AGENCY: District Court (Eighth District : Duchesne County)

SERIES: 10297
TITLE: Criminal register of actions
DATES: 1915-1986.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by case number, thereunder chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: This series documents the individual criminal cases tried by the Fourth District Court for Duchesne County. Actions taken in each case are recorded on separate documents and then filed together to become the case file. As these documents enter the case file they are recorded in the Criminal registers of Actions.

Registers function as a chronological list of the actions taken in each criminal cases. A register of actions can contain the following: attorney for plaintiff and defendant, name of the judge presiding over the case, petitions, complaint, summons, answers to summons, orders from the court, assignment of judges, exhibits, judgment, findings and conclusions, costs, decrees, requests by the attorneys for instructions to the jury, verdict, motions for cross complaints or new trials, amendments to previous answers, and disclaimers.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office until microfilmed and then destroy provided microfilm has passed inspection.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Historical Legal

This disposition is based on the legal and historical value of the District Court REGISTERS OF ACTIONS. The court clerk is required by law [UCA X, (79) (a)] to keep register of actions that functions as a chronological list of papers filed and fees paid which relate to individual actions.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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