Search Fremont County Court Records
Fremont County court records start with the Colorado Judicial Branch for District Court and County Court matters. The local state courthouse is Fremont Combined Court, and the county sits in the 11th Judicial District with Chaffee, Custer, and Park counties. A records search should begin by deciding whether the need is a hearing date, a case-data listing, or a copy of a document. Each of those tasks uses a different access channel.
The Colorado Judicial Branch Fremont County page is the local state-court starting point for Fremont County Court records because it points to the courthouse, payments, jury information, probation, self-help, and virtual courtrooms.
That state page is most useful when the case belongs to Fremont Combined Court rather than a city court or county recorder office.
- Identify whether the matter is District Court, County Court, Cañon City Municipal Court, Florence Municipal Court, sheriff, or Clerk and Recorder business.
- Use the Colorado Judicial Branch Docket Search for a hearing date at Fremont Combined Court.
- Use the Judicial Branch Record/Document Request Form for copies of pleadings, orders, dispositions, decrees, probate filings, or protection-order documents.
- Use CoCourts or Data Access for available case data or register-of-actions information when those channels fit the request.
- Use the municipal court, sheriff, or County Clerk and Recorder when the record belongs outside the state court file.
Fremont County Courthouse Access
Fremont Combined Court is the state courthouse for Fremont County. It is listed at 136 Justice Center Rd, Canon City, CO 81212, with phone 719-269-0100, fax 719-204-2275, and general email fremontcountyclerk@judicial.state.co.us. The court is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the clerk's office closes from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. for lunch. The email is for general questions only, not pleadings.
The Fremont Combined Court location page is an assigned image source because it lists the local court address, phone, fax, email, and filing warning.
Use that location information for state court files, hearings, probate, divorce, criminal, civil, and county traffic matters.
Fremont Combined Court
136 Justice Center Rd
Canon City, CO 81212
719-269-0100
Fax 719-204-2275
Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Fremont County Sheriff's Department
100 Justice Center Road
Canon City, CO 81212
719-276-5555
Jail, sheriff records, warrants, and custody questions
County Clerk and Recorder
615 Macon Ave
Canon City, CO 81212
719-276-7330
Recording, marriage, elections, motor vehicle, and county records
Fremont County Court System
Colorado trial courts in Fremont County are split between District Court and County Court. District Court is the general-jurisdiction trial court. It handles felonies, civil cases without a dollar cap, domestic relations, juvenile, probate, mental health, and appeals from county court. County Court handles misdemeanors, traffic infractions and offenses, small claims, lower-dollar civil cases, felony complaints before transfer, and protection orders.
Cañon City and Florence municipal courts are separate local ordinance courts. That matters because a municipal traffic ticket or city-code charge may not appear in the state court docket search. Water Court is a specialized Colorado court context, and Fremont County sits in Water Division 2, but ordinary county court-record users should not treat water rights as a standard local court record category.
| Court level | Fremont County role | Record impact |
|---|---|---|
| District Court | General trial court at Fremont Combined Court | Felony, divorce, probate, juvenile, mental health, broad civil, and appeals |
| County Court | Limited trial court at Fremont Combined Court | Misdemeanor, traffic, small claims, civil money, FED, felony complaints, protection orders |
| Municipal Court | Cañon City and Florence city courts | Municipal ordinance, local traffic, and city-court records |
| Colorado Court of Appeals | Intermediate appellate court | Most District Court appeals go there |
Case flow: Municipal or County Court issue › District Court where jurisdiction requires › Colorado Court of Appeals › Colorado Supreme Court in limited matters.
Fremont County Court Dockets
Fremont County hearing dates use the statewide docket search for state court matters. The form allows filters for judicial district, county, courthouse, and date. Fremont County is in the 11th Judicial District, and Fremont Combined Court is the local courthouse selection. The docket search is not a document system. It tells users about scheduled court activity, not the full text of filings or orders.
The Colorado Judicial Branch docket search is assigned to the index because hearing-date lookup is one of the most common Fremont County Court records tasks.
