Denver booking-to-court switchboard
Denver Jail Booking, Bond and Criminal Court Lookup
Use this guide to find a person in Denver custody, identify which of the two jail facilities holds them, check bond eligibility, open the correct County or District Court record, arrange a visit and find legal or victim-support help.
Start With the Source That Controls the Information
Denver Police makes many arrests, the Denver Sheriff manages jail custody, County Court handles state and municipal criminal matters, and District Court handles felony proceedings. Each office answers a different question.
What you need | Official source | Prepare | What to do next |
|---|---|---|---|
Current Denver jail custody | Last name, first name, booking number or partial details | Open the matching record and note the facility, status, booking number and criminal descriptor number. | |
County Court criminal or municipal case | Case number, arrest booking number, or name and date of birth | Review the register of actions, charges, schedule, sentence, bond and payment fields. | |
Felony District Court docket | Court location, date, case number, division or party details | Choose Denver District, add at least one filter besides date and open the relevant docket. | |
Denver Police arrest or incident record | Full name, date of birth, aliases and DPD record number when known | Follow the form’s current mail or in-person instructions and confirm the fee before submitting. | |
Colorado-only criminal-history check | Accurate legal name and identity details | Choose Internet Criminal History Check and review the scope and fee before ordering. | |
Person transferred to state prison | Name or DOC number | Use this after a person may have left Denver jail custody for a state correctional facility. | |
Custody notifications | Name or offender details | Locate the record and register for available phone, email or text notifications. |
Do not confuse the agencies: Denver Police creates arrest and incident records. The Denver Sheriff Department operates the two jails and provides current custody information.
Someone Was Arrested in Denver Today: Use This Order
A fresh arrest may not appear online immediately. Complete these checks before assuming the person was taken to another county.
Confirm the arresting agency
Ask whether Denver Police, another local agency, Colorado State Patrol or a federal agency made the arrest.
Search Denver Sheriff custody
Open the official inmate search. Begin with the last name and use partial keywords if the full name fails.
Identify the facility
The result may show the Downtown Detention Center or Denver County Jail. The facility affects visitation, directions and the correct phone number.
Save the booking and CD numbers
Record the booking number, criminal descriptor number, status, charges and facility. The CD number is needed for money and other inmate services.
Call when the person is not listed
Call 720-913-3600 for custody-location help. Outside Denver, the city’s general assistance number is 720-913-1311.
Move to bond and court verification
Open the County Court Public Portal for eligible bond and case information. Use Denver District Court when the matter has moved into a felony District Court case.
Denver Arrest-to-Court Route
The jail search answers where the person is now. The court record answers what has been filed and what must happen next.
Expect different timing: a booking may appear before a court case is fully indexed. A person may also be released from custody while the criminal case remains pending.
Use the Denver Arrest Help Router
Select the task you need to complete. This local browser tool does not request or store a name, date of birth or case number.
How to Search Denver Arrest Records by Name
The quickest search is the Denver Sheriff inmate locator. It is a current-custody tool, not a complete historical criminal-record database.
Open the inmate search
Go directly to denvergov.org/inmatesearch.
Begin with fewer words
Use a full or partial last name. Add the first or middle name only when the result list is too broad.
Use the booking number when available
A booking number is more precise than a common name and reduces the risk of opening the wrong record.
Compare identity and custody details
Check the complete name, booking date, status, facility, charges and criminal descriptor number.
Save the CD number
The Denver Sheriff family guide requires the criminal descriptor number for commissary deposits and several other services.
Use another system if no current record appears
Check nearby counties, Colorado DOC, the County Court portal or Denver District Court depending on whether the person was released, transferred or held elsewhere.
Identity checks before relying on a result
- Compare the complete legal name.
- Check aliases and middle names.
- Confirm the booking date.
- Review the listed facility.
- Record the booking number.
- Save the criminal descriptor number.
- Compare charges with the court case.
- Note the date you checked the record.
Do not identify someone from a name alone. Denver is a large jurisdiction, and similar names can easily connect the wrong person to an arrest or court case.
Downtown Detention Center or Denver County Jail?
Denver Sheriff operates two separate facilities. Always read the facility field before arranging a visit, sending documents or travelling.
Downtown Detention Center
Located next to the criminal courthouse complex. The official visitation page states that this facility offers video visits only.
- 490 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80204
- 720-337-0400
- Use for people whose inmate result lists the Downtown Detention Center.
Denver County Jail
The County Jail offers video visitation and qualifying in-person visitation. Verify current eligibility and schedule before travelling.
