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Drug Court is a special court designed to deal with adult and juvenile defendants whose criminal behavior is directly related to their substance abuse. Participants must be referred for screening by the District Attorney, accepted into the program by the Drug Court Team, and agree to participate. Participants appear in Court and are involved in numerous other activities intended to promote substance free living.

Alcohol Probation is a type of probation typically ordered in sentences for drinking and driving offenses. The Alcohol Drug Driving Safety Unit (ADDS Unit) is the part of the Probation Department that oversees these probationers. An alcohol evaluation is completed with the defendant and a level of alcohol classes is determined. The ADDS Unit monitors the completions of the alcohol classes, community service, Victim Impact Panel, and any other conditions of the sentence. The probationer does not necessarily have face to face contact with the probation officer after the initial meeting and is not charged a monthly supervision fee.

There are five security levels for documents filed with the court:

• Public: Access to court, all case parties, and public.
• Protected: Access to the public following redaction.
• Restricted: Access to judges, court and Judicial Department staff, all case parties (including parties' attorneys), and criminal justice agencies.  
• Suppressed: Access to judges, court and Judicial Department staff, and all case parties (including parties’ attorneys).
• Sealed: Access to judges and court/Judicial Department staff.

See Chief Justice Directive 05-01 for detailed definitions of these security levels.

There are three security levels for serve-only documents:

• Public: All case parties and public.
• Suppressed: All case parties only.
• Private: Filing parties and served parties only.

Do not file or use the E-Filing system for someone else.

Do not let someone else E-File your documents.

Make sure the caption box is filled out completely on every page that has one.

Make sure you sign every place that asks for a signature.

Make sure you scan documents correctly:

- Each document must be scanned separately. If a document contains multiple pages, it is still considered one document, and pages should be scanned together.

- You can include multiple documents for one filing, but they cannot be combined into one scanned document. Each document needs to be scanned separately, then uploaded into your filing.

The administrative authority, with assistance from local ADA coordinator, Jury Commissioner and State Court Administrator’s Office Human Resources or Legal Divisions, decides what reasonable accommodation can be made. Primary consideration is given to the request of the individual with the disability, however, an alternative accommodation may be offered if equally effective. The court is not required to make modifications that would fundamentally alter the service or program or cause undue administrative or financial burden. When evaluating a request, resources available are to be considered at the local level as well as at the Judicial Department level. With respect to court facilities, the court is not required to make every existing facility accessible so long as there is accessibility to the particular service or program. For example, the court does not have to make every courtroom accessible if the particular proceeding can be held in an accessible room.

There are three types of fees:

1. (Court) Statutory Filing Fees: Filings fees for specific filings. These are the same filing fees that are charged at the clerk’s office. These fees are not charged until the filing is accepted by the court. They can be waived if the courts grants a fee waiver. Currently, you can't E-File if you have received a fee waiver. 

2. (CCE) E-Filing Fees: The $12 fee charged per filing. You can file as many documents as you need in one filing. This fee is not charged until the filing is accepted by the court.

3. (*CCE & USPS) Service Fees: These are the fees charged when a party requests the E-Filing system to provide Service. Service occurs when the party submits the filing. These fees are non-refundable. If the other party has a CCE account, they are automatically Served, and a $12 fee is charged. That information is included in the terms and conditions when the E-Filing account is created. If USPS Service is requested, the fees are based on the number of pages.

CCE (Colorado Courts E-Filing): There is a $12 fee to serve the other party if they have a CCE account.

USPS (United States Postal Service, a.k.a. US Mail): Review the E-Filing Pricing Model.

For attorneys and licensed legal paraprofessionals, accepted payment types include ACH/E-Check, physical check, and credit card. Credit card payments are subject to a processing fee of up to 3%. The fee reflects the actual cost to process the transaction through a separate payment platform administered by the Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA) and operated by Tyler Technologies. You can review the pricing model for all fees associated with the system.

For self-represented litigants, the system accepts Visa, MasterCard, and Discover.
 

Beware of jury duty phone scams! The community is urged to be vigilant regarding an active telephone impersonation scam. These scams typically occur in the form of a phone call, where an individual impersonates someone from the local sheriff’s office or court and requests money due to a missed jury summons.

Note that law enforcement or courts will never reach out by phone to demand money for a missed jury summons, and these should be ignored. Correspondence from court jury offices regarding a missed summons will arrive in the form of an official legal document in the mail, titled “Failure to Appear Notice”.

If you receive a suspicious call from someone alleging to be a police officer, please report the information to your local sheriff’s department and notify the Colorado State Attorney General’s Office of the activity by visiting their Stop Fraud Colorado website. Reports of fraud or scams may also be reported to the Federal Trade Commission.

To check whether you received a jury summons, please contact your county jury commissioner https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/jury/jury-commissioners-county