Logan County Criminal Docket Searches
Colorado offers a free tool for this. The Colorado Judicial Branch Docket Search loads with Logan County already picked. Treat it as a hearing calendar, nothing more. Set the date range, then add a filter. A case number narrows results best. The form also takes a person's name, an attorney name or bar number, court type, courthouse, and division. Break the number into its four-digit year, class letters, and sequence: CR marks a felony, M a misdemeanor. Whatever you pull up, keep another person's private result details to yourself.
Is the calendar silent on your question? Call the Clerk of Court at Logan County Combined Courts at 970-522-6565, option 7. You can also email LoganRecordsRequest@judicial.state.co.us, use the statewide record form, or stop at the Room 205 counter. Mail options can be worked out once the clerk reviews the request. Federal cases go through PACER, and Sterling ordinance charges belong to the city court.
- Open the Logan-filtered docket and choose a date or range.
- Add the year, CR or M class, and numeric sequence when known.
- Match the court, case number, hearing type, date, and courtroom.
- Use the Record/Document Request Form for the ROA or filed papers.
- Ask the clerk for certification when an authenticated order is required.
CR and M Logan County Dockets
The letters in a case number tell you which court you are in. A Logan County District Court CR docket means a felony. A Logan County Court M docket means a misdemeanor. Felony complaints can also start in County Court before moving over. Colorado's trial-court jurisdiction guidance describes the situations. Either way, one clerk at the Sterling Combined Courts location keeps both state-court files. The office holding the record stays the same. Only the court level changes.
- 2026CR123
- A sample format showing filing year, felony class, and sequence. The number of sequence digits is not fixed here.
- 2026M456
- A sample misdemeanor format. Confirm Logan County and County Court before relying on the match.
- Municipal case
- A city-code or qualifying city traffic matter that does not become a state CR or M case merely because it arose in Logan County.
Those letters route a docket search. They say nothing about the charge or how the case ended. For that, read the official ROA, the charging paper, or the sentence order.
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
Colorado Criminal Rule 55 names the register of actions the criminal docket. It is a running, chronological log. The clerk keeps it: filed documents, issued process and returns, appearances, costs, orders, verdicts, judgments, and returns showing execution. The free Logan County calendar is far thinner. It lists the scheduled side of things. Date, time, planned duration, case display, case number, hearing type, location, appearance type, and courtroom appear there. What is not promised there? Charge statutes, bond details, a plea, the final disposition, financial balances, and downloadable document images.
| Case number | Filing year, CR or M class, and numeric sequence. |
|---|---|
| Calendar setting | Date, start time, scheduled minutes, hearing label, location, and courtroom. |
| ROA event | Dated filing, process, appearance, minute order, verdict, judgment, or return. |
| Charge | Read the Complaint/Information or the charge summary in the official ROA. |
| Disposition | Confirm the latest entry, then request the signed Disposition/Sentence Order when needed. |
Note: A scheduled duration marks the calendar block only, not a promise of when the hearing will end.
Logan County Criminal Setting Labels
A setting label marks a stage, never a result. Advisements cover rights, allegations, and often bond. The arraignment is where the plea comes in. A status conference checks progress, and a disposition hearing may involve a plea or some other resolution. Sentencing follows a conviction or plea, while a probation-revocation hearing deals with an alleged violation. The Logan calendar has also carried "Return on Summons for Revocation of Probation." That only signals an appearance on that summons. It is not a finished revocation.
Always read the newest setting beside the case number and court. Compare it against the most recent notice or order. An earlier date can linger in the ROA after a reset. An arraignment proves nothing about guilt. "Disposition" in a hearing title does not reveal the judge's decision. Two conflicting dates? Call the Combined Courts clerk or ask counsel before acting. The full Logan County court schedule treatment explains how calendar fields and resets work.
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
Most Logan County criminal ROAs open with a Complaint or Information. Then come the first court events. From there the record can show advisement, a bond order, counsel's entry, arraignment or plea, motions, status and disposition settings, trial or plea, a disposition and sentence order, probation activity, and an appeal. Few cases hit every step. The public calendar shows only scheduled slices of that history.
Docket flow: Filing → Arraignment → Pretrial → Plea or Trial → Disposition → Sentencing
When the outcome is what matters, work backward from the newest entry. Find the disposition or sentence event. Then request the signed order. The calendar answers when and where, the ROA gives the sequence, and the signed paper controls the precise terms; certification adds the clerk's authentication for official use.