- 10500 E. Smith Road, Denver, CO 80239
- 720-913-3642
- Use for people whose inmate result lists Denver County Jail.
Facility clue: the Downtown Detention Center is close to Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse, while Denver County Jail is east of central Denver near Smith Road.
How to Check Bond or Address a Denver Warrant
Denver County Court’s Public Portal can display and accept eligible online bonds. The portal does not show every warrant or every bond situation.
Full monetary bond
The public portal allows eligible cash bonds to be paid by credit card. Confirm every case because a person held on multiple cases may require a separate bond for each case.
Personal recognizance
A qualifying personal-recognizance bond uses the defendant’s promise to appear rather than a standard cash payment, although additional signatures or conditions may apply.
Professional or property route
Registered professional sureties can use the portal for eligible cases. Property bonds require an appointment and in-person evaluation.
Open the official bond portal
Go to Post Bond – Address Warrant.
Search by person or case number
Use the defendant’s last name, first name and date of birth, or enter the case number.
Check whether the bond is eligible online
The portal returns only cases whose bonds are eligible for online posting. A missing result does not prove that no bond exists.
Check for multiple cases or another jurisdiction
Use the portal’s out-of-county option when Denver is holding a person on another jurisdiction’s warrant.
Contact the bonding office
The Denver County Court Bonding Office is in the Downtown Detention Center lobby. Call 720-337-0062. Published hours are daily, 7 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Keep proof and release instructions
Save the receipt, case number and confirmation. Bond payment does not always mean immediate physical release when additional holds or processing remain.
Payment scam warning: independently open the Denver County Court portal or call the published bonding office. Do not pay an unknown caller who promises immediate release.
Search Denver County Court and District Court Cases
Denver is unusual because County Court and District Court are separate court systems. Start with the court that matches the charge and case number.
Court route | Usually covers | Search method | Clerk contact |
|---|---|---|---|
Denver County Court | Municipal and state criminal matters, petty offenses and preliminary proceedings | ||
Denver District Court | Felony criminal cases and other District Court matters |
Denver County Court portal steps
Open the Public Portal
The portal provides case search, dockets, bond, payment and court-service functions.
Choose the best search key
Use the case number or arrest-booking number when known. Otherwise enter the name and date of birth.
Review more than the first result line
Open the register of actions, charges, case schedule, sentence, fines, costs, payments and bonds-posted sections.
Request a copy when needed
For criminal and municipal files, contact the Room 160 clerk or email 160records@denvercountycourt.org.
Record-copy note: Denver County Court currently lists paper copies at 25 cents per page, certified copies with an additional certification fee and electronic copies free in most cases. Confirm current charges before ordering.
Denver Jail Visitation Rules and Scheduling
All remote and onsite video visits must be scheduled through Securus. In-person visits are available only at Denver County Jail for eligible visitors.
Check whether the person is at DDC or County Jail.
Use the official Denver visitation page link.
Choose onsite, remote or eligible in-person visitation.
Onsite visitors should arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time.
Downtown Detention Center visits
Only video visits are offered. Visits may be scheduled for an onsite lobby terminal or remotely through Securus.
Denver County Jail visits
Video and qualifying in-person visits are offered. The family guide states that in-person visits may last up to 30 minutes, with no more than two per week and one per day.
Requirement | What Denver Sheriff says | Practical action |
|---|---|---|
Scheduling | Remote and onsite video visits must be scheduled through Securus. | Use the link on Denver Sheriff’s official visitation page rather than an advertisement or search result. |
Identification | A current driver license, state ID, passport, military ID or consulate ID is accepted. | Check that the document is current before leaving home. |
Arrival | Onsite visitors should arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled visit. | Allow time for check-in, terminal location and login. |
Late arrival | The visit is not rescheduled; only the remaining time may be used. | Do not rely on parking or security time being short. |
Conduct and dress | Visits are monitored and rules prohibit nudity, weapons, drugs, gang displays, recording and disruptive conduct. | Read the full rules and dress code before the appointment. |
Visit Line: 720-913-3791, Tuesday–Friday, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Securus support is 877-578-3658. Denver’s family guide currently lists remote visits at $8.99 plus tax for 30 minutes; confirm the current price before purchasing.
Phone Calls, Inmate Mail and Commissary Money
Use the criminal descriptor number shown in the inmate result. Denver Sheriff uses different addresses for personal scanned mail and legal or other non-personal mail.
Receiving inmate calls
Create a Securus account to receive calls. Denver Sheriff lists Securus telephone support at 800-844-6591.
Scanned mail route
Personal mail is scanned and delivered through the person’s tablet or housing kiosk. Include the person’s name and CD number.
