Searching Baca County Civil Dockets
Begin at the Colorado Judicial Branch Docket Search. Pick Baca as the county. Then narrow with a party, business, attorney, case number, Court Type, or Case Class. A date alone returns too much. Split any case number into its four-digit year, class letters, and numeric sequence. With only a name in hand, choose Individual or Business. Then compare the court and full case number among the matches.
The result row gives date, time, duration, public name, case number, hearing type, location, appearance type, and courtroom. Those fields mark a setting, not every filing. For the chronological civil history, ask Faith Camp's Clerk of Court. Request the Register of Action there. A complaint, order, judgment, or satisfaction must be requested as its own document.
- Select Baca County and the right County or District Court level.
- Add a date range and at least one name, number, lawyer, or case filter.
- Match the full case number rather than relying on a name alone.
- Read the newest hearing type, date, appearance mode, and courtroom.
- Call 719-361-7020 when a current Baca County civil setting needs confirmation.
- Use the state record form for an ROA, judgment, protection order, or certified copy.
Baca Civil Dockets at $25,000
Which Baca County civil docket holds a matter depends on the amount. It also depends on the case type. Claims under $25,000, small claims, and protection orders belong to County Court. General civil jurisdiction sits with District Court, along with domestic-relations and probate files. Both courts share one combined clerk and one address, 741 Main Street, Suite 5. So the split matters even if the building does not.
| Court | Baca civil docket work | Search approach |
|---|---|---|
| County Court, Division A | Claims under $25,000, small claims, protection orders | County Court plus name, class, or case number |
| District Court, Divisions D and J | General civil, domestic relations, probate | District Court plus the matching class |
| Water Court track | Water applications administered from Prowers County | Separate Fifteenth District water resumes |
A land record from the Baca County Clerk and Recorder in Suite 3 is not a civil judgment file. That elected recorder and the Judicial Branch Clerk of Court are separate offices.
Inside a Baca County Civil Docket
A Baca County civil calendar row shows a public event. The ROA gives the procedural sequence. Filed papers carry the substance. The free search offers no complaint images, answer images, judgment balance, service details, or clickable case documents. Use the calendar to find a setting. Use the clerk request to obtain the history or paper that answers the question.
| Case number | Year, civil case class, and sequence, such as 2026CV30001. |
|---|---|
| Parties | Public individual or business names tied to the scheduled event. |
| Hearing | Date, time, duration, type, location, appearance mode, and courtroom. |
| Register entries | Complaint or petition, response, motion, minute order, and later events when shown in the ROA. |
| Outcome records | Order for judgment, transcript of judgment, satisfaction, or other filed order requested from the clerk. |
Colorado publishes no civil codebook specific to Baca County. When you read a docket entry, rely on the plain wording of the official ROA or order, not on shorthand imported from another state.
Request a Baca Civil ROA
The Record/Document Request Form routes a Baca County civil request to the local court. Give the case number when known. Select Baca as the location, identify the parties and year, and check Register of Action/ROA. Then check each exact paper needed. Examples include an Order for Judgment, Transcript of Judgment, Satisfaction of Judgment, or Protection Order.
Family choices include a divorce decree, parenting plan, separation agreement, support order, and petition. Probate choices include letters, wills, trusts, petitions, applications, closing records, and claims. A checkbox does not promise public access, though. Juvenile, probate, suppressed, or protected material may require government-issued photo identification. It may also stay closed under court rules.
Baca County Combined Court
741 Main Street, Suite 5
Springfield, CO 81073
719-361-7020
Clerk of Court Faith Camp keeps Baca County Court and District Court civil case files.
The clerk ordinarily responds within three business days unless retrieval, legal review, or redaction creates an extenuating circumstance. In-person and mail requests are supported. Call before relying on fax, because the record form does not designate fax as its filing channel.
Civil Case Types on the Docket
Baca County civil court dockets cover claims for money, property disputes, small claims, protection orders, domestic relations, and probate matters. Court and case class help separate one type from another. The public calendar can label return dates, motions hearings, noncontested hearings, court trials, and jury trials. Each label marks an event, not the full legal effect of the case.
| Civil case type | Usual Baca court | Record to request |
|---|---|---|
| Small claim or claim under $25,000 | County Court | ROA, order for judgment, satisfaction |
| General civil claim | District Court | ROA and named complaint or order |
| Domestic relations | District Court | Decree, plan, support order, or petition if public |
| Probate | District Court | Letters, will, application, petition, closing, or claims if accessible |
| Water application | Separate Water Court track | Water resume and court filing |
A town ordinance dispute starts in a municipal court, and only if that town has created one. Its location inside Baca County does not turn it into a county civil matter.
