About the Routt County Clerk of Court
The Colorado Judicial Branch lists Carmma Parkison as the Routt County Clerk of Court, Jury Commissioner, Water Clerk, and Probate Registrar. That combined title reflects how the local state-court office works in Steamboat Springs: a single clerk's office supports the Routt County Combined Court for District Court and County Court matters, and also handles specialized local court functions such as probate registry work and water-court clerk service.
The court office is separate from the Routt County Clerk and Recorder at Lincoln Avenue. The Clerk of Court maintains court case files and court docket functions. The Clerk and Recorder maintains recorded public documents, marriage licenses, elections, motor vehicle services, and birth/death certificate service channels. For a court order, disposition, divorce decree, probate filing, criminal case entry, civil judgment, traffic case, or water case, start with the Clerk of Court or the Colorado Judicial Branch access channels.
Routt County Combined Court
Clerk: Carmma Parkison
1955 Shield Drive, Unit 200
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
970-879-5020
routtclerk@judicial.state.co.us
Public counter: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
What the Clerk Does in Routt County
The Clerk of Court is the records and filing office for cases filed in the Routt County Combined Court. Colorado District Courts hear civil cases in any amount, domestic relations, felony criminal matters, juvenile matters, probate, mental health, and water matters. Colorado County Courts handle civil cases under $25,000, misdemeanors, traffic infractions, felony complaints before bindover, protection orders, and small claims. Because Routt County uses a combined court location, many users reach one public counter even though the underlying case may be District Court or County Court.
- Maintains District Court and County Court case files for Routt County matters.
- Supports public docket access, court-record requests, copy requests, and certified-copy routing.
- Receives filings for existing cases when they meet local filing instructions.
- Serves local jury, probate registrar, and water clerk functions listed by the Colorado Judicial Branch.
Routt County's local court page states that pro se filings may be emailed to routtclerk@judicial.state.co.us if the filing is legible, complete, signed, includes the case number when filing into an existing case, and includes identification where required. The court also cautions that an emailed document is not filed when it is sent. It becomes filed only after the Clerk's Office accepts it and uploads it into the case-management system.
The Routt County Clerk and Recorder page is useful for understanding the county's separate elected clerk office. The screenshot assigned to this Clerk of Court page shows why the distinction matters: the county clerk page covers recording, elections, motor vehicle, marriage, and vital-record channels, while court case documents remain with the Judicial Branch clerk.
Use that county office for recorded documents and licenses, but use the Combined Court clerk for case files, court orders, docket records, and certified copies from cases filed in Routt County District Court or County Court.
How to Request a Certified Copy
Certified court copies must come from the court where the document was filed. The Colorado Judicial Branch access guide explains that online vendor searches may show limited register-of-actions information, but commercial sites do not provide copies of pleadings, decrees, orders, dispositions, or certified documents. If the needed record is a divorce decree, case disposition, probate order, criminal sentencing order, civil judgment, or other court filing, the request should go through the Judicial Branch online records request path or directly through Routt County Combined Court.
- Identify the case if possible. Use Colorado Judicial Branch Docket Search and select Routt County, the 14th Judicial District, Routt County Combined Court, and the correct court type if known.
- Gather party names, case number, case class, approximate filing year, and the exact document wanted, such as decree, disposition, order, judgment, letters, or sentencing paperwork.
- Submit the Judicial Branch online records request linked from the public access guide, or contact Routt County Combined Court at 970-879-5020 or routtclerk@judicial.state.co.us.
- Wait for the court location to confirm availability, access limits, copy charges, certification options, and delivery method.
Some records are restricted. Juvenile files, adoption materials, sealed cases, expunged matters, mental-health records, protected addresses, victim information, and filings with private identifiers may be unavailable or partly redacted. A docket entry may show that a case exists even when the underlying documents require proof of authority, judicial review, or direct clerk handling before release.
