Civil Division

Colorado State Law mandates that all Sheriff’s Offices within the State must maintain a Civil Division. The Civil Division is responsible for the service of all civil papers received by the Sheriff’s Office. The Civil Division also executes all court orders involving civil process issued by the Courts. The Civil Division is comprised of the Administrative Department and the Patrol Division.

Papers received by the Montezuma County Sheriff's Office for service must be accompanied by the corresponding service fee. Mileage fees will be invoiced after the service (or non-service) has been completed. We accept business checks (with business name imprinted), attorney trust account checks, money orders, certified bank checks, personal checks and cash. Temporary checks and credit cards are not accepted. Fees are based upon the type of document being served. Our office will retain a $16.00 non-service fee plus the mileage fees for papers that were attempted but not successfully served.

Please provide a cover letter detailing the following (the more details you provide to our office the better the chances are for successful service):

5. Any specific rules of service for your jurisdiction (i.e.: sub-service, posting, etc.)

6. Make sure that your return address is on the cover letter so that we may mail the Return of Service back to you once it has been completed.

7. State whether or not the Return of Service should be notarized (an additional fee of $2.00 will be charged for this service).

Note that we require at least 10 business days from the date we receive your papers to attempt service.

The Montezuma County Sheriff's Office can not guarantee service. Please call 970-565-8452 Ext 319 if you have questions. FAX 970-565-3731

DOCUMENT	FEE	TIME*

Certificate of Levy	$ 75.00	ASAP
Certificate of Purchase	$ 35.00	10 days
Certificate of Redemption	$ 35.00	ASAP
Child Support	$ 35.00	10 days
Citation – Contempt	$ 35.00	20 days
Citation – Other	$ 35.00	48 hrs
Deed (Sheriff’s)	$ 40.00	ASAP
Demand for Payment	$ 30.00	ASAP
Demand for Possession	$ 30.00	ASAP
Emergency Protection Order	$ 0.00	ASAP
Interrogatories	$ 35.00	ASAP
Judgment and Decree	$ 35.00	ASAP
Motion	$ 30.00	10 days
Notice and Summons to Appear	$ 30.00	15 days
Notice of Action	$ 30.00	10 days
Notice of Hearing	$ 30.00	5 days
Notice of Levy	$ 75.00	ASAP
Notice of Sheriff’s Sale	$ 30.00	ASAP
Notice to Quit	$ 30.00	ASAP
Notice to Vacate	$ 30.00	ASAP
Notice – Other	$ 30.00	5 days
Order to Show Cause (contempt)	$ 30.00	5 days
Order to Show Cause (other)	$ 30.00	5 days
Order – Other	$ 30.00	5 days
Release of Levy / Attachment	$ 35.00	ASAP
Restraining Order – Civil	$ 30.00	Within 24 hrs
Restraining Order – Domestic	$ 0.00	Within 24 hrs
Sheriff’s Sale	$ 30.00	ASAP
Subpoena – Civil	$ 60.00	48 hrs
Subpoena – Criminal	$ 7.50	48 hrs
Summons and Complaint
- Civil	$ 35.00	10 days
- Criminal	$ 15.00	48 hrs
- Delinquency (Juvenile)	$ 35.00	2 days
- Dependency & Neglect	$ 15.00	5 days
- Dissolution of Marriage	$ 35.00	ASAP
- Unlawful Detainer (FED)	$ 35.00	5 days
Writ of Attachment – Service	$ 75.00	ASAP
Writ of Attachment – Execution	$ 75.00	Within 20 days of receipt.
Writ of Continuing Garnishment	$ 20.00	ASAP
Writ of Execution	$ 60.00	ASAP
Writ of Garnishment/Child Support	$ 20.00	ASAP
Writ of Garn. – Notice Exempt/Levy	$ 20.00	ASAP
Writ of Habeas Corpus	$ 35.00	ASAP
Writ of Replevin – Service	$ 75.00	ASAP
Writ of Replevin – Execution	$ 75.00	ASAP
Writ of Restitution – Service	$ 75.00	ASAP

All service attempts will be invoiced at $0.45 per mile.

* If hours or days are indicated, denotes number of days / hours to be served before the actual court date.

If you have any questions regarding the Civil Division, feel free to call (970) 565-8452 extension 319.

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