What is PACER?

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado is currently a site providing federal court case information on the Internet and through a directly dialed number on a system called PACER. Most courts offer electronic public access through the PACER Service Center, the judiciary's centralized registration, billing, and technical support center. Electronic access is available to court records for the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, U.S - Courts of Appeals (through ABBS), and U.S. Party/Case Index by registering with the PACER Service Center. Each court maintains a separate database with detailed case information for electronic access. Access to PACER is provided directly over the internet and through a directly dialed number.  Whether you access PACER on the Internet or use the dial-up service, you will be required to use a login and password issued by the PACER Service Center. If you do not already have a PACER account, call (800) 676-6856 or (210) 301-6440 to obtain a registration form. You can also apply online here.   It takes about a week to receive a login and password from the PACER Service Center.

The PACER System offers an inexpensive, fast, and comprehensive case information service to any individual with a personal computer (PC) and a modem/internet connection. The PACER information about a particular system permits you to request information about a particular individual or case. The data is displayed directly on your PC screen within a few seconds. The system is simple enough that little user training or documentation is required.

The PACER System offers electronic access to case dockets to retrieve information such as:

• A listing of all parties and participants including judges, attorneys, and trustees
• A compilation of case related information such as cause of action, nature of suit, and dollar demand

• A chronology of dates of case events entered in the case record
• A claims registry
• A listing of new cases each day in the bankruptcy court
• Appellate court opinions Judgments or case status Types of documents filed for certain cases

The PACER System is available days, nights, and weekends. You can verify all updates to active and recently closed cases without having to make repeated trips to the court to review paper records. If there have been no updates, this can be confirmed in seconds.

Accessed directly over the internet, there is a $.08 per page charge for downloading case information. The cost for direct dial service is $.60 a minute. You will be billed on a quarterly basis for pages/time online. You will be allowed to enter a client code of your choosing each time you login to PACER to help facilitate managing the costs. The client code you enter will appear for each transaction on your quarterly statement.