DENVER
LOWER COURT RECORDS
BIS IS NOW FULLY INTEGRATED WITH DENVER COUNTY COURTS
As of July 5th, 2011 Denver County lower courts are available through BIS. BIS offers the option to seamlessly search ALL courts located in the State of Colorado through a single website! Helpful tips and instructions for database usage are available HERE.
Changes are happening fast with our Colorado court data and we will soon offer an updated integration via XML that will include the Denver County option. With the final piece of the court records puzzle now in place, BIS truly IS COLORADO!!
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Statewide Criminal, Civil & Domestic Relations Cases
County and District Courts for all Colorado counties
Several Municipal Courts
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Archived Records are FREE
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Contact BIS today for pricing information on Denver County &
Real-time Statewide Colorado Records.
http://www.bisi.com/dataservices
1800 30th Street, Suite 204
Boulder, CO 80301
303.442.3960 Local
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Training guide for BIS instant online system to obtain Colorado State Criminal and Civil records
1. BIS gives you the ability to run a very broad search by placing only two characters in the first name field and an exact name in the last name field. This combination searches all counties for Criminal and Civil records. Other search options are available for narrowing the number of records returned by utilizing the additional first name fields, by entering the date of birth, or by selecting a specific county or location to pull Criminal or Civil Records. The cost is the same no matter how you elect to pull data from the Courts. BIS do not limit the amount of searches returned and thousands can be returned on the case display.
2. To Access your online system go to our website http://lookup.bisi.com
3. Login using your username and password
4. You will then be on our case order page
5. Enter first full name or any derivatives of the first name (example: Robert, Bob, Rob)
Fewer characters entered will give you a broader search, two characters are mandatory. Enter up to 3 alias first names for free. Please Note: Name only searches may return a large amount of possible matches.
6. If a middle initial is entered it will drastically narrow the search and return records that are only match first name, middle initial, and last name. This is not recommended.
7. Enter full exact last name; it is not a wildcard. Always make sure last name is spelled correctly before continuing.
8. If a DOB is entered, it will return records that match only by Name and Date of Birth. Please Note: Records without a Date of Birth will not be returned
9. Select Settings
a. Data source should be set to "real-time” to access all current and historical records.
b. Archive records are searched for free and range from 1970 through 1996. If you receive a “converted” case filing on the real-time system, it is likely that the case can be found in Archive and provide greater case details.
c. NEW selecting Denver now allows you to search the Denver Lower court through BIS.
Please Note: There is a separate fee that will be charged based on your pricing agreement.
10. County default is ALL COUNTIES; you can elect to search a specific county.
The fee for searching a single County or ALL counties is the same.
11. Select Additional Search Options
a. Case Type default should be "ALL"
b. Criminal/ Civil field determines the type of records returned.
c. Criminal only returns; Criminal and Traffic cases
d. Civil only returns; Civil, Small Claims, Domestic cases
e. Both; Returns All Criminal and Civil cases
12. For every “Submit” sent through the system a fee will be charged according to your agreement.
If a record has been created by the courts, a Court Index screen will appear with cases displayed.
13. EXAMPLE OF CASE DISPLAY
14. To view details click anywhere on the case link and a pop-up window will display case details. View any amount of cases as needed; there is no charge by the number of cases you view. Please Note: Ensure you have pop-ups enabled for this site.
BIS suggests saving the case display for your personal records, then save ALL case details as needed.
Please Note: You will be charged a fee to research the same name again.
15. All Colorado records have specific case formatting guidelines. Below are examples of the different case type and format.
EXAMPLE OF CASE FORMAT
Example Case Number: D / 2007/ CR 000521
Decoding the Format: District or County Court / Year of Case / Case Type Code / Case Number
Types of Cases
CR / FELONYF / FELONY (FILED IN LOWER COURT)
M / MISDEMEANOR
T / TRAFFIC
R / TRAFFIC INFRACTION (MINOR)
CV / CIVIL
DR / DOMESTIC RELATIONS
16. Denver Database Functions on the BIS System
First name remains a wildcard / no additional alias first names fields are available.
Last name remains a wildcard / full exact last name is not required.
Criminal and civil records cannot be sorted by type.
A separate fee for Denver will be charged based on your pricing agreement.