, see the full Cheyenne County court schedule.

Note: Never infer a replacement hearing date from a closure or weather alert. Wait for a new court notice or clerk confirmation.

Cheyenne County Docket Staff Network

The local clerk anchors the Cheyenne County docket. The 15th Judicial District spans four counties with traveling district judges. So the clerk's office stays the steady point of contact. Colleen “Coky” Palmer holds three roles: Clerk of Court, Probate Registrar, and Jury Commissioner. Her office receives filings, indexes events, and maintains the official file. It also processes judgments and money, and supplies copies. Even when judges travel, the Cheyenne County record never leaves the county clerk's custody.

The official judges and staff directory names the public officers tied to the local docket. It includes each judge's assignment.

Verify any current assignment there. Court Executive Diane Crow also serves as ADA coordinator, and statewide interpreter, self-help, jury, and accommodation services all remain open to this rural court.

Cheyenne County Docket Filing Scale

FY2024 filings show the local scale. Cheyenne County recorded 354 County Court filings and 68 District Court filings, a combined 422. County Court volume ran more than five times the District Court figure. That gap is a warning. Not every local record is a District Court case. Traffic, misdemeanor, small-claims, protection, and limited civil work make County Court a central piece of the system. The report gives no case-type breakdown beyond these totals.

The 15th Judicial District covers Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Prowers Counties. Two district judges travel the district, and each county has a part-time county judge. These figures count new matters across all categories. They are not pending cases and not criminal cases alone.

Docket Access Under Colorado Law

Access to a Cheyenne County court record rests on Judicial Branch rules. It is not a promise that every file appears online. Material that is public may be inspected and copied at reasonable times. The clerk applies redactions and restrictions. A sealed file stays sealed. Protected personal information, judicial work product, court-reporter notes, and many juvenile or protected records stay closed. They do not become public just because someone holds a case number.

Remote data has its own limits. An approved vendor's real-time feed can omit cases or case types. It is never the official record. When online data conflicts with the clerk's file, the file controls. The Colorado Open Records Act governs public records broadly. Court case records follow the Judicial Branch access framework, and criminal records also implicate the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act.

Cheyenne County Docket Request Costs

The clerk turns a docket search result into an official record. Submit the statewide Record/Document Request Form. Pick Cheyenne County, and name the case and the exact item. Options include an ROA, complaint or information, disposition and sentence order, ticket, civil judgment records, family orders, probate papers, and certification. Expect a normal response within three business days. That is a target, though, not a guarantee that an off-site file, redacted record, or transcript will land inside three days.

Costs depend on the task, so ask for an estimate before ordering a large file. A hearing transcript starts with JDF 4. A reporter or transcriber then gives an estimate and requires a deposit. The clerk does not supply audio CDs or tapes under the cited transcript directive.

How the Clerk Keeps Docket Records

The Cheyenne County clerk keeps the docket for both state trial courts and doubles as probate registrar. Requests come in several ways. You can apply online, at the counter, by phone or email, or by mail. Fax works too. Confirm first that fax is accepted. A mailed request should list the case number, party names, exact documents, certification choice, contact details, and a fee quote request. No case number? A party name plus a filing year can support the published name-search service.

The official chief judge profile shows how district leadership is listed apart from the county record custodian.

The official district judge profile likewise reflects the traveling district structure.

Assignments explain who may hear a matter. The Combined Court clerk still keeps the Cheyenne County docket and supplies the official record.

Cheyenne County Docket Judge Transition

Cheyenne County Court saw its bench change hands in 2026. Judge Deni Eiring departed for the 16th Judicial District. That left the county judgeship open. Governor Jared Polis filled the seat by appointing Stacy L. Noe. Administrative milestones like this one do not move cases. They do not erase files either. A docket stays tied to its court and its clerk file. The robe does not change that. The official appointment announcement documents the selection of the new Cheyenne County judge.

The Judicial Branch appointment index provides a second official route to current appointment information.

For current assignments, check the newest staff directory rather than assuming a name still holds a seat. The docket entry itself tells you which judge or division handles a specific setting in Cheyenne County.

Cheyenne County Docket District Route

Cheyenne County sits inside Colorado's 15th Judicial District, according to the trial-court directory. That placement drives the district selector in the free docket search form. It also explains something else. Judges based elsewhere may preside in Cheyenne Wells. Appeals from District Court generally land at the Colorado Court of Appeals. Above that sits the Colorado Supreme Court. That is the court of last resort. Municipal review and lower-court appeals are different. They follow whatever route state law allows. The case's own orders also play a part. The official judicial district directory lays out the statewide district structure.

When running a docket search locally, select the 15th District and then Cheyenne County. The district label alone sweeps too wide, since it also covers three other counties.

City-by-City Court Dockets in Cheyenne County

Two incorporated towns appear in the official 2020 Census ranking for Cheyenne County. Neither town site posts a public municipal case-history search. There is no daily calendar either. The town payment channels do not replace the state docket. So read the court name on a citation first. A town matter goes through that town's own contact or payment route. Anything filed in Cheyenne County Court belongs on the statewide docket with the Combined Court clerk.

Cheyenne Wells holds the county seat. Town Hall and the county courthouse sit at different First Street addresses, though, and keep separate records. Kit Carson is a town inside Cheyenne County. It is not a signal to pick Kit Carson County in the state form. The body of a citation, notice, or summons points to the right starting place.

Map and Directions to the Cheyenne County Courthouse

District Court and County Court files for Cheyenne County are kept at the Cheyenne County Courthouse, 51 S. 1st Street in Cheyenne Wells, which also houses the Combined Court clerk counter, probate registrar functions, and jury administration. No separate criminal justice center, civil courthouse, or probate annex exists for the county, so this is the only stop for viewing a state-court file, requesting a register of actions, or obtaining a copy.

Another Judicial Legal Help listing has described a narrower noon-to-1 p.m. lunch closure and a shorter Friday schedule, which conflicts with the location page, so confirm same-day counter hours at 719-767-5649 before a long trip. No official source confirms a public-terminal location or dedicated visitor parking for this rural courthouse; ask the clerk about both when calling.