The Custer County Court Calendar
Custer County posts its calendar through the official Colorado Judicial Branch Docket Search. The county-filtered form pulls up proceedings inside whatever date range you pick. Filters cover judicial district, county, courthouse, court type, division, date, case number, party, and attorney. You must add at least one filter besides the date.
The Custer County court calendar tracks District Court and County Court settings. Both sit at Custer Combined Court. It is not the register of actions. A hit tells you a matter is set. It says nothing about the filings, rulings, charges, or judgment behind it. If the portal clashes with a served paper, the newest notice or order wins.
Custer County Court Calendar Search
A full case number gets you the cleanest Custer County court calendar hit. Put the year, class, and sequence into their own fields. Criminal numbers often carry CR or M; civil ones may use C, CV, DR, PR, or S. Missing the number? Choose Individual or Business and search the party fields. Or try an attorney name or bar number.
Results can be exported or opened in a printable view. More than 20 matches may split across pages. A no-hit message simply invites another try. Change one field at a time, then widen the dates. Check spelling before assuming nothing is set. Also note that one case can appear under several names. The case number pins down a single hearing.
How to Find Your Court Date
Start with the newest summons, notice, or order in hand. That paper names the case. It may already give the date and how you must appear. Check the online docket next as a current comparison. If anything conflicts, confirm with the Clerk of Court. Do not trust a stale screen or an old reset entry.
- Copy the full case number from the newest court paper and note the court named on it.
- Open the county-filtered docket and select a date range or specific date.
- Enter year, case class, and sequence, or use party or attorney fields when necessary.
- Record the date, start time, hearing type, appearance type, location, and courtroom.
- Check the printable calendar view if a clean copy of the result is useful.
- Call the clerk at 719-783-2274, email CusterCountyClerk@judicial.state.co.us, or visit the counter if the sources conflict.
The Custer County clerk counter sits at 205 S. 6th St. in Westcliffe. Hours run Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The counter closes for lunch from noon to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday and Friday are closed. The courthouse makes no promise of a public terminal or a daily paper calendar. Call ahead if you need either. Represented parties should also check with their attorney.
Custer County Printable Court Calendar
The Judicial Branch offers a printable Custer docket-results view covering the coming week. It lays out the same shifting schedule in a printer-friendly format. Each line may show date, time, expected duration, case number, hearing type, location, appearance type, and courtroom.
What the official view shows is a layout, not a fixed weekly plan. Results shift as hearings are added, reset, or wrapped up. Recheck a saved printout close to the appearance date.
Printable and exported Custer County results make handy reference copies. Neither counts as a court order. Neither gives the full register of actions.
Reading a Court Setting
A Custer County setting line packs several facts into one row. Read all of it. The date and start time mark when the event begins. Duration is only an estimate of the end, never a promise. Hearing type names the planned purpose. Appearance type may read VIRTUAL or IN PERSON. The field can sit blank.
| Date | The scheduled calendar day in the selected search window. |
|---|---|
| Time and Duration | The listed start and estimated length, which may range from minutes to hours. |
| Courtroom | The displayed assignment, including values such as 1, LBBY, or Z. |
| Judicial Officer | The assigned officer when shown; the current order confirms who will hear the matter. |
| Setting Type | The event label, such as First Hearing, Status Conference, or Sentencing Hearing. |
| Appearance Type | Virtual, in person, or blank; a blank field should be clarified with the clerk. |
Location shows up as Custer County in the official results. Don't turn an interface code or a blank appearance field into a guess about where to go. An unclear courtroom label is a question for the clerk.
Custer County Court Calendar Terms
Setting labels name the scheduled task, not the whole case. A First Hearing is an early appearance. So is a Hearing on Advisement. Return Filing of Charges checks whether formal charges were filed. A PreTrial Conference tackles readiness, open issues, possible resolution, and scheduling. A Status Conference reviews progress and what comes next.
- Setting
- A scheduling event at which a later hearing or trial may be fixed.
