Traffic Case Records in Phillips County
State traffic infractions and offenses in Phillips County are heard in County Court. The Clerk of Court keeps the citation case file at Phillips Combined Court. That file can hold the filed ticket, the charge, a plea, settings, minute entries, orders, the disposition, and public financial activity. District Court is not the first trial court for an ordinary traffic case. But an appeal or a differently charged matter can change the route. For context on the structure, the Colorado district-court map shows the structure. It places Phillips County within the 13th Judicial District.
District structure matters only when a case climbs beyond County Court. The citation heading is still the first clue to which clerk holds the traffic record.
Phillips County Traffic Court Routing
A city or town ticket may name a municipal tribunal when one is operating. Holyoke, Haxtun, and Paoli each lack an official standalone municipal docket portal. So read the court heading and issuing agency printed on the ticket. Does the citation clearly name a court? If not, call Phillips Combined Court with the citation number, issuing agency, your name, and the appearance date. The clerk can tell you where the matter belongs. It may sit in County Court or with a municipality. For local enforcement contact context, the Holyoke Police Department page is an official source.
The issuing department can help you identify a local citation. But only the named court or its clerk controls the filed Phillips County traffic court record and setting.
Phillips County Traffic Ticket Lookups
Colorado publishes no Phillips County citation-number payment search. The free Colorado Judicial Docket Search is a settings calendar. It is not a payment portal and not a full register of actions. You can search it several ways. Try Phillips County, County Court, date range, case number, party, or attorney. At least one filter beyond the date is required. Does your ticket carry a court case number? If so, split its year, class, and sequence into the matching fields.
- Read the court name, issuing agency, citation number, response deadline, and appearance date printed on the ticket.
- For a County Court setting, search the Phillips-filtered statewide docket by the full court case number. If the number is not available, use the party fields with a narrow date range.
- Review the date, time, hearing type, Phillips location, appearance field, and courtroom. A blank appearance field does not authorize a remote appearance.
- Call the Clerk of Court at 970-762-7010 or visit the second-floor counter when the ticket is not found or the court name is unclear.
- Use the statewide document form, mail, confirmed email or fax route, or the counter to request the filed ticket or disposition.
The clerk offers phone, email, fax, and mail as request channels. Still, the office does not promise full case facts over the phone.
Phillips County Traffic Docket Fields
The statewide docket form has no dedicated citation-number field. It searches court case data only. A Colorado traffic case number may carry class T. That class joins with a four-digit year and sequence. Use the class printed on your court notice, since another class may apply. Searching a complete number beats relying on a common name.
- County
- Select Phillips County to prevent results from other parts of the 13th Judicial District.
- Court Type
- Select County Court for the usual state traffic citation route.
- Date Range
- Choose a narrow span near the printed date, then expand it if a reset may have occurred.
- Case Class
- Enter the class exactly as printed on the case notice rather than assuming every ticket uses the same code.
- Case Sequence
- Enter the final serial digits from the court case number, not an unsupported guess based on the citation number.
A calendar hit shows one setting, not the whole Phillips County traffic court file. The register of actions and the filed ticket come through the approved vendor or the clerk.
Traffic Court Dates in Phillips County
Check the citation's printed response or appearance date against the current court docket. Settings move. A Phillips County date can shift for several reasons. A continuance, court order, closure, or other calendar action can push it. The most recent signed notice or order controls. The register may list several set, continued, or minute-order events. Find the newest operative date. Then confirm it shortly before court.
| Case Number | Colorado year, class, and sequence, such as 2026T11; use the number on the actual notice. |
|---|---|
| Date and Time | The current court setting, which may differ from an earlier citation date after an order. |
| Hearing Type | The purpose of the setting, such as arraignment, status, disposition, or other court event. |
| Location | Phillips County and the named court location. |
| Appearance and Courtroom | The mode, room, or division; a blank mode does not permit remote attendance. |
Phillips Combined Court states that appearances are in person unless a court order says otherwise. Calling the clerk does not move a setting. A continuance takes court action.
Phillips County Traffic Filing Snapshot
The Colorado Judicial Department's FY2024 report counted 41 traffic filings in Phillips County Court. Those were filings. They are not unique people, final outcomes, or a measure of how often conduct occurred. The table broke down the 41 filings. It listed 7 driving-under-suspension, revocation, or denial filings. It also listed 6 DUI filings and 28 motor-vehicle filings. Zero fell in the remaining separately listed categories. Phillips accounted for about two percent of the 13th Judicial District's 2,055 traffic filings, per the official totals.
The count shows the scale of the local docket. It says nothing about any ticket's result. For the plea, orders, and disposition, read the individual Phillips County traffic court record.
