Lookup Crowley County District Court Records

Crowley County District Court Overview

Crowley County is part of Colorado's 16th Judicial District with Bent and Otero counties. The Colorado Judicial Branch operates Crowley Combined Court in Ordway as the local court location for both district-court and county-court business. District court is the higher trial court for Crowley County matters such as felony criminal cases, larger civil cases, domestic relations, juvenile cases, probate, and appeals from lower tribunals. County court handles limited civil, misdemeanor, traffic, small claims, and advisement-type matters.

Colorado's court structure includes trial courts, the Colorado Court of Appeals, and the Colorado Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is the court of last resort, and the Court of Appeals sits in three-judge divisions as the intermediate appellate court. Colorado also has water courts for water-rights matters, but the researched Crowley page set treats standard district-court access and does not add a separate water-court page.

Crowley County District Court Judges and Divisions

The Crowley judges and staff research identifies district and county court officials connected to the 16th Judicial District. The table reflects the researched assignments and should not be expanded with unverified chambers, courtroom schedules, or replacement names.

The Colorado State Public Defender La Junta office page matters because Crowley district felony cases may involve public-defender screening and representation.

The La Junta public defender office serves Crowley County along with several southeastern Colorado counties, so district-court defendants may interact with regional services outside Ordway.

District Court vs. County Court vs. Municipal Court

Crowley Combined Court houses both county and district court business, but the case type still matters. A felony case may begin with an advisement or early setting and then proceed in district court. A traffic or misdemeanor case is generally a county-court matter unless it belongs to a municipal court or another agency route. Municipal court matters can exist in towns such as Crowley, Ordway, Olney Springs, and Sugar City, but no official municipal case-search portal was located in the research.

How a Case Moves Through the Crowley County System

Case flow depends on the starting event. A felony arrest may begin with county-court advisement, then move to district court for felony filing, pleas, motions, trial, disposition, and sentence. A civil dispute can begin in county court or district court depending on case size and type. Domestic-relations and probate matters are district-court functions in the researched Crowley structure. Appeals from lower tribunals may route to district court or higher courts depending on the matter.

Felony flow: Arrest or summons › advisement › district-court filing › plea or motions › trial or resolution › sentence › appeal or post-judgment process.

Civil flow: Complaint or petition › service › return date or response › settings › orders or judgment › post-judgment collection or appeal.

Probate flow: Venue review › waiting period after death › application or petition › probate registrar processing › hearing if required › letters, inventory, accounting, orders, or closing filings.

Civil, Family, Criminal, Juvenile, and Probate Records

Crowley District Court records can include civil cases, domestic-relations cases, felony criminal cases, juvenile matters, and probate files. The public docket can show hearing-level data such as date, time, duration, party or name, case number, hearing type, county location, appearance type, and courtroom. Document copies are not available from the ordinary public docket result and must be requested from the court.

Examples from the research show Colorado case classes such as CV for district civil, PR for probate, JV for juvenile, M for misdemeanor, T for traffic, and C for county civil. District court users should watch the case class and court type because a single weekly Crowley docket result set can mix human-services juvenile matters, probate, civil debt or collection entities, traffic advisements, and misdemeanor advisements.

16th Judicial District

The 16th Judicial District includes Bent, Crowley, and Otero counties. A Colorado Judicial Branch press release dated June 26, 2026 said Chief Justice Monica M. Marquez appointed Judge Samuel S. Vigil to serve as the next chief judge of the 16th Judicial District. The district structure explains why some Crowley services, judges, and support contacts are regional rather than limited to Ordway.

The Governor's Office release about the 16th Judicial District Attorney vacancy shows that prosecution and court administration can involve the full multi-county district, not only Crowley County.

For record users, the practical point is that a Crowley case may be filed in Crowley County while district-level offices, prosecutors, defenders, and judges also serve neighboring counties.

Magistrate, Settings, and Webex

Rodney D. Fouracre is listed as District Court Magistrate, Division M, with phone 719-384-4951. The official court page gives Crowley-specific scheduling details: civil return dates for Crowley County Court and Crowley District Court are any non-holiday Monday at 8:30 a.m., and county and district court setting dates are any non-holiday Monday and Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. Those times are scheduling details from the court page, not a guarantee that every individual hearing will be set then.

The Crowley Combined Court virtual courtroom page provides Webex room and call-in information. The research notes that weekday jail advisements are held in the Division E virtual courtroom. Docket results can show appearance type, including IN PERSON or TELEPHONE when posted. Anyone relying on a virtual appearance should use the official Webex page and confirm the division, meeting code, phone access, and appearance permission before the hearing.

The Colorado District Attorneys' Council listing for the 16th Judicial District Attorney office is relevant because felony and other state criminal cases in Crowley are prosecuted through the district attorney structure.

That district-level prosecution listing is distinct from the court clerk and should not be used for certified court copies or docket record requests.

Crowley Combined Court Contact and History

Crowley Combined Court is located at 110 East 6th Street, Room 303, Ordway, CO 81063. The phone number is 719-267-4468 and the fax number is 719-267-3753. Public counter hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., with a daily noon closure. The court page links jury information, judges and staff, probation, virtual courtrooms, records requests, transcript requests, online payments, collections and payments, ADA accommodations, interpreter services, and docket search.

Crowley County's court history is tied to local access. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation says Crowley County was formed in 1911 out of northern Otero County after residents faced a two-day commute to La Junta. Ordway became the county seat. Federal historic-register material for a separate Crowley public building notes that the Crowley County Courthouse was not constructed until 1915, so the safest historic phrasing is that the courthouse was constructed after county formation, with federal material noting a courthouse not built until 1915.