Search Mineral County Court Dockets

Searching the Mineral County Court Docket

Start by deciding what you need, not whose name you have. A Colorado Judicial Branch Docket Search is free and shows what is scheduled. CoCourts is an authorized vendor. For a real-time register of actions on public case types, CoCourts charges a fee. The Clerk of Court at Mineral Combined Court holds the official record. That record includes the ROA, pleadings, orders, judgments, tickets, and authenticated copies. Each source overlaps with the others. None replaces another.

The free Mineral County court docket search needs a date. It also needs at least one more filter. A date alone will not run. Case numbers break into year, case class, and sequence fields. Parties can be found by individual name, business name, attorney name, or attorney bar number.

1. Decide whether the goal is a hearing date, an ROA, or a filed document.
2. Select the 12th Judicial District, Mineral County, or Mineral Combined Court in the free docket tool.
3. Add a date and another filter, such as case number, case class, party, or attorney.
4. Check the returned county, court type, case number, and setting details.
5. Ask the clerk for the official record or a certified copy when the portal result is not enough.

The official Mineral County trial-court page lists the local points of access.

That page ties a Mineral County court docket search to the courthouse, virtual rooms, records, and district services. It is the practical hub for all of them.

Mineral County Docket Search Fields

The Colorado form offers several routes. Location fields narrow the court. Dates define the calendar window. Case-number controls split a number like 2019T999999 into parts. Name and attorney fields give still more ways to find a setting, though stacking too many filters can bury a valid result. Start with the few facts you know for sure.

The official docket interface illustrates the statewide form and its calendar focus.

The image shows a scheduling search, not a full repository of pleadings or every Mineral County case. A blank calendar result does not mean no case exists.

Inside a Mineral County Court Docket

Colorado reserves "docket" for the calendar search. "Register of Action" covers the running case summary. So a Mineral County court docket may mean upcoming settings or the case's event history. An ROA is an index. It names a filing or order without showing the paper itself.

A docket entry is not the order itself. An entry saying judgment or sentence was entered only reports it. Get that document from the Mineral Combined Court clerk. The same gap applies to complaints, protection orders, tickets, and transcripts. Vendor data stays unofficial; a clerk copy is the court's record.

Three Mineral County Record Layers

Name the product you want first. A calendar tells you when a matter is set. An ROA tells you what has happened. A filed paper carries the actual language submitted or signed. A certified or exemplified copy adds the clerk's authentication when a recipient needs proof the copy matches the official file. Each layer answers a different question about a Mineral County case.

Docket

A list of scheduled court matters in the free Colorado search.

Register of Action

The dated case history, including public events, charges, minute orders, and outcomes.

Filed document

The actual pleading, motion, order, judgment, ticket, or other paper in the court file.

Certified copy

A copy authenticated by the Clerk of Court.

Use the cheapest layer that answers your need. Just do not mistake a short event label for the full order. The detailed Mineral County court record search walks through the request and fee choices.

Courts That Keep Dockets in Mineral County

Mineral Combined Court is one building with two trial-court roles. Mineral County District Court takes felonies. It also handles civil claims above the county limit, domestic relations, probate, and juvenile matters. Mineral County Court handles misdemeanors and traffic infractions. It also takes small claims, protection orders, lower-value civil cases, and the first complaints in felony cases. Water Division 3 covers water matters across the judicial district.

The Judicial Branch court structure overview explains the statewide jurisdiction lines.

That structure explains a quirk. A Mineral felony can open with a County Court complaint and later move under a District Court case number.

One Mineral County Clerk Counter

Alex Maestas is the Clerk of Court listed for Mineral Combined Court. The one office receives filings and enters events. It keeps the official files, handles court money, and issues authenticated copies. All of it covers both District and County Court matters. It is not the elected Mineral County Clerk and Recorder. That office keeps land, vital, election, and county records rather than Judicial Branch case files.

Knowing that split prevents wrong requests. Recorder fees apply to recorder material. Judicial Branch charges apply to pleadings, ROAs, judgments, tickets, and certification. The counter sits at 1201 North Main, Creede, Colorado 81130. Mail goes to P.O. Box 337. Hours are weekdays, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., except state holidays. Call 719-658-2575 or email MineralClerk@judicial.state.co.us before a long trip.

The official judges and staff directory lists the current Mineral County personnel.

The directory also shows the shared staffing that ties Mineral County to the six-county 12th Judicial District.

How to Find Court Dates and Settings

Begin with whatever paper the case handed you. A notice or citation carries the first setting. Your own Colorado Courts E-Filing account may hold more if you are a party. Set that paper beside the live Mineral County court docket entry before you plan a trip. When the two disagree, ask the combined-court clerk which setting controls. That call settles it. Published schedules deserve the same caution. The local page sets civil return dates on the second and third Friday of each month. Those start at 9:30 a.m. The county government page, in turn, lists County Court at 10:00 a.m. on those same Fridays. The labels may cover different parts of one session. So treat neither time as a substitute for your individual notice. Old dates linger in the case history. A continuance, amended notice, minute order, or reset entry always beats an earlier setting. Yet the stale event stays visible and can look current. Weather can move a Mineral County court date. So can holidays, service problems, party motions, and even a new judge assignment. The full Mineral County court dates resource walks through setting fields and how to confirm them.

