El Paso County Clerk of Court
The El Paso County Clerk of Court is the court-record office for state trial-court case files in Colorado Springs. Sheri King is listed by the Colorado Judicial Branch as Clerk of Court for El Paso County in the 4th Judicial District. The office works from Room S101 at the El Paso County Judicial Building and supports District Court and County Court case records. That means the court clerk is the right starting point for copies from civil cases, felony and misdemeanor criminal cases, domestic relations cases, juvenile matters where access is allowed, probate files, traffic cases in the state courts, protection orders, and registers of action.
The court clerk is not the same office as the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder. Steve Schleiker is the county Clerk and Recorder. That county office records real estate documents, issues marriage and civil-union licenses, maintains recorded public documents, and handles elections and motor vehicle functions. Use the court clerk for case documents. Use the Clerk and Recorder for deeds, liens, plats, marriage copies, remote recorded-document access, and DD-214 releases.
El Paso County Clerk of Court
Clerk: Sheri King
Room S101, 270 S. Tejon St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719-452-5000
Records questions: 719-452-5490
04ResearchRequest@judicial.state.co.us
Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder home page shows the separate county office that handles recorded documents and licenses.
That office is useful when a record search turns out to involve a deed, recorded lien, or marriage license rather than a court case.
El Paso County Clerk Records Channels
El Paso County court records are not downloaded as complete case files from a public portal. The Colorado Judicial Branch provides a docket search for hearing and case-event information, then the Clerk of Court handles document copies through the official record request process. A person can use the online form, email the research address, call the records line, or visit Room S101. The research file notes an expected response within three business days unless an unusual issue slows the request.
- Docket search: use Colorado Judicial Branch Docket Search for hearing and docket information.
- Online request: submit the Record/Document Request Form for court copies.
- Email request: send El Paso County court research questions to 04ResearchRequest@judicial.state.co.us.
- In person: visit the Clerk's Office in Room S101 at the Judicial Building.
- Phone help: call 719-452-5490 for court records questions or 719-452-5000 for the main court line.
For recorded documents, the Clerk and Recorder Recording Department lists a different set of channels: the Official Public Records Search, remote access subscription, email copy requests, in-person service at the Citizens Service Center, mail, drop box, and eRecording. Mixing these offices can delay a request, so match the record type first.
The recording page documents the county office that preserves real-property records and marriage records.
That split matters because a divorce decree is a court file, while a marriage license copy is a recording office file.
Request El Paso County Certified Copies
Certified and exemplified copies come from the court clerk when the document is part of a court case. A certified copy is often needed when a court order must be used outside the case file, such as a divorce decree, judgment, probate letter, protection order, or criminal disposition. The request form lets the requester mark that certification or exemplification is needed.
- Identify whether the document is a court case record or a Clerk and Recorder document. Court orders, case files, and registers of action go to the Clerk of Court.
- Find the case number if possible through the docket search. If the number is not known, provide party names, date of birth when useful, county, case type, and document type.
- Submit the official Record/Document Request Form, email 04ResearchRequest@judicial.state.co.us, or visit Room S101 during clerk hours.
- Mark the request for a certified or exemplified copy and be ready to pay the certification fee, copy fee, search fee, or research/redaction fee if assessed.
- Provide government-issued photo ID if the file is suppressed, juvenile, probate, or contains confidential or protected information.
For recorded documents, the Recording Document Process page explains mail, drop box, eRecording, copy requests, fee correctness, and recording rejection issues.
A certified court copy and a certified recorded-document copy are both official copies, but they come from different custodians.
El Paso County Court Request Form
The court record request form asks for enough information to locate a case and decide whether the requester can receive the document. The most useful fields are the case number, El Paso County as the record location, party names, date of birth when known, and the exact document type. The form also groups documents by family, criminal, civil, probate, other documents, and register of action requests.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Requester name and contact | Unspecified | First, middle, last, business name, email, and phone fields identify the requester. |
| Mailing address | Yes | Address line 1, state, city, and ZIP are marked as required fields. |
| Case number | No | Use a Colorado case number when known, such as the form example 2019T999999. |
| County or location | Unspecified | Select El Paso County, or use the unknown-county checkbox if the location is not known. |
| Party information | Yes | Names on the case are required to help locate the record. |
| Document category | No | Options include family, criminal, civil, probate, other documents, and Register of Action. |
| Certified or exemplified request | No | Check this when the requested copy needs court certification or exemplification. |
| CAPTCHA | Yes | The anti-spam prompt must be completed before submission. |
El Paso County Clerk Fees
Court copy charges come from the Judicial Branch request form. The Clerk and Recorder has a separate fee schedule for recorded documents, marriage copies, remote access, plat maps, and bulk data. The court table below applies when the El Paso County Clerk of Court produces documents from a court case file.
| Item | Cost or Note |
|---|---|
| Copy per page | $0.25, with a $15 maximum for parties and their attorneys in their own case; no maximum for non-parties. |
| Transcript of Judgment | $25.00 |
| Certificate of Satisfaction | $20.00 |
| Certified or exemplified copy | $20.00 per document |
| Name search | $5.00 |
| Off-site file retrieval | Actual cost of retrieval |
| Research or redaction | $30.00 per hour, in 15-minute increments after the first hour |
| Waiver note | Fee waived when required under CJD 06-01 or C.R.S. 13-32-104(1)(a). |
The county Recording and Copy Fees page lists separate recorded-document fees, including $0.25 per page, $1 certification for recorded documents, plat map fees, mail handling, and remote-access charges.
Recorded-document copy fees should not be used to price certified copies from a court case file.
Clerk of Court vs Clerk and Recorder
El Paso County has a split record system. The Clerk of Court belongs to the Colorado Judicial Branch and handles state court case documents. The Clerk and Recorder is a county office with a Recording Department at the Citizens Service Center. It records and indexes real estate records, releases DD-214 military records, issues marriage and civil-union licenses, handles copy requests for recorded documents, and offers a remote access subscription for high-volume users.
| Office | Use It For | Main Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Clerk of Court | Court case files, registers of action, dispositions, divorce decrees, civil judgments, probate letters, tickets, protection orders. | Room S101, 270 S. Tejon St.; 719-452-5490; 04ResearchRequest@judicial.state.co.us. |
| Clerk and Recorder | Recorded deeds, liens, plats, marriage and civil-union licenses, DD-214 releases, recorded-document copies. | 1675 W. Garden of the Gods Road; 719-520-6200; recweb@elpasoco.com. |
The Remote Access page says recorded images are available from 1996 forward, marriage searches from May 1, 1991 forward, and remote printing costs $0.25 per page from escrow.
Remote access helps with recorded instruments, but it is not a full court case document database.
The Clerk and Recorder news archive is also a useful place to confirm service changes for recording, marriage licenses, and election-related office updates.
Use those county news items for recording-office changes, while court record access still runs through the Judicial Branch clerk channels.