Reviewed and updated October 11, 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 11, 2026.
Arapahoe County, Colorado, has about 667,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Arapahoe County District Court and the County Court, and the file of each case, kept by the clerk of the combined court, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files, directory links, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Arapahoe County public records, Arapahoe County arrest records, Arapahoe County warrants, Arapahoe County inmate search, Arapahoe County criminal records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Arapahoe County
Court cases from Arapahoe County are filed in the Arapahoe County District Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $25,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters.
Below it, the County Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and civil cases up to $25,000.
A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets written under its ordinances.
Divorces go to the District Court, and the file stays with the clerk of the combined court.
The clerk of the combined court keeps the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Colorado Open Records Act.
Looking Up a Case from Arapahoe County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at arapahoeco.gov/your_county/county_departments/courts/index.php (page title: Courts), phone 303-795-4520, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
Colorado has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Colorado court page SearchSystems verified is at research.coloradojudicial.gov.
What Reaches the Court from Arapahoe County
Together, the ten agencies in Arapahoe County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 23,755 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Arapahoe County District Court or the County Court.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at arapahoeco.gov/your_county/county_departments/coda18/index.php (page title: 18th Judicial District Attorney), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
The Kinds of Court Files
The court file is one record with several readers: a criminal case from the arrest to the sentence, a divorce from the petition to the judgment, a traffic ticket from the citation to the conviction the court reports to the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Arapahoe County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Arapahoe County criminal records, Arapahoe County divorce records, Arapahoe County traffic tickets, Arapahoe County DUI and Arapahoe County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Arapahoe County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Arapahoe County and Colorado. These court pages from its Arapahoe County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Docket Search (coloradojudicial.gov)
Cities in Arapahoe County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Arapahoe County District Court or the County Court; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Arapahoe County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population:
- Aurora (403,130)
- Centennial (108,853)
- Littleton (44,879)
- Englewood (35,238)
- Greenwood Village (15,288)
- Sheridan (5,932)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Arapahoe County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at arapahoeco.gov, phone 303-795-4520.
Which court hears felonies in Arapahoe County?
The Arapahoe 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.
Who keeps the court records in Arapahoe County?
The clerk of the combined court. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Colorado?
No. Each court's records are looked up through that court.
Is this the official Arapahoe County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.