duistatelaws.com Key takeaways
- The 20th Judicial District lists bond hearings on Sunday at 10am for Boulder and for Longmont.
- Useful public service means work that benefits the public with minimal supervision or public cost, and never work that endangers the offender.
- The court, probation, the sheriff and the county commissioners jointly identify the work; it must be finished within the time the court sets.
- The court assesses a fee of up to $120 for the public service program, under section 42-4-1301.4(5).
- The court says all fines and fees are due on the day of sentencing; payment plans carry a $25 annual fee and telephone payments are not accepted.
- The DMV hearing request is due in 7 days.
from the date you were served with the notice to demand a hearing from Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles. The request goes to the DMV, not to the court, and no judge in Boulder County will make it for you. C.R.S. § 42-2-126(6)(d), (7)(b).
Boulder County is Colorado’s 20th Judicial District, and its courts sit in two buildings: the Boulder County Combined Court at 1777 6th Street in Boulder, and a second combined court at 1035 Kimbark Street in Longmont. The Boulder building is open weekdays from 8am to 5pm, with the clerk’s office open until 4pm, and the main number is (303) 441-3750.
When a Colorado DUI sentence includes useful public service, one section governs it, and this page reads that section alongside what the district publishes about bond, money and probation. For the penalty ladder and express consent, see the Colorado page.
The same diagram as a table
| Step | Criminal case — decided by a court | License case — decided by a state agency |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arrest and booking, hour 0 | Notice of suspension served, day 0 |
| 2 | Charge filed by the prosecutor | Deadline to demand a hearing: 7 to 30 days in the eight states on this site that use an agency hearing |
| 3 | First court setting, on a date the court picks | Hearing held if the request was filed — whether the suspension waits for the ruling is set by each state's statute |
| 4 | One or more pretrial settings | Suspension takes effect automatically with no hearing |
| 5 | Trial, plea or dismissal | — |
| Clock | Weeks to months. No filing deadline runs against the driver. | Counted in days from the notice, and fixed by statute. |
The Boulder and Longmont courts
The Longmont court keeps shorter hours — weekdays 8am to noon and 1pm to 4pm, closed over lunch. Filings by mail go to the Clerk of Court, P.O. Box 4249, Boulder, CO 80306, and payments and filings for both buildings can be mailed there. The district’s current court operations are set out in its Administrative Order 21-116.
One instruction on the district’s page matters for anyone still in custody: a person with a court date at the Boulder County Jail at 1:30pm, Monday through Friday, must appear at the jail on that date and time. Records requests go to 20recordsrequest@judicial.state.co.us, and the self-represented litigant coordinators take walk-ins weekdays from 8am to 4pm.
Boulder County Combined Court
- Hears
- The 20th Judicial District’s courthouse in Boulder
- Building
- Boulder County Combined Court
- Address
- 1777 6th Street, Boulder, CO 80302
- Detail
- Clerk’s Office open 8am to 4pm; mail to P.O. Box 4249, Boulder, CO 80306
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
- Phone
- (303) 441-3750
Boulder County Combined Court – Longmont
- Hears
- The district’s second courthouse, in Longmont
- Building
- Boulder County Combined Court – Longmont
- Address
- 1035 Kimbark St, Longmont, CO 80501
- Detail
- Closed from noon to 1pm
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 8am to noon and 1pm to 4pm
The 20th Judicial District’s schedule lists bond hearings for Boulder County on Sunday at 10am, and for Boulder County – Longmont on Sunday at 10am as well.
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The DMV clock, and money at sentencing
The license. Colorado gives 7 days from the notice to request a hearing from the DMV, separate from anything that happens in Boulder.
Money. The district’s collections page says all fines and fees are due on the day of sentencing. Anyone who cannot pay in full that day applies for a payment plan — online, by fax, or in person at the Court Collections Office — and there is an annual $25 processing fee on every case. The clerk’s window takes cheques, cash, money orders, Visa, Mastercard, Discover and Apple Pay — in Boulder weekdays from 8am to 4pm, in Longmont from 8am to noon and 1pm to 4pm; payments by post go to the county mailing address with the name and case number, cash excepted. The court states in capitals that telephone payments are not accepted.
| What happened | First time | With a prior | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excess BAC 0.08 | 9 months | 1 year | C.R.S. § 42-2-126(3)(a)(I) |
| Refused the test | 1 year | 2 years | C.R.S. § 42-2-126(3)(c)(I) |
Useful public service
Section 42-4-1301.4 of the Colorado Revised Statutes applies to anyone convicted under section 42-4-1301 and ordered to complete useful public service. It defines the term as any work that is beneficial to the public and involves a minimum of direct supervision or other public cost, and excludes any work that would endanger the health or safety of the person doing it.