- Return Date on Summons
- The response or appearance date stated by a summons, observed in civil results.
- Review Hearing
- A proceeding to review compliance, status, or an earlier order.
- Plea Sentencing Hearing
- A setting where plea and sentence may be handled together.
- Continuance
- A court-approved postponement; requesting one does not change the current date.
Bare labels like Hearing may hide the real subject of a Custer County setting. The case register or the Clerk of Court can fill in what the short label leaves out.
Resets, Continuances, and Cancellations
Asking for more time does not wipe a Custer County hearing off the board. The date stands until a judge grants the continuance and files a new order. Until then, plan on the original setting. The register of actions keeps both the request and any reset as part of the case history. The public calendar only lists events inside the window you searched.
Think your Custer County date moved? Compare the newest order against the latest calendar entry. If they clash, or the old date is close, call the clerk at 719-783-2274. Staff can confirm whether a reset was granted and which setting controls. They cannot give legal advice. Check the official court hub for closures or changed hours. The Judicial Branch notice and docket channels govern.
Custer County Virtual Court Calendar
A "VIRTUAL" appearance label means you need participant instructions, not just a link. The Custer virtual courtroom page splits participant access from public observation. Parties and attorneys join through assigned Webex or phone details from the Eleventh Judicial District. Watching a public livestream is not appearing in the case. It is simply watching.
That page clarifies the appearance field on a Custer County court calendar entry. It also shows why spectators cannot simply join and count as present.
A sequestered witness must log off. The witness must then tell the court after watching or hearing any part of a proceeding. Recording, screen capture, and photography are banned without prior written authority. Report technical access problems to the clerk.
Custer County Magistrate Court Calendar
District Court Magistrate Joanne Morando serves both Chaffee and Custer Counties. Her October 2024 appointment matters when a hearing is assigned to her, but it does not put every Custer County setting on one officer's calendar. The case result and the latest notice tell you who is actually assigned. The official magistrate profile confirms the role and the service area.
The profile is useful background for a named setting. Read it next to the courtroom, appearance type, and current order on the Custer County court calendar.
Custer County Court Calendar Scale
Custer sits inside the four-county Eleventh Judicial District and handles a small volume of cases. The FY2024 report counted 166 District Court filings in Custer County. It also counted 260 County Court filings. That is 426 filings across both trial levels. The mix spans criminal, civil, domestic, juvenile, probate, traffic, infraction, and small-claims work.
A small docket total does not mean a static calendar. Shared judicial officers, virtual proceedings, continuances, and multiple case classes can still shuffle daily assignments, so check the latest official entry.
Custer County Calendar Versus ROA
The calendar answers when and where. A register of actions answers what has happened, in date order. A Custer County court calendar may list a PreTrial Conference or Sentencing Hearing, but it will not show the motion, minute order, plea, finding, or sentence document behind that event. Filed-document images are not part of it either.
| Source | Best use | Key limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free Docket Search | Upcoming date, time, type, place, and appearance mode | Not a full case history |
| Approved vendor ROA | Chronological filings and events by name or case number | No copies of filed papers |
| Custer Combined Court clerk | Official documents, certified copies, and direct setting confirmation | Fees and access limits may apply |
Need the whole case? Move from the calendar to the ROA, then request the specific paper from the clerk. Each layer answers a different question.
What To Do If You Miss a Setting
Miss a Custer County court date? Act fast. Pull the case number and the newest calendar entry, then call the Clerk of Court at 719-783-2274. A represented party should also call counsel. Ask what order or next date has been entered and what filing or appearance the court now requires.
Missed a Setting? A missed criminal appearance can lead to a warrant or bond consequence, while a civil case may face an adverse order.
Contact the clerk or counsel at once and obtain the current court instruction before taking further action.
Do not assume a new date exists merely because the old setting no longer appears in the selected calendar window.
The Custer County clerk's counter schedule closes Wednesday and Friday, but phone, email, mail, and fax all remain open contact channels. For urgent case-specific advice, talk to a licensed Colorado attorney.