Chaves County Court Dockets
A docket is the court's running schedule or activity list for a case. In Chaves County, docket information may mean a published hearing calendar from the Fifth Judicial District, a Case Lookup entry showing hearing dates or docket events, or a municipal court schedule that must be checked directly with the city court. The docket helps answer when a case is set, which court is handling it, and what type of event appears next.
A docket does not replace the full court record. The full record may include pleadings, orders, evidence, judgments, sentencing documents, payment records, and other filed documents. Public Case Lookup can show docket and case data, but New Mexico Courts materials state that it does not provide documents. When a docket entry is unclear or missing, the court that holds the case is the controlling source.
Chaves County District Court Dockets
The Chaves County District Court docket page publishes hearings for the current day plus six days. It is the most direct online calendar source for District Court hearings in Roswell. District Court is the general-jurisdiction trial court for felony, major civil, domestic relations, juvenile, mental-health, lower-court appeal, and district-level probate dispute matters in Chaves County.
The docket page is a short-range calendar, not a complete case-history tool. If a hearing is outside the visible window, recently changed, sealed, omitted, or set in a different court, the absence of a hearing on that page does not prove no case exists. Use the docket page for the near-term schedule, then use Case Lookup or the District Court clerk for the case record.
District Court's published calendar is useful for immediate hearing checks, while the court clerk remains the fallback for changes, omissions, or copy requests.
Chaves County Magistrate Dockets
The Chaves County Magistrate Court docket page also shows hearings for the current day plus six days. Magistrate Court in Roswell handles limited civil claims, landlord-tenant matters, misdemeanors, DWI/DUI, traffic violations, and felony preliminary hearings. It is a key docket source because many cases begin or remain at the Magistrate Court level.
Roswell Magistrate Court is located at 400 N. Virginia Ave., Ste. G-1, and the records-request email listed by the Fifth Judicial District is rosmpublic@nmcourts.gov. The phone number is 575-624-6088. Magistrate Court hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the research notes that it is open during lunch.
The Magistrate Court docket source shows the separate near-term calendar for the limited-jurisdiction court.
Because Magistrate Court can handle traffic, DWI, misdemeanor, and preliminary felony events, its docket should be checked before assuming a case is in District Court.
Find Chaves County Dockets Online
For a broader Chaves County court docket search, use New Mexico Case Lookup. The date tools can search by filing date or hearing date, and a name search can be narrowed by court type and court location. That makes Case Lookup useful when the published current-week docket is too narrow or when the case number is unknown.
- Start with the District Court or Magistrate Court docket page if the hearing should occur within the current day plus six days.
- Open Case Lookup if the date is outside that window or if only a party name is known.
- Use Last First Middle name format, then narrow by District 504 - Roswell or Magistrate 7 - Roswell when appropriate.
- Use Hearing Date instead of Filing Date when the goal is to locate a court setting.
- Call or email the court if timing, courtroom, appearance method, or a missing hearing matters.
The Case Lookup date search is helpful, but it should not be treated as a same-day appearance guarantee. Courts can continue, reset, seal, or correct hearings. For Chaves County District Court, use rosdfax@nmcourts.gov or 575-622-2212. For Roswell Magistrate Court, use rosmpublic@nmcourts.gov or 575-624-6088.
Chaves County Docket Entries
Research did not capture a named case sample from Case Lookup because clicking public case results can expose unrelated personal data. The court-record field model and docket inventory still show the fields a reader should expect to interpret. Docket entries are chronological. They usually tell what was filed, set, heard, continued, resolved, or ordered.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case Number | The court type, Chaves location code, case category, and case number. |
| Hearing Date | The scheduled event date when the docket entry relates to a hearing. |
| Event Type | A filing, notice, hearing, motion, order, judgment, sentence, continuance, warrant, or payment event. |
| Party or Defendant | The person or party tied to the case, with protected identifiers limited in public display. |
| Disposition | The result or current outcome of the case or charge when entered. |
| Financial Event | Payment, fee, fine, or cost activity when the court record includes it. |
Definitions matter. A docket is the chronological activity list. A disposition is the outcome. A continuance means a date was postponed. A judgment is the court's final decision or sentence. A register of actions is another term for the official event list.