After a docket entry is found, documents still need to be requested from the court or another proper custodian.
| Field | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Judicial District | Dropdown | Fremont County is in the 11th Judicial District. |
| County | Dropdown | Select Fremont County for local state-court settings. |
| Courthouse | Dropdown | Fremont Combined Court is the state courthouse. |
| Date | Date field | The form requires a date and at least one other filter. |
Fremont County Court Record Types
Court records in Fremont County include civil, criminal, traffic, family, probate, juvenile, protection-order, small-claims, name-change, and mental-health matters. The court that creates the record controls the access path. District Court creates felony, divorce, probate, juvenile, mental health, broad civil, and appeal records. County Court creates many misdemeanor, traffic, small claims, FED, lower-dollar civil, felony complaint, and protection-order records. Municipal courts create city ordinance and municipal traffic records.
Criminal records include charging documents, advisements, bond records, pleas, motions, hearing minutes, disposition, sentence, probation, restitution, warrants, and appeals. Traffic records at the court are different from Colorado DMV driver records. Family files can contain petitions, sworn financial statements, parenting plans, support orders, decrees, and permanent orders. Probate files can include wills, personal representative appointments, guardianships, conservatorships, inventories, accountings, and court orders.
- Civil: civil money, injunctions, Rule 120, FED, small claims, judgment, and collection filings.
- Criminal: felony, misdemeanor, advisement, bond, plea, disposition, sentencing, and probation records.
- Traffic: county traffic cases, municipal tickets, citation history, payment, disposition, and FTA issues.
- Family and probate: divorce, custody, support, estates, guardianship, conservatorship, and protected-person matters.
- Restricted categories: juvenile, adoption, mental health, sealed, suppressed, and confidential personal information.
Fremont County Court Record Fields
What appears in a Fremont County court record depends on the source. A docket result may show the hearing date, court, and event. Data Access states that it contains only court data and not case documents. CoCourts says a Register of Action is provided through searches. A full court file may include pleadings, orders, minutes, docket entries, judgments, sentencing orders, decrees, and certified copies, subject to redaction and access rules.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case number | Year and case-type coding, such as the request form example 2019T999999. |
| Case type | Civil, divorce, felony, misdemeanor, juvenile, probate, protection order, small claims, traffic, or water. |
| Parties | Plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, applicant, estate, or protected person. |
| Events | Advisement, arraignment, motions, continuance, trial setting, plea, sentencing, decree, order, or review. |
| Financial entries | Fines, fees, restitution, costs, bond, judgment amounts, or payment plans. |
| Documents | Complaints, petitions, summons, motions, orders, judgments, decrees, inventories, and letters. |
- Docket
- A list of scheduled hearings or case events.
- Register of actions
- A chronological case activity listing.
- Disposition
- The final outcome, such as dismissal, judgment, plea, conviction, acquittal, or decree.
- Continuance
- A postponement of a hearing or deadline.
Request Fremont County Court Documents
The court-record request path is separate from docket search. The Colorado Judicial Branch Record/Document Request Form asks for requester name, business name if any, email, phone, address, case number, case type, and year filed. Case type options captured in the research include Child Custody, Civil, Divorce, Felony, Juvenile, Misdemeanor, Probate, Protection Order, Small Claims, Traffic, and Water. The form says response is generally within three business days unless there are extenuating circumstances.
The Colorado court record and document request form is assigned to the index because it is the official fallback when Fremont County Court records need copies rather than just a calendar entry.
Suppressed cases, juvenile records, probate files, and documents with confidential or protected information may require government photo ID or further review.
Fremont County Court Access Laws
Colorado public access is split by record type. CORA covers many administrative public records. CCJRA governs criminal justice agency records. Colorado court records are controlled by judicial access rules, the Colorado Supreme Court Rule on Public Access to Information and Records, Chief Justice Directives, and statutes or court orders that apply to the case. For Fremont County, that means a court file, sheriff booking record, and Clerk and Recorder document may have different custodians.
The Colorado Judicial Branch public access guide is assigned to the index because court records need judicial access analysis rather than a simple county open-records request.