Finding the work. The sentencing court, the probation department, the county sheriff and the board of county commissioners are told to cooperate in identifying suitable assignments, and the offender must complete the assignment within the time the court sets. Each judicial district’s probation department may run a useful public service program under the chief probation officer, which finds placements, interviews and assigns people, and monitors whether they finish. Besides government bodies, the statute lets 501(c)(3) charities and qualifying 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(19) veterans’ organizations host the work, and any host may accept or refuse it.
The fee and the cover. Under subsection (5), the court assesses an amount of not more than $120 on anyone required to perform useful public service, used by the program for its administration, a general liability policy and, where bought, workers’ compensation cover. Someone sentenced to the work is not a “public employee” for the Governmental Immunity Act, and a government body is not liable for workers’ compensation or unemployment benefits on their account unless it chooses to buy that cover.
Restorative justice. Separately from public service, Boulder County Probation describes voluntary restorative-justice processes open to people harmed and people responsible — high impact dialogues, restorative conversations, circles of support and accountability, family group conferences, community accountability meetings, meaningful community service and letters of apology — and says all of them are voluntary; they are not described as part of a DUI sentence. Probation also lists a supervisor for PACE and the problem-solving court among its units.
Useful public service, section by section
What C.R.S. 42-4-1301.4 says.
| Useful public service | What the statute says | Section |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Work that benefits the public with a minimum of direct supervision or public cost | § 42-4-1301.4(2)(a) |
| What it is not | Work that would endanger the offender’s health or safety | § 42-4-1301.4(2)(a) |
| Who finds the work | The sentencing court, probation, the sheriff and the county commissioners together | § 42-4-1301.4(2)(b) |
| Who may host it | Government bodies, 501(c)(3) charities, and qualifying 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(19) veterans’ organizations | § 42-4-1301.4(3)(c) |
| Deadline | Within the time the court sets | § 42-4-1301.4(2)(b) |
| Fee | Up to $120, assessed by the court for the program’s costs | § 42-4-1301.4(5) |
The number of hours is set by the sentencing provisions for each offense level, on the Colorado page.
Other Colorado pages on this site: Denver, Adams County, Greeley and Douglas County.
Common questions about Boulder DUI cases
When are bond hearings held in Boulder County?
The 20th Judicial District lists Sunday bond hearings at 10am for Boulder County and for Boulder County – Longmont.
What counts as useful public service for a Colorado DUI?
Work that benefits the public with a minimum of direct supervision or public cost, and not work that would endanger the person's health or safety, under C.R.S. 42-4-1301.4(2)(a).
Who arranges DUI public service in Boulder County?
The statute has the sentencing court, probation, the sheriff and the county commissioners cooperate in finding assignments; probation may run a program that assigns and monitors them.
Is there a fee for useful public service in Colorado?
Yes. Section 42-4-1301.4(5) has the court assess up to $120 to cover the program's costs.
When are fines due in a Boulder County DUI case?
The district says all fines and fees are due on the day of sentencing; a payment plan is available with a $25 annual fee.
Can I pay a Boulder County court fine by phone?
No. The court says telephone payments are not accepted; pay at the clerk's window, by post or online.
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More for Colorado
- Colorado DUI law — the full penalty matrix, the statutes, and the rules on priors and interlock
- Denver — the same state, a different courthouse problem
- Colorado Springs and El Paso County — the same state, a different courthouse problem
- Adams County — the same state, a different courthouse problem
- Douglas County — the same state, a different courthouse problem
- Greeley and Weld County — the same state, a different courthouse problem
- Fort Collins and Larimer County — the same state, a different courthouse problem
- Refusing a breathalyzer — what implied consent costs here against what it buys
- How long it stays on your record — three records, three clocks
- SR-22 insurance after a Colorado suspension — what the filing certifies and how long it runs
- Ignition interlock providers and costs in Colorado — in preparation
Sources
- Colorado Judicial Branch, Boulder County — read October 16, 2026
- Colorado Judicial Branch, 20th Judicial District (bond hearing schedule) — read October 16, 2026
- Colorado Judicial Branch, Boulder County Probation — read October 16, 2026
- Colorado Judicial Branch, Collections & Payments D20 — read October 16, 2026
- Colorado Judicial Branch, Boulder County Combined Court — read October 16, 2026
- Colorado Judicial Branch, Boulder County Combined Court – Longmont — read October 16, 2026
- C.R.S. § 42-4-1301.4 (useful public service), colorado.public.law reproduction — read October 16, 2026
- C.R.S. § 42-4-1301(2)(a) and the rest of the Colorado statutes cited on this page — read in force 2026
Court addresses, hours and phone numbers were read from each court’s or office’s own published page on October 16, 2026. Those change without notice; confirm before you rely on them. No judge is named anywhere on this page, because a roster is exactly the kind of detail that goes stale silently.