AGENCY: District Court (First District : Rich County)

SERIES: 29731
TITLE: Civil and probate case indexes
DATES: ca. 1884-1947.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by surname.

DESCRIPTION: This is series contains indexes to civil and probate cases. Both types of cases are recorded together within the same indexes. These indexes were created by the court to record the names of the parties involved in civil and probate actions and provide assigned case numbers to facilitate access to and clerical management of case files. The indexes contain names of the involved parties in individual cases as well as the file number associated with each case.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is proposed and has not yet been approved.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 50 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

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

M-Disc: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This series has permanent value as a tool for accessing historical case files.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Exempt. As per Utah Code 78B-6-141 adoption records are sealed for 100 years and only attainable by court order. This series includes references to adoptions

Private. This series includes records of evaluation of mental competence of individuals. Records are considered private for 75 years if the individual was over 21 years old, and 100 years if under 21 at the time of evaluation (Utah Code 63G-2-310)

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