The access guide helps explain why some court records are open, some are redacted, and some require identity or authorization before release.
Key authorities: CORA covers many administrative records; CCJRA covers criminal justice agency records; PAIRR and CJD 05-01 guide court-system public access.
Restricted Fremont County Court Records
Fremont County court records can be restricted by statute, court rule, order, or directive. Juvenile delinquency, dependency, adoption, mental health, sealed criminal matters, suppressed cases, protected addresses, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, medical information, passport numbers, and minor information are not ordinary public lookup material. Probate records can be partly public but may require photo ID or redaction when protected-person data appears.
Sealing in Colorado restricts public access but does not destroy the record. The Judicial Branch sealing guide explains that sealing does not vacate a conviction and can leave the record available to criminal justice agencies, the court, probation, and the district attorney. The Legislative Council memo notes that some convictions are ineligible, including traffic offenses and DUI categories in the cited summary. Eligibility should be checked against current Judicial Branch forms and the court tied to the case.
Fremont County Clerk Offices
Fremont County has a split clerk structure. Cristy James is listed by the Colorado Judicial Branch as Clerk of Court and Probate Registrar for Fremont County. That office handles court-record and probate registrar functions through Fremont Combined Court. Justin D. Grantham is the elected Fremont County Clerk and Recorder, whose office handles recording, marriage and civil unions, elections, motor vehicle, county liquor licenses, and Board of County Commissioners records.
The Fremont County Clerk and Recorder homepage is assigned to the index because it is the key source for county records that are often confused with court records.
Use the Clerk and Recorder for recorded documents and marriage records, but use the court clerk for court files, probate court documents, divorce cases, and state court records.
| Office | Handles | Does not handle |
|---|---|---|
| Clerk of Court | Court records, case files, probate registrar functions, dockets, certified court copies | Recorded deeds or motor vehicle services |
| County Clerk and Recorder | Recording, marriage/civil unions, elections, motor vehicle, BOCC records | District Court pleadings or County Court hearing calendars |
Fremont County Sheriff Records
Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper's office is at 100 Justice Center Road, Canon City, CO 81212, phone 719-276-5555. The sheriff's CRIMEWATCH portal includes Arrests/Jail Intakes, Cases, Incident Blotter, Most Wanted, Warrants, FCSO Citizen Connect, Bonding Information, Inmate Locator, Inmate Mail, Inmate Property, Other Information, and Visitation. Sheriff records are not the same as court records, but they often lead into court charges, warrants, and bond hearings.
The Fremont County Sheriff's CRIMEWATCH homepage is assigned to the index because it shows the sheriff access path for public law-enforcement records and app links.
The sheriff route is strongest for custody, warrants, arrest feed items, crime alerts, anonymous tips, and detention information, while final court outcomes remain in court records.
For county custody, the sheriff directs individual inmate searches through VINELink Colorado or Intake/Booking at 719-276-5555 option 2. The full custody workflow is covered in the Fremont County inmate records page.
Fremont County Case Data
CoCourts is a Colorado court-record search initiative and describes a Register of Action as part of court-record searches. It is a public case-data route, but it is not the same as the official court document request form. Use it when the need is public case data or a register of actions, and use the court request form when the need is the actual document, order, decree, or certified copy.
The CoCourts public court-record search homepage is assigned to the index because it is one of the documented access channels for Colorado court-record data.
Data routes should be checked against the originating court when accuracy, certification, or current status matters.
Fremont County Family Probate Records
Marriage and civil union licensing is handled by the County Clerk and Recorder at 615 Macon Avenue, not the Clerk of Court. Divorce records are District Court domestic-relations records at Fremont Combined Court. Probate is handled through the District Court at Fremont Combined Court, with Cristy James listed as Clerk of Court and Probate Registrar. Those three topics are often grouped by users, but Fremont County routes them through different offices.