Adding account funds
Use the Downtown Detention Center kiosk, an accepted postal money order or the Access Corrections route linked by Denver Sheriff.
Mail type | Address | Important detail |
|---|---|---|
Personal mail | [Person’s Name], CD# Denver Sheriff Department P.O. Box 20707 Tampa, FL 33622 | The mail is scanned. Noncompliant mail may be returned to the sender. |
Legal mail, checks, money orders, books, magazines and government documents | [Person’s Name], CD# Denver Sheriff Department P.O. Box 1108 Denver, CO 80201 | Books and magazines must be sent directly from the publisher. |
Deposit check: verify the CD number before sending money. A correct name with the wrong CD number can delay or misdirect the transaction.
How to Apply for a Denver Public Defender
The Colorado State Public Defender serves Denver state-court cases for people who cannot afford private counsel. It does not represent federal or municipal-only defendants.
Colorado State Public Defender
- 1560 Broadway, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202
- 303-620-4999
- Denver@coloradodefenders.us
- State office hours are generally Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; confirm before visiting.
Find and verify a criminal lawyer
Use the Colorado Bar Association’s attorney directory or the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar lawyer-search route. Ask about the exact charge, fee agreement, court experience and who will appear at hearings.
Complete the application if you are out of jail
Use the adult or juvenile application linked on the State Public Defender application page.
Collect financial documents
Prepare pay stubs, tax returns, employer letters, unemployment or benefit-award letters and household financial information when requested.
Submit the application to a trial office
The state guidance allows an application to be submitted to any of its trial offices. Contact Denver’s office for local instructions.
If the person is currently jailed
The Public Defender application guidance states that a person currently in jail automatically qualifies for its services. Ask jail or court staff how counsel will be assigned for the case.
Protect the case: do not post witness names, defenses, evidence or private attorney communications on social media or public record-search pages.
Victim Assistance and Custody Notifications
Use VINE for custody-status alerts and Denver victim-service offices for crisis support, safety planning, court help and compensation guidance.
Colorado VINE
Search anonymously and request available phone, text or email notifications about custody-status changes.
Denver Victim Assistance Unit
Provides crisis intervention and case-related support after a reported crime.
Victim Resource Program
Can help with safety plans, protection orders, address confidentiality, transportation, restitution and service referrals.
Victim Resource Program: Rose Andom Center, 1330 Fox Street, Denver, CO 80204. Published hours are Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Denver Police Records, CBI History and Record Sealing
These tasks are separate. A police arrest record is not the same as a statewide CBI criminal-history result, and sealing requires a court or statutory process.
Denver Police arrest record
The DPD Identification Section form requests the person’s name, date of birth, aliases and DPD record number when known. Follow the current form for fees and submission instructions.
CBI Internet Criminal History Check
This is a Colorado-only name-based criminal-history search. Juvenile, sealed and certain other records may not appear in the public result.
Colorado Judicial forms
Use the official “Seal My Case” page for arrest records where no charges were filed, non-conviction records and other eligible sealing routes.
Get the official disposition first
Save the case number, charge history and final court outcome before asking another agency or private website to change a record.
Choose the correct sealing category
Colorado Judicial provides different forms for arrest records without charges, non-conviction records and qualifying convictions.
Use Denver’s Self-Help Center
For criminal-record sealing help, contact the Denver District Court Self-Help Center at 303-606-2442, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Check whether automatic sealing occurred
The Colorado Judicial Sealed Case Search can confirm certain cases automatically sealed under the identified statute.
What If the Person Is Missing From the Denver Jail Search?
A missing current-custody result can mean booking is incomplete, the person was released, another county holds them, or they transferred into another system.
Intake may be incomplete
Wait briefly, search again with fewer fields and call 720-913-3600.
Check the court case
The person may no longer appear in current custody while charges remain pending.
Search nearby jurisdictions
Denver Sheriff’s visitation page links to Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson County custody searches.
Check Colorado DOC
Use the state offender search when a sentence or transfer may have moved the person out of Denver jail custody.
Search reset: remove punctuation, suffixes and the first name. Search a partial last name and compare booking dates before concluding that no record exists.
Denver Jail, Court and Legal-Help Contacts
Use the office that controls the task. Court clerks cannot confirm immediate jail release, and jail staff cannot change a court disposition.
Downtown Detention Center
- 490 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80204
- 720-337-0400
- Current custody, DDC location and facility-specific questions.
Denver County Jail
- 10500 E. Smith Road, Denver, CO 80239
- 720-913-3642
- County Jail custody, in-person visitation eligibility and facility questions.
