duistatelaws.com Key takeaways
- Bond hearings for Weld County are held at 9am on Saturday and Sunday, with out-of-county warrants on Sundays at 10am.
- C.R.S. 42-4-1301.3 has the court consider an alcohol and drug evaluation before sentencing a DUI, with narrow exceptions.
- The evaluation recommends a Level I or Level II program, and the defendant must meet its costs.
- The court says all fines and fees are due on the day of sentencing; a payment plan carries a $25 annual fee.
- The clerk’s windows at the Centennial Center close promptly at 4pm.
- The DMV hearing request is due in 7 days, tied with Washington for the shortest window here.
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 Weld County will make it for you. C.R.S. § 42-2-126(6)(d), (7)(b).
Weld County forms Colorado’s 19th Judicial District, and its courts use three buildings in Greeley: the Weld County Courthouse at 901 9th Avenue, Plaza West at 910 10th Avenue, and the Weld County Centennial Center at 915 10th Street, where the clerk’s windows are. The buildings are open weekdays from 7:30am to 5:30pm.
This page covers what the Judicial Branch publishes for Weld County and what Colorado law requires before a DUI sentence. For the penalties 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 Weld County clerk and courts
The Centennial Center clerk’s office is open Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 4pm according to the main Weld County page (the collections page gives 8am to 4pm for the windows), on 970-475-2400, and opens at 8am on the fourth Wednesday of each month. The court says it accepts no emailed or faxed pleadings and that the windows close promptly at 4pm. File and records questions go to the same number or 19JDRecords@judicial.state.co.us; transcript requests are handled through Plaza West.
The court lists its state-holiday closures in advance — including Thanksgiving and the day after — and notes that bond hearings still run at the Weld County Jail from 9am on the day after Thanksgiving 2026.
Weld County Centennial Center
- Hears
- Clerk’s Office windows and the Court Collections Office
- Building
- Weld County Centennial Center
- Address
- 915 10th Street, Greeley, CO 80631
- Detail
- Windows close promptly at 4pm; no emailed or faxed pleadings accepted
- Hours
- Clerk Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4pm
- Phone
- 970-475-2400
Weld County Courthouse
- Hears
- Weld County courthouse of the 19th Judicial District
- Building
- Weld County Courthouse
- Address
- 901 9th Ave., Greeley, CO 80631
- Detail
- Plaza West, 910 10th Ave., handles transcript requests
- Hours
- Building Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 5:30pm
The 19th Judicial District lists bond hearings in a Webex virtual courtroom on Saturdays and Sundays at 9am, with out-of-county warrants heard on Sundays at 10am. Unlike some other Colorado counties on this site, Weld holds them on both weekend days.
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The DMV clock, and what is due at sentencing
The license. Colorado gives 7 days from the notice to request a hearing from the DMV, independent of anything in Greeley.
Money. The court’s collections page says all fines and fees are due on the day of sentencing. Anyone who cannot pay in full that day fills out an application for a payment plan, online, by email to 19collections@judicial.state.co.us, by fax, or in person at the Court Collections Office on the first floor of the Centennial Center (970-475-2450, weekdays 8am to 4pm), and there is an annual $25 processing fee on every case. Payments can be made online, in person at the clerk’s windows, or by check or money order to Weld County Combined Courts, P.O. Box 2038, Greeley; 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) |
The alcohol and drug evaluation
Colorado normally puts an evaluation between a DUI conviction and the sentence. Section 42-4-1301.3(1)(a) of the Colorado Revised Statutes says that on a conviction under section 42-4-1301 the court shall consider the alcohol and drug evaluation before sentencing. It may go straight to sentencing without it only if the defendant has no prior convictions or pending DUI charges, or the prosecutor and defendant have stipulated to the priors, and neither side objects. Even then, subsection (1)(b) says, the evaluation is done after sentencing and the court orders the education and treatment it recommends; a defendant who disagrees with the recommended program can ask for a hearing.
Subsection (3) has the judicial department run an alcohol and drug driving safety program in every judicial district, with pre- and post-sentence evaluations for everyone convicted of DUI and supervision of those whose sentence requires education or treatment. The report includes the defendant’s prior traffic record, any history of alcohol or drug problems and amenability to rehabilitation, and recommends a program. Level I is short-term didactic education; Level II covers therapeutically oriented education, long-term outpatient and comprehensive residential treatment; both levels are programs approved by the state’s behavioral health administration. The court must tell the defendant to meet all of the program’s financial obligations, and a program that is not paid notifies the court; the statute also lets treatment agencies apply for state money to recover Level II costs for defendants the court finds indigent.
Probation. Weld County Probation serves all communities in the county from offices at 822 7th Street, Suite 200, in Greeley and at 2960 9th Street in Fort Lupton, on 970-475-2800, and publishes a travel permit request form for people on probation.
Weld County bond hearings
From the 19th Judicial District’s bond hearing schedule.
| Weekend bond hearing | Time |
|---|---|
| Saturday | 9am |
| Sunday | 9am |
| Out-of-county warrants, Sunday | 10am |
On the day after Thanksgiving 2026 the court lists bond hearings at the Weld County Jail beginning at 9am.
The other Colorado pages on this site are Denver, Colorado Springs, Adams County and Douglas County.
Common questions about Greeley DUI cases
When are bond hearings in Weld County?
Saturdays and Sundays at 9am in a Webex virtual courtroom; out-of-county warrants on Sundays at 10am.
Do I have to pay my Weld County fine at sentencing?
The court says all fines and fees are due on the day of sentencing. If you cannot pay in full, apply for a payment plan; there is a $25 annual processing fee.
Is an alcohol evaluation required for a DUI in Colorado?
Yes. C.R.S. 42-4-1301.3 has the court consider an alcohol and drug evaluation before sentencing; if it sentences immediately under the narrow exceptions, the evaluation follows and the court orders the recommended program.
What are Level I and Level II DUI classes in Colorado?
Level I is short-term didactic education. Level II covers therapeutically oriented education, long-term outpatient and residential treatment. The court tells the defendant to meet the program's costs; agencies can seek state money for Level II costs of indigent defendants.
Where is the Weld County clerk's office?
At the Centennial Center, 915 10th Street, Greeley, open weekdays 7:30am to 4pm; the windows close promptly at 4pm.
Can I pay a Weld County court fine by phone?
No. The court says telephone payments are not accepted; pay online, in person or by mail.
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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
- Boulder — 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, Weld County — read October 10, 2026
- Colorado Judicial Branch, 19th Judicial District (bond hearing schedule) — read October 10, 2026
- Colorado Judicial Branch, Weld County collections and online payments — read October 10, 2026
- Colorado Judicial Branch, Weld County Probation — read October 10, 2026
- C.R.S. § 42-4-1301.3 (alcohol and drug evaluation; driving safety program), colorado.public.law reproduction — read October 10, 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 10, 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.