Baca Civil Filing Is Not Search
Colorado Courts E-Filing, or CCE, accepts filings from attorneys and authorized non-attorneys. It is not an anonymous public civil record viewer. A party with authorized access may see material after filing or opting in. The public should use Docket Search for settings and the clerk's form for the ROA or documents. The official non-attorney e-filing page explains who may register. It also covers what access that registration grants for Baca County civil dockets.
That route is for filing papers. It does not replace the public calendar or the Baca clerk's official record service.
Keep the channels straight: file through CCE when authorized, find a hearing through Docket Search, and obtain the civil case history from Faith Camp's office.
Civil Docket Settings and Hearings
A Return Date on Summons is a response or appearance date, not necessarily a trial. A motions hearing deals with a request for a ruling. A noncontested hearing still requires attention. The judge may need testimony, documents, or findings even when no active dispute is presented. Trial to court means a bench trial. A jury trial assigns fact-finding to a jury.
- Return date
- The response or appearance point stated in the summons.
- Noncontested hearing
- A hearing in which no active dispute is presented, but court action is still needed.
- Continuance
- An order moving a scheduled event to a new date.
- Judgment
- The court's final or enforceable civil determination.
- Satisfaction
- A filing that records that a judgment has been satisfied.
Does a civil setting look like it moved? Widen the date range and request the ROA. Then confirm with the clerk at 719-361-7020, because a current order and clerk confirmation beat an old summons or calendar row every time.
Baca Civil Orders Are Distinct
Baca County civil dockets use several judgment records, and each one answers a different question. An Order for Judgment tells you what the court decided. A Transcript of Judgment works differently. It is a certified judgment record, meant for enforcement or recording. It is not a word-for-word account of any hearing. A Certificate of Satisfaction confirms the judgment was paid off. Each record serves its own purpose. Asking the clerk for all of them at once can pile on cost and delay for no gain.
| Baca civil item | Published charge | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Copy | $0.25 per page | Plain copy; parties and their attorneys have a $15 cap, but nonparties do not. |
| Transcript of Judgment | $25 | Certified judgment record, not hearing speech. |
| Certificate of Satisfaction | $20 | Records satisfaction of a judgment. |
| Certified or exemplified copy | $20 per document | Authentication added to the copy charge when applicable. |
| Name search | $5 | Clerk search when a case number is not supplied. |
The Judicial Branch fee form sets these amounts, but they are estimates. Governing authority can change or waive them. Always ask the clerk for a quote first. That matters most for off-site retrieval, or for research and redaction past the first hour.
Civil Docket Access Rules
Chief Justice Directive 05-01 governs the Baca County civil case file. A generic county open-records request is the wrong tool. The directive lets you inspect and copy public court information, and it also allows redactions, exclusions, and cost recovery. Some material stays off limits. Social Security numbers, financial-account data, driver-license numbers, medical records, juvenile information, and any sealed or protected filing can be withheld from the civil docket file.
Public access route: Read CJD 05-01, identify the Baca case and exact record, then let the clerk apply any access limit or redaction.
A blank result on a Baca County docket search has several common causes. No event may fall inside the date range you chose. The case number might be split wrong. The file could sit in older off-site storage, the matter may be restricted, or it might belong to a different court entirely. None of that proves no Baca County civil case exists. For protected material, the clerk can ask for identification. Where a law, directive, or court order closes a record, access will be denied.
Bankruptcy Is Not a Baca Docket
Bankruptcy never lands on a Baca County civil court docket. Even when the person or business filing lives in Baca County, the case belongs to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado. It runs on federal docket systems. State court is a different story. Civil claims, judgments, domestic cases, and probate matters stay with the Baca Combined Court unless some other rule moves them. For federal filings, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado is the official page that shows the assigned civil image and court details.
That page marks a federal court, separate from anything in Springfield. PACER is the system for federal docket access. Faith Camp's office supplies the official Baca County civil register of actions and the filed state-court documents. Appeals take a similar turn. A Baca District Court appeal usually opens a brand-new file in the Colorado Court of Appeals. The notice and record transmission may still appear as entries in the trial-court ROA, but the appellate events live on the appellate docket, not the local civil one.