Paying a Ticket vs Fighting It
Paying a ticket is not a neutral act that just clears a date. Under the citation's terms, payment may operate as a plea and disposition. Contesting means following the plea and appearance instructions. That lets the court set the next hearing. Phillips County publishes no single deadline or fine schedule. The date printed on the citation or a later court notice governs. The clerk cannot choose a plea for you.
| Decision Point | Paying the Ticket | Contesting the Ticket |
|---|---|---|
| Legal step | May enter the plea or disposition stated on the citation | Uses the stated plea or appearance process to request court action |
| Deadline | Follow the current payment or response date | Follow the plea or appearance date |
| Official route | Use only the payment route confirmed by the named court | File or appear as the named court directs |
| Record result | Check the later register for the entered disposition | Check the docket for the next setting and later order |
Official Phillips sources do not confirm a deferred resolution or course-based option. Get court approval before paying for any course or assuming it will change the case.
Phillips County Traffic Court Collections
Money questions for a Phillips County traffic ticket go to a dedicated collections and payment-plan line, not the docket clerk. That number is 970-526-3966. Hours run weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It stays open an hour later than the clerk counter in Holyoke. Pull out your court case number first. Confirm the payment instruction truly matches your citation. The Colorado Judicial collections page spells out the official payment rules the line follows.
That state page helps you land on the right court channel. The Phillips County traffic court file itself, though, still lives with the Combined Court clerk.
Two Records: Court File and Driver File
A traffic ticket creates two records. The court file sits with the Clerk of Court at Phillips Combined Court. The driver file belongs to the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles. Want the ticket, the plea, a setting, an order, the disposition, or a court balance? That means the court route. The licensing agency keeps its own record. The clerk has no say over it.
| Feature | Court Case File | Driver File |
|---|---|---|
| Custodian | Clerk of Court, Phillips Combined Court | Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles |
| Core content | Citation, plea, settings, orders, disposition, and court financial entries | Reportable state licensing entries within that agency's scope |
| Request route | Colorado docket, clerk, or Record/Document Request Form | State licensing agency's own request route |
| Controlling source | Filed court record and signed orders | Agency-maintained file |
Timing and scope differ between the two files, too. So read a Phillips County traffic court search strictly as a court-case search, never as a stand-in for the state driver record.
Phillips County Traffic Court Deadlines
Miss a deadline or a hearing. The court can then take further action. The follow-up depends on the charge and any order. It may mean a warrant, a judgment, or a state licensing consequence. Phillips County posts no local failure fee or hold-program charge of its own. Check the register of actions and the signed notice, then call the court named there. And never pay an unofficial demand for money.
Missed date: Call Phillips Combined Court at 970-762-7010, confirm the case number and current status, and follow only the court's written directions.
One warning from the Judicial Branch fraud alert deserves repeating. Courts do not phone people to demand payment over missed jury service. Verify both the court and the case. Do that before sending anyone money. Whether you pay by mail or online, use a route the named court confirms. Never use a number an unexpected caller hands you.
Traffic Record Copy Fees
Need a copy of a Phillips County court record? The statewide Record/Document Request Form includes a traffic ticket option. Use it to order the filed citation, the disposition, or the register of actions. All of it comes from Phillips Combined Court. Keep two costs straight. The citation amount and the court-record copy price are separate things. Phillips County publishes no uniform fine schedule. Only the clerk can confirm what a specific case owes. Certification adds a per-document charge and rarely matters unless some office demands an authenticated copy.
| Traffic Record Item | Fee | Request Note |
|---|---|---|
| Electronic or coin copy | $0.25 per page | Current online form copy price |
| Paper or court copy | $0.75 per page | Printable form price; confirm the quote |
| Nonparty name search with ROA | $5 | A case number avoids name-search uncertainty |
| Certified or exemplified copy | $20 per document | Ordinary copying may also be charged |
| Research or redaction | $30 per hour | Billed in quarter-hour units after the first hour |
| Fax delivery | $1 per page | Confirm the transmission route first |
Mailed copies add postage based on the form's page-count tier. Files stored off-site are billed at actual retrieval cost, so ask for a quote when a Phillips County traffic court file is old or bulky.
Phillips County Traffic Record Copies
To order the filed ticket or final disposition, use the statewide Record/Document Request Form and pick Phillips County. Include the court case number, your contact details, and the exact item you want. A printed form can also go by mail. Send it to Phillips Combined Court, 221 S. Interocean Avenue, 2nd Floor, Holyoke, CO 80734. Walk-up service runs weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., when court closures permit. Call 970-762-7010 to confirm anything tricky. That could mean the case custodian, an archived file, payment, or a safe email or fax route. The usual statewide response target is three business days, though retrieval or redaction can stretch that. The clerk will walk you through each request step. Still, the clerk cannot pick a plea or legal option for you.
All you need is the next hearing date? The Phillips County court schedule zeroes in on current settings. For the filing history and the actual ticket, stay with the clerk's record channels.