AGENCY: District Court (Seventh District : San Juan County)

SERIES: 26230
TITLE: Criminal registers of action
DATES: 1896-1986.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by case number, thereunder chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: Traditionally district courts, including Seventh District Court (San Juan County), created a register of actions for each criminal case heard before the court. The register commenced when the accusation was filed, and thereafter the court listed each action until the case was dismissed or resolved with a conviction or acquittal. For each case the court clerk identified the defendants, the crime of which he was accused, a court assigned case number, and the names of representing attorneys. For each action the clerk listed the type of action taken and the date on which that action was taken. Registers of action are case summaries which provide reference to additional records. Court assigned case numbers listed in the registers are a guide to case files which contain all of the important documents related to the case.

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 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 actions.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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