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How to look up a Colombian court case by filing number
What the 23 digits represent, where to run the official search and how to check that you opened the right case.
Open the official filing-number lookupLook up your case nowThe filing number identifies a court case
The Colombian Judiciary lets anyone check current case information through the Unified National Case Lookup. When you know the complete number, filing-number search is the most direct path and avoids mixing people or cases with similar names.
AAAAA BB CC DDD EEEE FFFFF GG
How the 23 digits are grouped
AAAAA · city or municipality
The first five digits locate the municipality of the court handling the case.
BB and CC · court body and specialty
These groups identify the type of court body and its specialty within the judicial structure.
DDD · court office
Three digits complete the identity of the court office that received the case. Leading zeroes must be preserved.
EEEE and FFFFF · year and sequence
Four digits give the filing year and the following five distinguish the case within the court office.
GG · instance
The final two digits distinguish the case instance. First or only instance is normally written as 00.
Official lookup, step by step
Open CPNU
Enter through the Colombian Judiciary portal or the direct filing-number lookup linked in this guide's sources.
Enter all 23 digits
Copy the complete filing number. Spaces or separators can be removed, but not leading zeroes in each group.
Compare the header details
Before reading docket entries, confirm the court, case class, parties and filing date to rule out a mistyped number.
Open the docket entries
Check the date and description of the latest entry. Information published by the court is the official reference.
Look up your case here
Custodio asks the court portal for you, so it can take a few seconds. We ask you for no name, no email and no account: what the lookup leaves behind is a single record, deleted two hours later. How we handle this lookup
The Colombian lookup reads the case in the Judiciary's national case lookup: it tells you what the last action was and when, never the text of the ruling.
This video is narrated in Spanish only; the transcript below is in English.
The video was recorded on the Uruguay guide; on this guide the steps are the same, with this country’s case number and portal.
Read the video transcript
This guide explains how to look up a case file at the Judiciary of Uruguay. First, the site asks about cookies: choose what you prefer.
Inside the guide there is a search box. Type the case number in the format the country uses; here we use a sample case file.
Custodio checks that a person is making the lookup before it goes out to ask. It does not ask for an email or a password, and it does not keep the number you typed.
Look it up. Custodio asks the court portal on your behalf, so it can take a few seconds.
This is what the portal publishes today: the court, the parties and the latest action with its date. The parties appear as initials, because nobody has identified themselves here yet.
At the bottom it says how far this country's lookup reaches. Read it before drawing conclusions: the Uruguayan lookup runs one business day behind and does not cover criminal matters.
Looking once is looking once. With a free account you can put that case file under watch: Custodio checks the portal every day for you and alerts you when a new action appears.
Paste your filing number and we'll flag every new move
We watch the Judiciary for you: an alert the moment there is a new filing, no more checking by hand. With each one, the AI updates the matter status and proposes the deadline that runs; it drafts the reply when you ask.
Create your free accountFrequently asked questions
Does a case lookup cost anything?
No. The Unified National Case Lookup is a public service of the Colombian Judiciary.
How many digits are in a filing number?
The complete number has 23 digits. Leading zeroes are part of the identifier and must not be removed.
Can I search without the filing number?
Yes. CPNU supports person or business-name searches and other criteria, but they can return more than one result.
Does the lookup show the entire digital file?
It shows the information the court publishes in CPNU, including available status and docket entries. Document access can depend on the case and court.
Can I look it up from here?
Yes. This page has a lookup: paste the 23 digits of the radicado and we query the Judiciary's national case lookup for you, with no account and at no cost. You will see the court, the latest action with its date and the parties reduced to initials; the whole case file is read in the official lookup this guide links to, or inside your account. And if you want us to tell you the day the case moves, you create a free account from the result.
Turn a lookup into monitoring
Custodio organizes your filing numbers and highlights what changed since the last review. The AI turns each update into matter status, deadline and draft, and answers questions about your documents.