Financial Services

You can search for your case by name, ticket number, or case number in the county where your case was heard.

Pay online with MasterCard, VISA, or Discover card:
https://www.its.courts.state.co.us/cjop/ 

You must apply for additional time to pay by completing an application and speaking with your Collections Investigator. Find your local Collections office here.

Your local Collections office will help you with:

• How to apply for a payment plan 
• Questions about your balance(s)
• Options for payment
• Information on how to make payments

If you meet certain financial requirements, you may be allowed additional time to pay. However, an annual $25 time payment fee ⁽²⁾ will be added to the amount that you owe.

Failure to comply with a payment schedule or pay the balance due may include, but is not limited to: 

• Additional Collection Fees
• Attachment of Assets or Earnings 
• Referral to an outside private collection agency (additional fees apply)
• Offset of your Colorado income tax refund or other monies disbursed by the State of Colorado
• Any other legally appropriate collection actions against you, your income, assets, or property.  
   

Collections Investigators (CIs) are available to help you understand your financial obligations, discuss payment options based on your financial circumstances, and answer questions about your case. CIs are available in each judicial district as required by Sections 18-1.3-401(1)(a)(III)(C) and 16-18.5-104, Colorado Revised Statutes.

Addressing your balance as soon as possible may help reduce additional costs, such as penalties or interest assessments on restitution obligations, even if you are unable to pay the full amount right away.

You may be ordered to pay restitution for any damage or economic loss suffered by a victim.  All restitution payments must be made to the Court for disbursement to the victim.

Restitution orders are subject to interest at the rate of 8% per year ⁽³⁾, calculated monthly on the principal amount owed.

In cases with restitution orders entered on or after July 1, 2019, no interest is assessed in cases in a juvenile court (case class “JD”) until the defendant reaches 21 years of age or while a defendant is incarcerated with the Colorado Department of Corrections.

When enforcing a restitution order, a court is required to consider an individual’s present and future ability to pay the restitution, even though consideration of ability to pay was not required when the restitution amount was ordered.
 

Select the judicial district or county where your case was heard to speak with a Collections Investigator. Find your local Collections Office here.

If you are unsure which court location your case was heard, use the Find Your Court to locate the correct judicial district.

Restitution is still due and payable to the victim(s) in your case even if it has been sealed. Sealed cases cannot be paid online. Payments may be made in person, mailed to the court, or over the phone (available only in some court locations).

More information about sealed cases can be found on our Self-Help page https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/self-help/seal-my-case 

If you have an unpaid Judicial court-ordered fine, fee, cost, surcharge, restitution obligation, or other amount, you may have received a letter from the Colorado Department of Revenue, Denver Office advising you that all or part of your income tax refund was intercepted to pay these outstanding obligations. If your unpaid court obligation is less than your refund, the Colorado Department of Revenue will send you the difference. Amounts intercepted from your refund will be applied to your court case in the county or district court where you owe the money.

Colorado Revised Statues Sections 16-18.5-106.8 and 16-11-101.8, allows the offset of a state income tax refund owed to a defendant against the defendant's outstanding fines, fees, costs, surcharges, or restitution owed to a state court until paid in full. 

You may leave a message at (720) 625-5899 or toll-free (833) 393-8733, or email TaxOffset@judicial.state.co.us. 

Provide the full name(s) on the tax return, date of birth(s), last four of SSN, and case number (if known), along with questions.  You will receive a response within three business days.

If you feel that your refund offset is in error, you may request an administrative review. Per Colorado law, the only issues to be determined with an administrative review shall be:

1. whether you are required to pay pursuant to a court order
2. the outstanding amount

A request for an administrative review of your offset must be made in writing within 30 days of your notice from the Department of Revenue and filed with the Clerk of Court in the county where the money is owed.

To file an administrative review with the Clerk of Court in the county where the money is owed, complete JDF 220 Request for Administrative Review of Income Tax Offset located in the Self-Help and Forms section and attach a copy of the notice you received from the Colorado Department of Revenue.  If you need the address, phone number, or other contact information for Clerks of Court, you may click on the directory of County Courts.
 

If you are a victim and due restitution you can visit the Office of Restitution Services page for more information.