Logan County Criminal Advisement Docket
The Logan County court page posts weekday advisement and bond hearings at 2:15 p.m. The hearings serve people held on Logan cases. Weekend hearings run on the district livestream. That is one defined calendar block, not the slot for every criminal hearing. Arraignments, trials, sentencings, status conferences, and revocation matters land at other dates and times.
Watching the livestream is just observation. A Webex appearance needs prior court approval, and passive viewing does not count as attendance. A blank appearance-type field grants no remote permission either. Anyone ordered to appear should follow the current notice or order. Confirm unclear instructions with the clerk. The official warning is blunt: substituting passive viewing for an appearance can expose a person to failure-to-appear consequences.
Logan County Criminal Docket Courts
Which court holds a Logan County criminal docket depends on the charge. Felonies belong to Logan County District Court. Logan County Court handles misdemeanors and state traffic cases. Both courts share one clerk, the Combined Courts office inside the 13th Judicial District. Sterling Municipal Court runs its own docket for city charter and ordinance violations, including municipal traffic tickets. Check the citation or summons itself. The paper names the court. City limits alone won't tell you where the case sits.
| Court | Criminal docket | Access route |
|---|---|---|
| District Court | Felony CR cases | State docket, then Combined Courts ROA request |
| County Court | Misdemeanor M and state traffic T cases | State docket, then Combined Courts clerk |
| Sterling Municipal Court | City ordinance and municipal traffic cases | City court at 970-522-9700 |
| Federal District Court | Federal prosecutions | PACER and District of Colorado CM/ECF |
Skip the Logan County Clerk and Recorder for this. Its EagleWeb system tracks recorded instruments, not criminal case dockets, so a criminal docket search there comes up empty.
Logan County Municipal Criminal Dockets
Sterling's municipal court sits at 421 N. 4th Street. The Sterling Municipal Court page posts its schedule: Wednesday court at 9:00 a.m., with trials usually starting near 10:30 a.m. This docket handles city ordinance violations only. A state-law misdemeanor or felony stays in the county system. That rule holds even when the events happened inside Sterling. Check the paperwork that was issued; it tells you which court holds the case.
For hours, court dates, and docket details straight from the source, the official Sterling Municipal Court page shows what this local court layer covers.
That official page keeps city matters separate from the CR and M cases filed at Logan County Combined Courts, which clears up a common docket mix-up before it starts.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
Colorado opens many court records to the public, though not evenly. Juvenile, sealed, suppressed, probate, and protected files can be withheld or trimmed. Personal identifiers may be redacted too. For a restricted record, bring government-issued photo identification and a legally sufficient connection to it. What about a docket search that returns no calendar entry? That can point to a wrong date window, county, class, or forum. It may simply mean no future setting. It does not mean the case never existed.
Key access rules:
Chief Justice Directive 05-01 governs access to Colorado court case records.
Colorado Children's Code, Title 19 supports confidentiality limits for juvenile matters.
C.R.S. Title 13 contains court provisions affecting access, sealing, and clerk fees.
The Judicial Branch's public-record access guide illustrates the official access path:
The image reinforces that a convenience result is not the originating court's certified record.
Certifying Logan County Criminal Dockets
On the record request form, criminal checkboxes cover Complaint/Information, Disposition/Sentence Order, Protection Order, and Ticket, with a separate ROA option. Match the paper to the question. A complaint shows the filed accusation, the ROA traces the event chain, and the sentence order spells out the court's terms. Want a transcript instead? That runs through the separate JDF 4 process.
Published clerk fees add up fast. Copies run 25 cents single-sided and 50 cents double-sided. Certification or exemplification is $20 per document on top of copying, a name search is $5, and the party or party-attorney copy cap is $15 per case, while nonparties get no cap. Off-site retrieval costs the actual amount. The form aims for an ordinary response in three business days absent extenuating circumstances, though restricted, redaction-heavy, or stored files can take longer.
In person, go to Room 205 at 110 N. Riverview Road during posted counter hours; the counter closes from noon to 1:00 p.m. Get a quote before ordering. Know what you need, since a plain calendar printout, a plain copy, and a certified sentence order each serve a different purpose.