AGENCY: District Court (Second District)

SERIES: 24550
TITLE: Civil registers of actions
DATES: 1880-1897.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by case number, thereunder chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: Civil cases document the legal process and the administration of justice in conjunction with civil proceedings for the determination of a controversy between parties wherein rights are enforced or protected, or wrongs are prevented or redressed. Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil action are filed together by the court clerk and collectively these documents constitute the case file. As these records or actions are filed, the clerk enters them in these registers along with the filing date. The last volume in this series continued to be used briefly into statehood by Beaver County after it was transferred to the Fifth District Court.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

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

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

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Regional Repository permanently.

APPRAISAL

Historical

Disposition based on the intrinsic value of historic records created by Utah's courts during the Territorial period.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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