This is general information about Colorado courts and Denver parking procedure, not advice about your specific situation. Court rooms, hours, and fees change; confirm details with the court before you go.
If a ticket, a summons, or a website sent you to 1437 Bannock St., Room 140, Denver, CO 80202, the short answer is this: that address is the Denver City & County Building, and Room 140 is Denver County Court's parking citations counter. It is a service window on the first floor, not a courtroom — and it is one of at least six different court offices spread through the same building. This post covers what Room 140 does, the deadline that governs it, and how to tell whether you were sent to the right room at all.
What is at 1437 Bannock St., Room 140?
Room 140 is the parking citations counter of Denver County Court, open Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with the Parking Violations Bureau reachable at 1-866-280-9988, per the court's own room and contact directory. The building it sits in is the Denver City & County Building, which the Colorado Judicial Branch lists as the home of Denver District Court's civil and domestic matters — that state page gives the same building hours of 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with a main line of (303) 606-2300. So one address, two entirely different court systems, and a room number that decides which one you are dealing with.
How long do I have to dispute a Denver parking ticket?
Twenty calendar days from the date the citation was issued. Denver County Court's parking page states that if you want to contest a citation "you must do so within 20 calendar days of issuance," and directs you to appear in person at 1437 Bannock St., Room 140 to schedule a Final Hearing before a judicial officer. The city's own Tickets, Towing & Disputes guidance sets the same 20-day limit from the other side of the counter, so this is not one page's idiosyncrasy. That deadline is Denver's to set, not the state's: the Colorado Judicial Branch's Denver County Court page explains that Denver runs a separate county court with its own website, rather than being served through the state court system. Note what the court's page does and does not say — it describes in-person scheduling, so plan on going in unless the court tells you otherwise.
What happens at the hearing, and what if I lose?
Losing costs you the fine plus $26.00 in court costs — and not showing up costs exactly the same. That is the number to plan around, per Denver County Court's parking page: if the judicial officer upholds the ticket, or if you simply fail to appear, judgment enters against you for the amount the court imposes plus $26.00. Weigh it against the fine itself before you commit to a hearing — most common Denver parking violations, including a meter violation, run $35.00 under the city's published fine schedule (effective 2/1/2022), so on a routine ticket the downside is close to doubling what you already owe.
What you get for that risk is a real hearing. The court's parking page puts the burden where you would want it: "the city will be required to prove the validity of the citation," and "you may present your defense." Because Denver County Court sits outside the state system, the resulting judgment lives in Denver's own records rather than the state's, as the Colorado Judicial Branch's Access Guide to Public Records makes clear.
What if my ticket is already more than 20 days old?
Two narrower windows are left, and both ask more of you than the first one did. The Denver County Court parking page describes them: for citations 21 to 120 days old, a Final Hearing is no longer available, but a general motion may be filed asking the court to review the citation; past 120 days, a default judgment has already been entered against you for the fine plus late fees, and the remaining move is a motion asking the judge to set that judgment aside. The city's Tickets, Towing & Disputes page describes the same escalation. These windows are Denver's own to set — the Colorado Judicial Branch's Denver County Court page confirms Denver operates a separate county court outside the state trial-court system, so no state deadline overrides them. The practical read: every window you miss trades an argument about the ticket for an argument about why the court should reopen it.
Am I even in the right room at 1437 Bannock?
Not if your case is criminal — criminal matters are not at 1437 Bannock at all. Denver County Court's criminal and municipal divisions sit at 520 West Colfax Avenue, Room 160 (7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m., 720-337-0410) per the court's directory, and the Colorado Judicial Branch confirms that Denver District Court's criminal matters are likewise at the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse, 520 West Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80204 — a different building about half a mile away. That is the single most common wrong trip to 1437 Bannock.
