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Prowers County District Court Overview

Prowers County is in Colorado's 15th Judicial District with Baca, Cheyenne, and Kiowa counties. The Colorado Judicial Branch lists Prowers County Combined Court at 301 S. Main, Suite 300, Lamar, CO 81052. The combined court label matters because District Court and County Court operations share the same local court office. The location page lists the main court phone as 719-336-7424 and the fax as 719-336-8976, with hours Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Colorado District Courts hear civil cases in any amount, domestic relations, criminal felony cases, juvenile matters, probate, and mental health matters. County Courts handle civil cases under $25,000, misdemeanors, traffic infractions, small claims, felony complaints before transfer, and protection orders. Lamar Municipal Court is a separate city court for ordinance, municipal traffic, city criminal, juvenile municipal, and city warrant matters. The court level shapes where the record is filed and which search path should be used.

Prowers County District Court Sources

The Colorado Judicial Branch Prowers County judges and staff page identifies the local court personnel tied to the District Court and Combined Court structure.

The staff listing confirms the local District Court, County Court, court executive, ADA coordinator, and Clerk of Court roles used by Prowers County records users.

The statewide Colorado trial courts page explains how District Court, County Court, Water Court, appellate courts, and the Supreme Court fit together.

That statewide structure controls why Prowers probate, juvenile, and felony records sit in District Court rather than a separate county probate court.

The official Colorado Judicial Branch legal glossary supports the terms used in District Court records, including docket, disposition, dissolution, discovery, and defendant.

Glossary terms help readers interpret District Court entries without treating a docket event as the full court file.

Prowers County District Court Table

Colorado does not list multiple numbered District Courts inside Prowers County in the researched material. Instead, Prowers County has one District Court venue within the 15th Judicial District, with District Court, County Court, and Lamar Municipal Court serving different functions. The required court table is therefore a local court-structure table rather than a numbered-court list.

District Court vs County Court

The State Court Structure Map lists District Court as the primary trial court and identifies County Court and Municipal Court as lower courts for Prowers County. A case can move between levels, such as a felony complaint that begins in County Court and is later handled in District Court. County Court decisions may be appealed to District Court, and District Court decisions usually go to the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Prowers County District Court Flow

District Court records often begin with a filing or transfer and then build through hearings, motions, orders, and final disposition. The public docket may show a hearing, but the full case record can include pleadings, orders, judgments, decrees, sentencing documents, probate letters, or other filings that must be requested from the court.

Felony flow: Arrest or summons › County Court advisement or felony complaint › District Court information or indictment › Arraignment › Pretrial hearings › Plea or trial › Sentencing › Appeal.

Civil and family flow: Petition or complaint › Response › Motions › Discovery › Hearing or trial › Order, decree, or judgment › Post-judgment action or appeal.

Probate flow: Application or petition › Appointment or notice process › Inventory or reports › Orders and letters › Accounting or closure, subject to access limits.

Prowers County District Court Judges

The judges and staff research identifies Chief Judge Tarryn L. Johnson as District Court Chief Judge for the 15th Judicial District covering Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Prowers counties. District Judge Mike Davidson serves the same district. County Court Judge Lane Porter is listed for Prowers County. Court Executive Diane Crow is also the ADA Coordinator, and Becky Fletcher is the Clerk of Court, Jury Commissioner, and Probate Registrar.

The staffing list matters for records because it ties access, probate registry, ADA arrangements, and court administration to the combined court office. Court users should still route case document requests through the official record/document request form or the local Clerk of Court rather than contacting a judge's office for copies.

Prowers County District Court Records

District Court records in Prowers County include felony criminal cases, larger civil cases, domestic relations, juvenile, probate, and mental health matters. Criminal files can include complaints or informations, bond orders, charges, pleas, motions, disposition, sentence, probation terms, restitution, and warrants or mittimus documents. Domestic relations files can include petitions for dissolution, responses, financial statements, parenting plans, child-support worksheets, permanent orders, decrees, contempt, and modification filings.

Probate files may include wills, applications, letters, notices, inventories, creditor claims, guardianship documents, conservatorship documents, and final accountings. Juvenile, adoption, mental health, protected-person, and sealed criminal records have stronger access limits. Addresses, phone numbers, victim information, witness information, protected financial data, and free-text confidential information should not be expected in public remote access.

Search Prowers County District Dockets

Use the Colorado Judicial Branch docket search for public Prowers County District Court settings. The research notes that at least one filter in addition to date is required. Useful District Court filters include county, judicial district, court type, date range, case class, case number components, party name, business name, attorney name, or attorney bar number. Case classes relevant to District Court can include CR for felony criminal, DR for domestic relations, PR for probate, JV or JD for juvenile categories, and civil classes depending on the case.

Note: Lamar Municipal Court cases are not the same as Prowers County District Court docket entries.

Prowers County Lower Courts

County Court and Municipal Court are essential to understanding District Court records. Prowers County Court handles misdemeanors, traffic infractions, small claims, lower-value civil cases, protection orders, and felony complaints before transfer. Lamar Municipal Court handles city criminal, traffic, juvenile, and ordinance cases at 102 E Parmenter Street. The Lamar municipal page says court is held two Thursday evenings each month, usually the first and third Thursdays at 6:00 p.m., unless the judge has a conflict. Municipal trials are normally scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on court dates.

Municipal matters can create warrants, payments, court appearances, and local case records that do not belong to District Court. For example, a city traffic case may be handled through Lamar Municipal Court, while a felony criminal matter routes to District Court. When the record is unclear, start with the docket if it is a state case. Use Lamar Municipal Court directly when the citation, warrant, or ordinance issue is city-based.