City of Boulder · court
Municipal Court
“The Boulder Municipal Court has jurisdiction over violations of city ordinances, including traffic, photo enforcement, parking, animal and misdemeanor criminal offenses that have occurred within the Boulder city limits.” source as of 2026-10-30
Who runs it
AI-read · unreviewed read by a model from the city's pages, the Charter, the code and the budget books; every quote checked against its saved source; not reviewed by a person. Hover a source for its words.Researcher's note: Kind court. The Charter splits the court's leadership: the council-appointed presiding judge (Sec. 86) and the court administrator under the city manager. Livestreaming of proceedings is paused at the Colorado Supreme Court's direction, per the court's page banner.
- Head
- Jeff H. Cahn, Presiding Judge as of 2026-10-30 source source; De'Von Kissick Kelly, Court Administrator as of 2026-10-30 source source
- Answers to
- City Council. The City Council appoints, evaluates and compensates the presiding judge, with power to remove for cause (Charter Sec. 86; Sec. 12). The court's administration is a city department: the court administrator, in effect its department director, reports to the city manager, who appointed the current administrator. Head appointed by City Council, City Manager. source source source source as of 2026-10-30
- Legal basis
- Charter Sec. 86 · governs · Municipal court judges source
- Charter Sec. 87 · governs · Jurisdiction of municipal court source
- Charter Sec. 12 · governs · Specific duties of council source
- Contact
- 303-441-1841 · bouldermunicipalcourt@bouldercolorado.gov · 1777 6th Street · 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday · contact page source source source as of 2026-10-30
Boards and commissions it staffs
not applicable: No board or commission names the Municipal Court as its staff: checked the staff_liaison field of every body file in governance/bodies/ and the staff-liaison list (2026-10-30), and the court's main, about and services pages, which name no board.
Budget
from the city's approved budget books; each figure printed, to the dollar, in its source (hover a source for its words). A year may come from a different book or table than the next: the table says what each covers| Year | Basis | Amount | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | approved | $2,650,215 | All funds: department expenses, 2024 Approved Budget department page total (the 2026 book's FY2024 column prints the same) source |
| 2025 | approved | $2,768,075 | All funds: department expenses, 2025 Approved Budget department page total (the 2026 book's FY2025 column prints the same) source |
| 2026 | approved | $2,709,514 | All funds: department expenses, 2026 Annual Budget (department budget by program and expense type table; the department page prints the same total) source source |
Divisions
in the city's own words; heads only where an official source names them- Administration
“The Administration program is responsible for achieving department goals and objectives; managing budgetary and financial information; data analysis and process improvement; assuring adherence to policies and regulations; and leading, developing and supervising court staff.” source - Adjudication
“The judge handles everything that happens in the courtroom.” source - Case Management
“The purpose of this program is to discourage criminal activity through management of current violations coupled with education and assistance to address the underlying causes of criminal activity.” source
What a resident can do here
services and programs, linked to the city's pages- Municipal Court Services source
- Photo Traffic Enforcement source
- Municipal Court Jury Duty source
- Municipal Court Records, Forms and Requests source
- Record Sealing source
- Community Court source
- Municipal Court Ordered Classes and Service Providers source
- Aggressive Animal Cases source
- Property and Evidence Retrieval source