If your matter is civil, domestic, probate, traffic, or parking, you are in the right building — but probably not the right floor. The state's Denver location page places Denver District Court's Clerk's Office in Room 256 and the Jury office in Room 431 (jury line (303) 606-2305), and the Colorado Judicial Branch's Denver Probate Court page puts Probate in Room 230 (303-606-2303), at the end of the hall on the right off the second-floor elevator. On the county-court side, the court's directory lists Room 140 for parking, Room 135 for the Traffic & Civil Clerk's Office (720-865-7840), and Room 281 for the Civil Self Help Center (720-865-7819) — all Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Room 135's traffic division also hears photo-enforcement (photo radar) cases.
Why can't I find my Denver case on the Colorado courts website?
Because Denver County Court is administered separately from the state courts — that is the Colorado Judicial Branch's own wording in its Access Guide to Public Records, which routes Denver County records and data requests directly to coradatarequests@denvercountycourt.org rather than through the state branch. The separation runs deeper than records: Denver's judges are outside the state judicial nominating-commission process entirely ("Denver County is not part of the state system and this process does not apply to their judges"), and Denver is not a combined court but four constitutionally separate ones — County, District, Probate, and Juvenile. If a state-portal case search comes back empty, that is usually the explanation, not an error.
How do I get an interpreter or a disability accommodation?
Ask early — the court asks for at least five days' notice. Federal regulation is on your side here: under 28 C.F.R. § 35.160, a public entity must furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services and "shall give primary consideration to the requests of individuals with disabilities" in deciding which aids are needed. Denver County Court's accessibility page routes those requests to its ADA Coordinator at 1437 Bannock Street, Room 111 (720-865-7832), and asks for them at least five (5) business days before your visit. For language access, the court's interpreter page says it provides interpreters in over 140 spoken languages plus ASL and CART, recommends requesting at least 5 days ahead, and notes that no request is needed for Spanish because multiple Spanish interpreters are on site every day.
Write it down before you stand in line
Whatever room you are headed to at 1437 Bannock, the people behind the counter respond to specifics on paper: the citation number, the date, the times and places, and a clear statement of what you are asking for. The building closes its counters at 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, per the Colorado Judicial Branch's Denver location listing, so a trip that ends in "come back with documentation" costs you a whole day. Drafting your account before you go also forces you to notice which facts you can actually prove.
If you are holding a Denver parking citation, you do not need a blank page. Our free Denver parking-ticket defense pages hand you a fill-in-the-blanks Final Hearing statement — the document Room 140 is scheduling you to deliver — for the three disputes that come up most: a broken meter, a missing or obscured sign, and a spot you had already paid for. Each one cites the relevant section of the Denver Revised Municipal Code, listed on the city's parking ordinances page, and comes with the evidence checklist to bring with it.
Frequently asked questions
What is at 1437 Bannock St., Room 140, Denver, CO 80202? Room 140 is Denver County Court's parking citations counter, open Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. per the court's directory, inside the Denver City & County Building that also houses Denver District Court's civil and domestic divisions.
How long do I have to dispute a Denver parking ticket? Twenty calendar days from issuance, with in-person scheduling of a Final Hearing at Room 140, per the Denver County Court parking page — a deadline set by Denver's own court, which the Colorado Judicial Branch notes is separate from the state system.
What happens if I lose the hearing or don't show up? Judgment enters for the amount the court imposes plus $26.00 in court costs, per the court's parking page; the resulting record sits in Denver's own system rather than the state's, per the Access Guide to Public Records.
Is my criminal case at 1437 Bannock Street? No — criminal matters are at the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse, 520 West Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80204, per the Colorado Judicial Branch's Denver District Court page, with Denver County Court's criminal and municipal divisions in Room 160 there.
Why can't I find my Denver case on the Colorado state courts website? Denver County Court is administered separately from the state courts and keeps its own records, so requests go to coradatarequests@denvercountycourt.org — see the Access Guide to Public Records.
How do I request an interpreter or a disability accommodation? Contact the ADA Coordinator at Room 111, 720-865-7832, at least five business days ahead, per the court's accessibility page; federal rules require primary consideration of your requested aid under 28 C.F.R. § 35.160.