Criminal Case Search - El Paso County District Courts (2024)

FAQs

How do I look up criminal records in Colorado? ›

Interested persons can obtain a copy of a Colorado criminal record online or by mail from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, a Division of the Colorado Department of Public Safety. To make a request online, visit the Internet Criminal History Check System. The fee for each search made online is $5.00.

The Colorado Supreme Court maintains a Public Access to Court Records Portal designed to provide public access to criminal court proceedings from the court. This site can be utilized by case number, party name, date range, or nature of the suit. There's no fee attached to view these records.

Cases from the Texas Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, and courts of appeals are searchable through the Texas Appeals Management and eFiling System (TAMES) Case Search. Files that are available online can be viewed for free. To access records that are not online, contact the specific court.

The El Paso Municipal Court is a court of record which handles Class C misdemeanors and civil parking citations issued within the city limits. The El Paso Municipal Court of Appeals hears appeals filed from the El Paso Municipal Courts.

All Colorado CHRI is accessible to the public with the following exceptions: Juvenile arrests (17 years and younger) except when adjudicated as an adult. Traffic arrests under the age of 16 (15 years and younger). Arrests sealed by court order.

CoCourts.com is Colorado's most comprehensive source for court records, and was created as an initiative of the Colorado Judicial Branch to help citizens make better choices.

The court system's public records are open for inspection by any person at reasonable times and as provided by Chief Justice Directive (CJD) 05-01 and the Supreme Court Rule on Public Access to Information and Records (P.A.I.R.R.).

The Colorado State Archives has in its holdings Supreme Court case records and civil and criminal cases from various county and district courts throughout Colorado. The Archives maintains the case files, which contains all documents filed in a case.

All Federal court records are available online at PACER.gov, an electronic public access service that is overseen by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. This includes all Federal civil court cases, criminal charges, as well as bankruptcies. In all, there are over 500 million documents on PACER.

Where can I view local mugshots for free? ›

Check your local sheriff and police department websites.

Some law enforcement agencies host mugshots online, which you can view for free. Not many do, however, so this shouldn't be your first place to check. You'll need to know the county where the person was booked.

In the state of Texas, mugshots and other arrest information are public information. And due to documents like the Freedom of Information Act, there can be no Texas arrest laws barring the publication or distribution of that data. Certain state laws require courts to send legal takedown notices to mugshot sites.

U.S. District Court – Western District of Texas.

El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego.

The Colorado Open Records Act, (CORA) C.R.S. § 24-72-201 to 206, provides that all public records shall be open for inspection by any person at reasonable times, except as provided in part 2 or as otherwise specifically provided by law.

For a record of all Colorado arrests of a particular person visit the CBI records check site. To check for real time court case status including convictions visit the CO Courts site.

Colorado residents and inquirers wishing to perform a free warrant search should visit, call, or search the online tool provided by the state, county court, or law enforcement agencies where the warrant is issued.