Records Request Form Fields
The research did not capture a fully visible field inventory for the Judicial Branch online court-record request form, but Colorado's public access materials and Routt County docket tools show the information a requester should have ready. The more precise the request, the easier it is for the clerk to locate the file and distinguish similarly named parties.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case Number | No, but strongly helpful | Colorado docket search separates case number into year, case class, and sequence. |
| Party Names | Yes | Use full first and last names or business names; include aliases only if they are relevant to the case. |
| Document Type | Yes | Name the filing, order, decree, disposition, judgment, letters, or docket item needed. |
| Number of Copies | Yes | State whether plain copies or certified copies are needed. |
| Court Location | Helpful | Use Routt County Combined Court, 1955 Shield Drive, Unit 200, Steamboat Springs. |
| Requester Contact | Yes | Include phone, email, and mailing address so the court can follow up about fees or restrictions. |
Routt County Clerk Fees
Routt County-specific court copy and certification amounts were not captured in the available research. The safe practice is to confirm current court copy, certification, search, and filing charges with Routt County Combined Court before mailing payment or appearing in person. The research did confirm several related cost points that help separate court-record costs from county recorded-document and marriage-copy costs.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Court-record vendor access | Charges apply; vendor-specific |
| Judicial Branch docket search | No document-copy PDFs in the docket tool |
| Court certified copy or document copy | Confirm with Routt County Combined Court |
| GovOS standard recorded-document print | $2 per document normal purchase |
| Certified marriage copy from Clerk and Recorder | $1.25 per copy |
The Routt County recorded-documents page is a county clerk resource, not a court case-file resource, but it is assigned as a visual source because many users confuse recorded public documents with court records. It shows the GovOS path for deeds, plats, marriage records, and other public recordings.
If the desired item is a deed, plat, mining claim, recorded marriage record, or other recorded instrument, the Clerk and Recorder channel may be correct. If the desired item is a court order, docket, disposition, decree, sentence, probate filing, or water case, stay with the Combined Court clerk channel.
Common Clerk Forms and Access Channels
The most useful Clerk of Court access path depends on whether the user needs a docket event, a register of actions, a copy of a filed document, or a filing channel. Colorado separates those functions across several public tools and clerk processes.
- Colorado Judicial Branch Docket Search - public court-date and docket lookup for Routt County Combined Court.
- Colorado Judicial Branch Access Guide to Public Records - court-record request guidance, vendor limits, and online request routing.
- CoCourts - paid register-of-actions access identified by the Judicial Branch; document copies are not available from vendor searches.
- Colorado Judicial Online Payment System - official online payments for fees, fines, costs, and restitution by county, case number, ticket number, or name.
For local self-help, Routt County participates in the 14th Judicial District self-help program. The local court page says self-help appointments may be scheduled through Routt County at 970-879-5020 ext. 7, and users may email 14SelfHelp@judicial.state.co.us. Stella Munoz is listed as Self-Represented Litigant Coordinator for Routt and Moffat counties.
Mail, Online, and In-Person Filings
Routt County's local filing instructions allow pro se emailed filings to routtclerk@judicial.state.co.us when the documents are legible, complete, signed, and include required case and ID information. The filing is not complete until accepted and uploaded by the Clerk's Office. That distinction matters when a filing deadline is involved. A sent email, by itself, is not confirmation of filing.
In-person court business goes to Routt County Combined Court at 1955 Shield Drive, Unit 200, Steamboat Springs. Public counter hours are 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Protection-order filers have a separate local note: they may check in with security between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Small-claims summons return dates in Routt County are on Wednesdays in person in courtroom 1A.
The Routt County public-records request page helps route county-level requests that are not court case files. It says requests maintained by specific offices should be made directly to those offices and gives separate routing for sheriff records, communications, assessor, elections, Clerk and Recorder non-election documents, human services, and treasurer/public trustee records.
That county request route is useful when the requested record belongs to a county department. Court case files, however, remain with the Judicial Branch clerk at the Combined Court or the Judicial Branch online court-record request process.