AGENCY: District Court (Fifth District : Washington County)

SERIES: 25159
TITLE: Criminal registers of actions
DATES: 1896-1990.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by case number, thereunder chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil, criminal or probate 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 the registers which comprise this series.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 10 years and then microfilm and destroy provided microfilm has passed inspection.

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

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.

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

APPRAISAL

Historical

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 civil actions.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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