Marriage licenses cost $30 in the research file, are valid upon issuance, and must be used within 35 days in Colorado. Divorce files can include petitions, responses, sworn financial statements, parenting plans, support orders, decrees, and permanent orders, with redaction for protected child, financial, or safety information. Probate records can include estates, wills, letters, guardianships, conservatorships, inventories, accountings, and orders. Marriage and divorce records have a separate page for the licensing and court-file split.
Fremont County Court Context
Fremont County has a rare records landscape because it is both a historic county and a major correctional center. The county's own "Colorado's Correctional Capitol" page says correctional facilities have been part of local life since the 1871 opening of Territorial Prison, now Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility. State prison, federal prison, county jail, and local court records are easy to confuse, but each has a different lookup system.
The Fremont County Correctional Capitol page is assigned to the index because it explains why jail, state prison, federal prison, and court searches overlap in local user intent.
For records access, county jail uses sheriff and VINELink channels, state prison uses CDOC, federal custody uses BOP, and court records use the court system.
Fremont County Court Staff
The Fremont County judges and staff page lists several local court roles. Amanda Hunter is District Court Chief Judge for the 11th Judicial District. Fremont County listings include District Court judges, a County Court judge, magistrates, the Clerk of Court and Probate Registrar, the Jury Commissioner, Family Court Facilitator, Self-Represented Litigant Coordinator, and Court Executive. These roles affect records because hearings, probate, jury, family, and self-help functions are not all handled by the same person.
The Fremont County judges and staff page is assigned to the index because it shows the local court personnel structure behind Fremont County Court records.
Use role-specific contacts carefully because a jury issue, family facilitation question, probate record, and filed pleading do not follow the same path.
Fremont County Record Fees
The research gives detailed fees for the County Clerk and Recorder, and less detail for court-document copies. That difference should not be blurred. Recorded public documents can be searched online or in office without a search charge. Images require purchase, certified copies are not electronically transmitted, and the office needs verbal confirmation and mailing-address verification before mailing certified copies. Court filing and copy fees should be confirmed through the court or current Judicial Branch fee forms when the research does not list a local amount.
| Item | Amount or rule | Office |
|---|---|---|
| Recording most documents | $43.00 per document, all pages included, effective July 1, 2025 | County Clerk and Recorder |
| Online copy fee | $3.00 per document or $2.00 with subscription | Tyler/Recording |
| Public-portal image copy | $2.00 flat rate plus $1.00 convenience fee per document | Recording Division |
| Physical copy | $0.25 per page; postage may apply | Recording Division |
| Physical oversized copy | $5.00 per page | Recording Division |
| Court document copies | Use court request form or clerk quote when the local fee is not listed | Fremont Combined Court |
Recent Fremont County Court Updates
Recent local notices matter for records users because closures, scams, and policy changes can affect how people reach court or jail information. The Fremont County Judicial Branch page posted a local closure for June 26 and a Legal Resource Day for October 16, 2026. It also posts a traffic-violation scam warning about fake texts claiming unpaid toll, parking, or speeding charges. The Clerk and Recorder posted July 2026 training closures, and the sheriff changed jail mail service in October 2024.
As of the official local officials page reviewed in the research, Jeff Lindsey is listed as the 11th Judicial District Attorney contact. The Judicial Branch press release says he was sworn as Acting District Attorney on November 1, 2024 after appointment by Chief Judge Amanda Hunter. Date-specific office information should be checked against the current official page before relying on it for a filing or appearance.
Fremont County Court Records FAQ
Where are Fremont County court records kept?
State court records are handled through Fremont Combined Court and Colorado Judicial Branch channels. Clerk and Recorder records are separate and cover recording, marriage, elections, motor vehicle, and county administrative records.
Can Fremont County court records be searched by docket?
Dockets can be searched through the Colorado Judicial Branch docket tool for hearing dates. The docket search does not provide full case documents, so copies require the record/document request process.
Are municipal court records included?
Not always. Cañon City Municipal Court and Florence Municipal Court handle local ordinance and municipal traffic matters through city channels, separate from the state court route.
Are juvenile records public?
Juvenile availability is limited by the Children's Code and judicial access rules. Do not treat juvenile matters as ordinary public search results.