Chaves County Docket Courts
Chaves County docket searches should match the court level to the case type. District Court and Magistrate Court have official Fifth Judicial District docket pages. Municipal matters need more caution because statewide public Case Lookup municipal data is limited to criminal Domestic Violence and DWI historic convictions from September 1, 1991. Roswell Municipal Court handles misdemeanor criminal and traffic offenses inside city limits and city ordinance matters.
| Court | Docket Role | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Chaves County District Court | Felony, major civil, family, juvenile, mental-health, appeals, and district-level probate disputes. | 575-622-2212; rosdfax@nmcourts.gov |
| Roswell Magistrate Court | Limited civil, landlord-tenant, misdemeanors, DWI/DUI, traffic, and felony preliminary hearings. | 575-624-6088; rosmpublic@nmcourts.gov |
| Roswell Municipal Court | City-limit misdemeanor, traffic, and ordinance matters. | 575-624-6725; r.garcia@roswellnmcourts.gov for municipal court records. |
| Other municipal courts | Dexter, Hagerman, Lake Arthur, and other local municipal matters when applicable. | Use the official New Mexico Municipal Courts contact list. |
The Fifth Judicial District magistrate judges source gives local Magistrate Court judge and contact context for Chaves County docket routing.
Knowing which judge or division is tied to a court level can help a caller ask the clerk about the correct docket rather than the wrong office.
Chaves County Municipal Dockets
Roswell Municipal Court is a separate city court at 420 N. Richardson. The official city material says it adjudicates misdemeanor criminal and traffic offenses occurring within city limits and violations of adopted ordinances. Cases can be initiated by the Police Department, Code Enforcement, Animal Services, Zoning, Building, and Fire officials. Anyone entering the courtroom is subject to electronic search.
The Roswell Municipal Court directory lists court staff and contact information, including the court address and phone. For Roswell municipal court records, the city IPRA page identifies Ron Garcia at r.garcia@roswellnmcourts.gov or 575-624-6725. Use that direct municipal court contact before treating the citywide records portal as the only route.
The Roswell Municipal Court directory source is included in the docket image set because city-limit cases may not be fully visible through statewide public lookup.
That local contact is important for city traffic, ordinance, and municipal criminal dockets, especially when Case Lookup has limited municipal data.
The broader New Mexico Municipal Courts contact list can help locate Chaves-area municipal courts outside Roswell.
Municipal contacts prevent small-city cases from being incorrectly routed only to the Roswell or District Court clerk.
Docket vs Full Case Record
A Chaves County court docket is best for timing and progress. A full case record is best for the actual filed material. A docket entry may say that a motion was filed, a hearing was set, or a judgment was entered, but the document itself may need to be requested from the court clerk. Public Case Lookup does not provide documents, and re:SearchNM access depends on user profile.
| Docket | Full Case Record | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Calendar or chronological event list. | Filed pleadings, orders, notices, judgments, and related documents. |
| Best Use | Check hearing dates, event status, and case progress. | Review legal filings, obtain certified copies, or verify the contents of an order. |
| Access | District and Magistrate docket pages, Case Lookup, or direct court contact. | Court clerk, Judiciary IPRA, or authorized re:SearchNM access. |
| Limits | Short date window, omissions, sealed matters, or recent changes. | Fees, restricted records, redactions, and document-access rules. |
Missing Chaves County Dockets
A missing docket entry can mean several things. The hearing may be outside the current-day-plus-six-days docket window. It may have been reset or continued. The case may be in Magistrate Court instead of District Court, or in a municipal court rather than the state trial court system. Some juvenile, protection order, adoption, mental health, sealed, or expungement-related matters may be restricted from public display.
When a missing hearing has real consequences, confirm with the clerk. For District Court, the Fifth District location page lists 400 N. Virginia Ave., Roswell, 575-622-2212, and rosdfax@nmcourts.gov. For Magistrate Court, it lists 400 N. Virginia Ave., Ste. G-1, 575-624-6088, and rosmpublic@nmcourts.gov. For Roswell Municipal Court, use the municipal court phone or records contact.
Note: A docket page omission should not be treated as proof that a hearing, warrant, or court deadline no longer exists.
The Roswell public-records source identifies city records channels, including municipal court record contact options.
City records access is a separate fallback when a docket belongs to Roswell Municipal Court rather than the Fifth Judicial District.
The Fifth Judicial District CJCC source shows local justice-system coordination that can affect court operations and docket context.
CJCC materials are not a docket search tool, but they are official context for Chaves County criminal justice scheduling and court-system coordination.