Request for Records

Defendents (or their guardians and powers of attorney) may request their own municipal court records for open and closed cases. For open cases, copies of court orders and dispositions may be issued. For closed cases, a final disposition may be issued. This will include the defendant information, case number, date of the violation(s), plea information, and when and how the case was closed.

Customers requesting court case records in which they were not the defendant must submit an open records request through the city clerk.Charges for copies may apply.

Customers requesting a police report will be directed to request this through the police department. Charges for copies may apply.

Under no circumstances may defendants receive a copy of their driving record or state criminal history through the Evans Municipal Court. Driving record inquiries will be directed to the Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles. Background check requests will be directed to the Police Department.

Recognized law enforcement agencies and attorneys who have filed an entry of appearance may receive disposition information in response to records requests. However, the court reserves the right to refer these requests through the city clerk and/or city attorney for screening.

Case Status

Defendants (or their guardians and powers of attorney) may know the current status of their case and all sentencing information pertinent to the completion of their case. This includes any scheduled court dates, whether or not a warrant or OJW license hold has been issued, whether fines, classes, or community service are due, and information on how to complete sentencing conditions.

Customers requesting a status for a case in which they are not the defendant may know whether the case is open or closed, and the date of any future hearings. However, any further inquiries should be directed to the office of the city attorney.

Recognized law enforcement agencies and attorneys who have filed an entry of appearance may receive disposition information in response to case status requests. However, the court reserves the right to refer these requests to the city clerk and/or city attorney for screening.

Reschedule Hearing

Defendants (or their guardians and powers of attorney) may contact the court to reschedule a regular court hearing once per case. Defendeants must contact the court at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled court hearing in order to reschedule without a penalty being added for failure to appear. Defendants calling after their hearing to reschedule will accrue penalties for failure to appear, and if a warrant has been ordered, will not be able to clear the warrant without appearing in court or completing all conditions on the case. Defendants appearing for a bond return date or restitution hearing may not reschedule these hearings without approval from the municipal court judge, and defendants wishing to reschedule a trial must either appear at a court hearing or submit a request letter to be reviewed and approved or denied by the judge no later than one week before the trial date.

Active Warrant/OJW

Defendants with active warrants have two options to clear the warrants. If they have a warrant on a payable traffic ticket with no other sentence conditions, they may enter a guilty plea for the full point amount and pay the total fines and costs on the case. This will close the case, and they may receive a bench warrant recall form. If a defendant has already entered a plea and received their sentence conditions on any case, they may pay all fines and fulfill all conditions including classes or community service in order to close the case and receive a bench warrant clearance. However, if a defendant has not entered a plea on a mandatory summons, or cannot currently complete the payment of fines and/or sentence conditions, they may schedule a court date to have the warrant cleared by appearance before the judge.

Defendants with active OJW holds on their license must pay all fines and complete all conditions to close their case in order to clear the OJW hold from their license. Any exceptions to this must be approved by the municipal judge.

Collections Cases

If a defendant is trying to pay on a ticket that has been sent to collections, city cashiers will be unable to receipt in their payment. Instead, defendants must contact Integral Recoveries at https://payintegral.com/ or by calling 1-800-660-8450.

If a defendant would like to contest a ticket that has been sent to collections, they will be referred to the city prosecutor, as the window of time to contest the ticket has expired. There is no guarantee at this point in time that they will be allowed to contest the ticket.

For other questions or assistance, please contact the court at 970-475-1123, or by email at court@evanscolorado.gov