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Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime 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 4, 2026.

About this guide

Cheyenne County, Colorado, has about 1,700 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 Cheyenne County is kept and how it is seen.

This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.

Related guides: Cheyenne County public records, Cheyenne County arrest records, Cheyenne County warrants, Cheyenne County court records, Cheyenne County police reports, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.

Criminal Cases in the Cheyenne County District Court

In Colorado the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Cheyenne County are heard by the Cheyenne 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/location/cheyenne-county-courthouse (page title: Cheyenne County Courthouse | Colorado Judicial Branch), phone 719-767-5649, 51 S. 1st St. P.O. Box 696 Cheyenne Wells, CO 80810, Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the County Court, not to the Cheyenne County District Court.

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 Cheyenne County

The Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office keeps the arrest records in Cheyenne County: 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 Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office reported 29 arrests to the FBI for 2025; 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 Cheyenne County arrest records.

The Crimes Behind the Records: Cheyenne County in 2025

The one agency in Cheyenne County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 0 violent and 4 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 4 crimes in 2025 against 1 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.

The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Cheyenne County public records guide.

The Sex Offender Registry for Cheyenne County

Registered sex offenders living in Cheyenne County 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 Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne County?

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 Cheyenne County criminal cases online?

The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at coloradojudicial.gov (page title: Cheyenne County Courthouse | Colorado Judicial Branch); it belongs to a lower court, not to the Cheyenne County District Court.

How do I get my own Colorado criminal history?

Through a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

Is this the official Cheyenne 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.