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

SERIES: 28268
TITLE: Case file indexes
DATES: 1888-1991.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by case number.

DESCRIPTION: This series contains various indexes created by the Seventh District Court in San Juan County. Indexes help provide access to case files created in the civil, criminal, and probate divisions of the court. The criminal and probate indexes in this series offer the most detailed information for researchers, as they include the case number, names of parties involved, and the date each case came before the 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.

APPRAISAL

Historical

Disposition is based on the critical nature of these records in helping provide access to the civil, criminal, and probate case files created by the court.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Exempt. UCA 78-30-15 (2008). As of 1 July 1999, adoptions become public after 100 years; until then they are sealed and only obtainable through the court. These indexes include occasional reference to adoptions.

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