Mineral County WebEx Docket Access

The Mineral Combined Court virtual-room page provides the official WebEx access point.

The local court page links district-wide WebEx rooms as well. Those cover domestic relations, advisements, water matters, and visiting judges. A room link alone, though, proves nothing about a specific hearing. Confirm the setting and its appearance rules with the court before relying on it. Colorado law allows remote observation of open criminal proceedings. Limits apply for closure, safety, and fair-trial rights. Victim rights, technology, and staffing also matter. Watching is never permission to record. The statewide Live Colorado Judicial directory is one more official option. It lets the public observe sessions that are available.

Public Access to Court Dockets

Who can see what in Mineral County court records? Judicial Branch directives and specific Colorado laws govern most of it. The Colorado Open Records Act covers governmental records generally. It does not govern court files. Mineral County Judicial Branch case files run through court rules instead. They also go through the Combined Court's own record request process. Even so, public access does not put every file, field, or document online.

Some files stay closed. Restricted, suppressed, protected, sealed, juvenile, probate, and confidential material may demand identification. Party status or judicial authority may matter too. A missing search result does not prove any of that. Check spelling, location, date, and case class first, then call the clerk.

Missing Mineral County Docket Results

An empty Mineral County court docket result usually means the search needs fixing. The case may be fine. Loosen the terms or drop an uncertain division. Try the pieces of the case number separately. Switch between individual and business name modes, and ask whether County Court and District Court both play a role. A felony complaint, transfer, appeal, or consolidation can create cross-references. Those may span more than one court or number. If nothing surfaces, work the fallback chain. Ask the Mineral Combined Court clerk to run a search from a name, year, and case type. A clerk name search carries a published $5 fee. Ask too whether the file is old or stored off site. The statewide Record/Document Request Form can seek an ROA or a named paper. Select Mineral as the location. The normal response target is within three business days, unless circumstances require more time. Note: Restricted access rules still apply to a request made at the counter.

Docket Records at the Clerk's Office

Be precise when you ask the clerk for something. Give the case number, party names, filing year, court, and the exact item wanted. That could be an ROA, complaint, order, judgment, ticket, transcript, or certified copy. Mail requests go to the post-office box. Confirm the fees and payment instructions first. Do that before any money leaves your hands. If a trip to Creede is impractical, the online request form is the strongest route.

The fee schedule is straightforward. Plain copies run $0.25 per page. Certification or exemplification adds $20 per document, and a transcript of judgment is $25. Off-site retrieval is billed at actual cost. Research or redaction past the first hour runs $30 per hour in 15-minute increments. Parties and their attorneys pay no more than $15 for copies in their own case, though that cap leaves other requesters out.

Mineral County and Federal Dockets

Federal cases live somewhere else entirely. A matter before a federal court never appears in the Mineral County court docket. Federal civil and criminal cases from the county belong to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Bankruptcy goes to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado, and appeals land at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. After registering, PACER supplies federal docket reports and the documents linked to them. The official PACER interface is the separate federal search channel.

PACER pricing in 2026 is modest but real. It charges $0.10 per page. It generally caps a case-specific document at $3. Any quarterly bill of $30 or less gets waived. Documents once pulled through PACER may also surface free in RECAP. Coverage there is spotty, though. Keep Mineral County trial matters in Colorado's state docket search and reserve PACER for federal proceedings.

Mineral County Docket Case Classes

Case class filters results and also hides them when used wrong. Colorado search interfaces recognize a set of codes. CR marks felony criminal work, M misdemeanors, and T traffic. CV signals District Court civil matters, while C belongs to County Court civil claims; S is small claims, DR domestic relations, and PR probate. Context decides what a code means. Resist stretching an unfamiliar code past what the official record supports.

CR and M

Criminal classes that help separate District Court felony and County Court misdemeanor settings.

T

The traffic class used to narrow a scheduled Mineral County traffic matter.

CV, C, and S

Civil classes divided by court jurisdiction and small-claims procedure.

DR and PR

Domestic-relations and probate categories, where access to some material may be limited.

Class unknown? Run a broad name search first. For an official result, the clerk can match the identifying details supplied in a record request.

Mineral County Court Dockets by City

Creede holds the Mineral County seat and stands as the county's only incorporated town. No separate Municipal Court office, judge, calendar, or ticket-payment database exists for Creede. So residents start with the document that was issued. Then they turn to the Mineral Combined Court channels for state District Court and County Court matters. A citation may name some other tribunal. If so, take it to the court printed on that citation.

The city profile walks through a docket search with County set to Mineral. It flags which case classes can apply, and it points to the right local record keeper. It also explains why calling the clerk first makes sense before any mountain travel.

Map and Directions to the Mineral Combined Court

District Court and County Court files for Mineral County are both kept at the Mineral Combined Court, 1201 North Main in Creede. The building has a single combined counter rather than a separate criminal justice center, civil courthouse, or probate annex, so a visitor asks the Combined Court clerk, not the elected county Clerk and Recorder, for the ROA, case file, judgment, or ticket.

Expect courthouse screening and no published self-service lobby terminal, parking validation, or separate records floor, so call ahead for an old mountain-town building with no listed accessibility feature list. Request a disability accommodation from the court in advance rather than assuming an entrance or courtroom arrangement.