Locate Fremont County Clerk Records

Fremont County Clerk of Court

Colorado Judicial Branch materials list Cristy James as Clerk of Court and Probate Registrar for Fremont County. The court office is at Fremont Combined Court, 136 Justice Center Rd, Canon City, CO 81212. The main court phone is 719-269-0100, fax is 719-204-2275, and the general court email is fremontcountyclerk@judicial.state.co.us. The court location page says the email is for general questions only. Pleadings should be faxed, mailed, brought in during normal business hours, or filed through an allowed e-filing channel when one applies.

This judicial clerk office is the right path for divorce files, probate case documents, criminal and civil court files, traffic cases filed in county court, protection-order files, small claims, juvenile records when access is allowed, and court document copies. It is not the right office for recorded land documents, marriage license issuance, motor vehicle services, elections, or Board of County Commissioners records. Those county administrative records belong to the Fremont County Clerk and Recorder.

The manifest assigns the county hours and locations page as a visual source for the Clerk of Court context through Fremont County hours and locations.

The hours page helps users avoid confusing the Justice Center court office with the Macon Avenue county administration building.

Two Fremont Clerk Offices

Fremont County has a split records structure. Court records are administered through the Colorado Judicial Branch Clerk of Court at Fremont Combined Court. County recording, marriage and civil union licensing, elections, motor vehicle services, liquor licensing, and Board of County Commissioners records are handled by the elected Fremont County Clerk and Recorder, Justin D. Grantham. This split prevents many search errors. A person seeking a divorce decree should not use the land-records portal, and a person seeking a recorded deed should not ask the court clerk to search county recording books.

Fremont Combined Court also links to Collections and Payments, Jury Information, Probation, Self-Help Resources, and Virtual Courtrooms. For non-parties watching court, public livestream access is different from Webex links used by parties and attorneys. Recording, photographing, screen-capturing, or audio/video recording proceedings without written authorization is prohibited by the local court notice.

Fremont Court Record Requests

Court records are requested through the Colorado Judicial Branch record/document request form or by contacting Fremont Combined Court. The form supports case types such as child custody, civil, divorce, felony, juvenile, misdemeanor, probate, protection order, small claims, traffic, and water. It asks for requester contact information, case number if known, case type, and year filed. The research notes that suppressed cases, juvenile records, probate records, or documents with confidential or protected information may require government-issued photo ID.

1. Identify the case type and court before making the request.
2. Use the case number if known, or provide party names and filing year if the number is missing.
3. Select the specific document needed, such as decree, order, disposition, sentence, letters, or docket entry.
4. Submit through the Judicial Branch request form or contact Fremont Combined Court for the correct copy process.
5. Confirm whether a certified copy is needed and whether photo ID or restricted-record review applies.

Clerk Fees and Forms

The research did not locate a complete official Fremont court copy-fee table for every judicial document. Fees for court copies and certifications should be confirmed with Fremont Combined Court or the current Colorado Judicial Branch fee materials. The Clerk and Recorder fee schedule is separate and should not be applied to court pleadings or court-certified copies unless the record being ordered is a recorded county document rather than a court file.

The assigned Clerk and Recorder recording page visual comes from Fremont County Recording Division.

That recording source is useful on the Clerk of Court page because it shows which records belong to the other clerk office.

Restricted Clerk Records

The Clerk of Court cannot release every document just because a case exists. Juvenile records, sealed or suppressed cases, adoption-related records, mental health matters, protected personal information, and parts of probate or family files may be restricted. Colorado court access is governed by judicial access rules, Chief Justice Directives, court orders, and statutes. The record/document request form warns that protected files can require government photo ID before a review or release decision.

For county administrative records, the Clerk and Recorder offers CORA request routes, online and PDF forms, and a warning not to send sensitive personal information through online text fields. The assigned county forms visual source is Fremont County Clerk and Recorder forms.

The forms page reinforces that county CORA records and court case documents use different request channels.

Original Records and Research

Original public records stored on site by the County Clerk and Recorder require a separate scheduled research request, not a court-file request. The county says staff must be present because of the location and condition of those records. The office schedules research in half-day increments or as practical, and the requester must provide clean gloves such as nitrile, vinyl, or lint-free cotton. That process is important for historical recorded records, but it does not replace a court document request to the Clerk of Court.

The assigned original-record research visual source is the Fremont County request to conduct original-record research form.

That scheduled research process is a County Clerk and Recorder service, while court case copies still route to Fremont Combined Court.

Note: Emailed pleadings are not accepted or docketed through the general Fremont Combined Court email address.