What are pre-trial services?

For certain crimes, usually for felonies or more serious misdemeanors, the court will order you to be put on pretrial services. This is basically parole before trial. This is the court’s way of keeping you around and making sure you don’t commit any crimes while awaiting your trial date. Not everyone is required to be on pretrial services. It is usually for felony charges that you will be required to go to pretrial services. When you are on pretrial services, you have to be on your best behavior. A condition of pretrials services is that you do not do drugs or alcohol, this requirement gets a lot of people in trouble so be aware of your actions while on pretrial services.

What do I have to do on pretrial services?

1) Check-In

Pretrial services will request that you check in with them. They can require you to check in anywhere from every day to a few times a month.This could be anything from checking in with a diversion officer, checking into court to random urine analysis testing. Your specific pretrial requirements will be given to you on your pretrial services supervision agreement. You will have to call a check in line. The check in line will then tell you if you are checked in.

To call the check in line:

a) Dial 303. 271. 6500 from any touchtone telephone

b) Press #1 to check in if there are no changes to your contact information (if you do have changes to your information you must contact your case manager directly.)

c) Enter your SSN

d) Press #1 to verify the SSN you entered is correct

e) Listen to the recording of your next scheduled Court appearance (if this information seems wrong from the information that you have, contact your case manager.)

f) Once the message indicates that your check in has been successfully completed, you may hang up.

2) Travel Permit Process 

While on pretrial services, you are required to notify and get permission from the court before you can travel out of the state. Part of pretrial services is to make sure you don’t try to leave the state without resolving the pending criminal case against you. This means you have to submit a travel permit request before you are able to travel out of the state. All travel permit requests must be completed in person. A minimum of two business weeks is required to process the request. You are required to have the following information in order to complete the permit request.

a) Name/Address/Telephone number of the person you will be staying with

b) The dates you wish to travel outside of the state of Colorado

c) The purpose of your travel request

d) Method of travel (flying/train/driving)

e) Names of anyone accompanying you

f) Consent of Surety from bondsman or cosigner on bond (Does not apply to personal recognizance or self-posted cash bonds)

3) Pretrial Fee Information

Of course, there is nothing you can do about having to pay to be on the services that the court requires you to be on. The system is a money making machine and this is just another way they make you pay fines.

Acceptable forms of payment:

a) Cash (exact amount only)

b) Credit or Debit Card (Visa or MasterCard only)

c) Money order (made payable to Jefferson County Treasurer C/O pretrial services)

Payments may be made in person at the Jefferson County Pretrial Services office or mailed to:

Jefferson County Pretrial Services

100 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 1500

Golden, CO 80419-1050

Remember! These specific rules are for JEFFERSON COUNTY contact the county you have pretrial services in to get specific rules for those counties.

This is what it looks like when you leave the court with pretrial services information. Every county will require you to do something different.