Criminal and Municipal Clerk
- 520 W. Colfax Ave., Room 160, Denver, CO 80204
- 720-337-0410
- Monday–Friday, 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m.
- criminal@denvercountycourt.org
Denver District Court Clerk
- 520 W. Colfax Ave., Room 135, Denver, CO 80204
- 303-606-2300
- Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m., excluding state holidays
- Felony District Court dockets, filings and clerk questions.
Denver County Court Bonding Office
- Downtown Detention Center lobby
- 720-337-0062
- Daily, 7 a.m.–10:30 p.m.; closed overnight
- Eligible online bonds, warrant-addressing and property-bond appointments.
Denver Public Defender
- 1560 Broadway, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202
- 303-620-4999
- Denver@coloradodefenders.us
Map: Downtown Detention Center and Criminal Courthouse
The Downtown Detention Center and Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse are close together but serve different tasks. Confirm the room number before entering the courthouse.
County or District clerk?
County Court criminal and municipal services are in Room 160. Denver District Court’s criminal clerk is in Room 135.
County Jail is elsewhere
Denver County Jail is at 10500 E. Smith Road. Do not travel downtown if the inmate result lists the County Jail and your task is visitation.
Before You Call or Visit
Prepare these details so jail, bond and court staff can locate the correct person or case quickly.
- Full legal name and spelling
- Date of birth or approximate age
- Booking or arrest-booking number
- Criminal descriptor number
- Current facility
- Arrest date and agency
- County or District Court case number
- Exact task: bond, visit, record or court date
- Government-issued photo ID
- Pen or phone note for instructions
Verified Denver and Colorado Resources
Each link opens the official agency responsible for the task.
Denver Arrest Records FAQs
Direct answers to the most common Denver jail, bond and court-search questions.
How do I search Denver arrest records by name?
Open the official Denver inmate search and begin with a full or partial last name. Add the first name only when needed, then compare the booking date, facility, status, booking number and criminal descriptor number before treating the result as a match.
What is the official Denver County inmate search?
The official current-custody search is operated by the Denver Sheriff Department at denvergov.org/inmatesearch. It covers people held in the Downtown Detention Center and Denver County Jail.
Why is a recent Denver arrest not showing online?
The person may still be in transport, identification or intake processing. Search with fewer name fields, then call 720-913-3600 and ask whether the person is in Denver Sheriff custody.
What is the difference between the Downtown Detention Center and Denver County Jail?
The Downtown Detention Center is at 490 W. Colfax Avenue and offers video visitation only. Denver County Jail is at 10500 E. Smith Road and offers video visits plus qualifying in-person visitation.
How do I check a Denver County Court criminal case?
Use the Denver County Court Public Portal. Search by case number, arrest-booking number, or the person’s name and date of birth. Review the register of actions, charges, schedule, sentence and bond fields.
How do I find a Denver felony District Court case?
Use the Colorado Judicial docket search and select Denver District. Add at least one filter besides the date, such as case number, division or courthouse. For clerk help call 303-606-2300.
How can I post bond for someone held in Denver?
Open the Denver County Court Post Bond portal and search by name and date of birth or case number. Only eligible bonds appear online. For help call the Bonding Office at 720-337-0062, daily from 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
How do I schedule a Denver jail visit?
Open the Denver Sheriff visitation page and schedule video visits through Securus. Downtown Detention Center offers video visits only, while Denver County Jail also offers qualifying in-person visits. The Visit Line is 720-913-3791.
How do I apply for a public defender in Denver?
Contact the Denver Public Defender at 303-620-4999 or visit 1560 Broadway, Suite 300. A person outside jail should complete the state application and provide requested financial documents. The state guidance says a person currently in jail automatically qualifies for its services.
How can I seal a Denver arrest record?
Use the Colorado Judicial “Seal My Case” page to identify the correct form for an arrest without charges, a non-conviction record or another eligible case. Denver’s Self-Help Center can assist with forms at 303-606-2442.
Official-source review completed August 5, 2026
This website is an independent informational resource. It is not affiliated with the Denver Sheriff Department, Denver Police Department, Denver County Court, Colorado Judicial Branch, Colorado Bureau of Investigation or another government agency.
Official links, addresses, phone numbers, published hours, visitation guidance and court resources were checked during the latest review. Custody, bond eligibility, fees, providers, schedules and office availability can change, so confirm time-sensitive details through the linked official source.
Responsible-use notice: an arrest does not establish guilt. Do not use a name-only result to identify a person or use this article as a substitute for a legally compliant consumer or employment background report.