Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Wellington, Colorado, in Larimer County, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Colorado the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the clerk of the combined court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Wellington is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Larimer County District Court
In Colorado the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Wellington are heard by the Larimer County District Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $25,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the County Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and civil cases up to $25,000, and the file of each case is kept by the clerk of the combined court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/larimer-county (page title: Larimer County | Colorado Judicial Branch), phone 970-494-3500, 201 LaPorte Ave, Suite 100 Fort Collins, CO 80521, Monday-Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Colorado has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Colorado Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Colorado is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the state runs an online name-based criminal history check open to the public, through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
To see your own record, the route is a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at cbi.colorado.gov/records-background-checks/internet-criminal-histor....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Wellington
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Fort Collins, Loveland, Timnath and Estes Park keep the arrest records in and around Wellington: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Larimer County: Northern Colorado Drug Task Force (other agency); Colorado State University at Fort Collins (campus police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
The Johnstown Police Department and the Windsor Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Larimer County, so their arrests are not broken out for Larimer County here.
Together, the five agencies in Larimer County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 12,274 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Wellington arrest records.
The District Attorney for Larimer County
The District Attorney decides which arrests in Larimer County become charges and files them in the Larimer County District Court or the County Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at larimer.gov/district-attorney/about-our-office (page title: District Attorney | About Our Office), phone (970) 493-2891, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
The Sex Offender Registry for Wellington
Registered sex offenders living in Wellington are listed on the Colorado Sex Offender Registry, run by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation at apps.colorado.gov/apps/dps/sor. Only sexually violent predators, multiple offenders and adults convicted of felony sex offenses appear on the statewide site; local police and sheriffs hold the full list.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Larimer County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Colorado Open Records Act a county office must answer a request within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances, and it may charge research and retrieval time after the first hour, plus copying.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Wellington?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation: the state runs an online name-based criminal history check open to the public. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Colorado Open Records Act.
Can I search Wellington criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at coloradojudicial.gov (page title: Larimer County | Colorado Judicial Branch).
How do I get my own Colorado criminal history?
Through a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Who prosecutes crimes in Wellington?
The District Attorney, reached at (970) 493-2891, which files its cases in the Larimer County District Court or the County Court.
Is this the official Wellington website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.