Criminal Court Cases in Logan County
Logan County Combined Courts holds the filed record for state criminal cases. District Court hears felonies. County Court hears misdemeanors, traffic matters, and preliminary proceedings within its authority. Both operate at 110 N. Riverview Road, Room 205, Sterling, CO 80751. The clerk maintains complaints or informations, the Register of Actions, orders, dispositions, and sentence records. Those papers show what prosecutors filed and what the judge decided.
Municipal ordinance cases stay apart. Sterling Municipal Court handles city-code violations, including many traffic, peace-disturbance, curfew, animal, and low-level theft matters. A municipal citation or bench warrant should therefore be checked with that court, not assumed to exist in a District or County Court search. Each custodian releases its own file.
Logan County Court Clerk
The official Logan Combined Courts page links the county docket, document request, bond calendars, interpreter help, and ADA services.
The source confirms the Riverview Road location. The older courthouse at 315 Main Street handles county administration, while the criminal case clerk works at the justice complex. Call 970-522-6565. The payment counter opens weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and closes from noon to 1 p.m.
Logan Combined Courts
110 N. Riverview Road, Room 205
Sterling, CO 80751
970-522-6565
Logan County Case Record Searches
Use the free Logan docket for hearing dates. CoCourts provides paid, real-time Register of Actions data by name or case number. It is not the official record and may omit a case or case type. Filed documents must still come from the clerk.
- Check the Logan docket when the question is whether a hearing is set.
- Search CoCourts by complete name or case number for a wider Colorado index.
- Match the hit with birth date, year, court, and case type.
- Submit the Judicial Branch request and choose Logan County.
- Request the ROA, charging document, and disposition or sentence order.
| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case number | Text | No | Use when known |
| Case type | Select | No | Felony or misdemeanor |
| Year filed | Select | No | Form offers years through 1873 |
| County | Select | Expected | Choose Logan |
| Party and DOB | Text/date | Name yes | DOB helps distinguish matches |
Logan County Register of Actions
CoCourts is a Colorado Judicial Branch initiative, but the vendor view remains an index. It can show charges, minute entries, sentences, and the event sequence. Some jurisdictional indexes may expose only five years. A filing can appear even if the prosecution did not continue.
The Judicial Branch vendor explanation describes public trial-court data and its limits.
Use vendor data as a lead. The Logan County clerk's copy controls when an index and the official file differ. Names alone are not positive identification, so compare the date of birth and case number.
What a Criminal Case File Contains
A court file records the prosecution as filed, not just the arresting officer's first charge label. The ROA is the quickest overview. The complaint or information gives the filed allegations, and the disposition or sentence order establishes the result.
| Case Number and Court | Identifies the filing, division, and jurisdiction. |
|---|---|
| Charging Document | Shows the complaint, information, or ticket. |
| Docket Entries | Lists filings, orders, appearances, and events. |
| Hearing Dates | Records scheduled and completed proceedings. |
| Disposition | Shows dismissal, acquittal, conviction, or another outcome. |
| Sentence | States punishment, costs, restitution, and conditions. |
Terms can be brief. Arraignment is the hearing where charges are addressed and a plea may be entered. Disposition means the outcome of a charge. A deferred judgment postpones judgment while set terms are completed.
Ordering Logan County Court Documents
The official record request form accepts party data, case type, year, county, and document choices.
The form offers complaints, dispositions, protection orders, tickets, ROAs, and certified copies. Older files may require off-site retrieval, so give an approximate year and enough identity detail for the clerk to quote the work.
| Product | Fee |
|---|---|
| Copy | $0.25 per page; $15 party maximum |
| Name search | $5 |
| Certified copy | $20 per document |
| Transcript of Judgment | $25 |
| Research after first hour | $30 per hour |
Criminal Case Stages in Logan County
A booking begins the custody record, but prosecutors decide what to file. Arraignment addresses the filed charges. Motions and hearings shape the issues before a plea or trial. The disposition states the outcome, and sentencing sets court orders after a conviction.
Case flow: Charges Filed › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
A Logan County arrest may carry a different label than the filed case. Link the booking to the case number, then rely on the clerk's disposition. The Logan County arrest search explains the agency and jail side of that trail.
The District Attorney, clerk, and public defender do not keep interchangeable records. The prosecutor has its prosecution file. The clerk holds the public judicial file and signed orders. The defender maintains confidential client material. A public request for the formal charge or result belongs with the clerk, while discovery questions follow the case process. Logan County Probation also keeps supervision records separate from the judgment that imposed probation.
Bond and advisement can happen soon after booking, but the charge can still change before disposition. Minute entries show what happened in court on a given date. They should be read with the charging paper and final order, since one docket line rarely supplies the whole context.
Sterling Court Case Records
Sterling Municipal Court meets Wednesday, with arraignments at 9 a.m. and trials generally at 1 p.m. No public municipal name-search portal is advertised. Call 970-522-9700 and ask for the clerk, or use the counter at 421 N. 4th Street.
The Sterling Municipal Court page supplies its calendar and access channel.
A city ordinance file may never appear as a Logan County felony or misdemeanor case. Ask which court appears on the citation before ordering records.
Logan County Court Payments
The District 13 counter accepts cash, check, money order, Visa, MasterCard, and Discover unless stated otherwise. Phone payment uses 970-522-6565 option 7. The official page states that cases carry a $25 annual processing fee.
The District 13 payments page provides the current channel.
Payment status is only one part of a case. Ask for the written order when the legal outcome or remaining terms matter. A receipt cannot replace the disposition.
Access Rules for Case Records
Colorado's CCJRA separates records of official action from other criminal-justice records. Arrest, charging, disposition, release, and formal probation or parole actions are official actions. Investigative material, sensitive images, and some other records may require the custodian to weigh privacy, safety, and public interests.
Sealed files, juvenile matters, victim data, and active investigative information can be absent or redacted. If a name search produces no result, confirm spelling and jurisdiction, then ask whether the file is sealed, archived, municipal, or outside Logan County. Do not infer that no case exists from one empty vendor result.
Colorado uses sealing as its main adult-record remedy. Sealing limits ordinary public access but does not destroy every copy or bar all official use. Juvenile expungement follows a different process. A person checking their own record after an order should compare the court file with a later CBI result and use the official correction route if source data remains wrong.
The local docket also serves a narrow purpose. It can confirm that a hearing is scheduled, while weekday advisement and bond hearings for people held on Logan cases are set at 2:15 p.m. A calendar or livestream does not replace the signed order. When release terms, sentence details, or case status matter, request the written record from the clerk and verify that it belongs to the correct person.
A request should identify the exact record sought. Ask for the complaint or information to see filed counts, the Register of Actions for the event history, and the disposition or sentencing order for the result. Giving the case number, filing year, party name, birth date, and court level helps the Logan County clerk separate similar records.
Restrictions can apply document by document. A public docket entry may remain visible even when an exhibit is protected, and a redacted copy may be available when the unedited version is not. If the clerk cannot locate a result, confirm whether the matter was filed in Sterling Municipal Court, another Colorado county, or federal court.