AGENCY: District Court (First District : Rich County)

SERIES: 29732
TITLE: Civil registers of actions
DATES: 1896-1978
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by case number and generally chronological by filing date.

DESCRIPTION: Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil action are filed together by the court clerk and collectively constitute the case file. As records or actions are filed, the clerk enters them into a register. This series comprises registers of action for civil cases and contain such information as the name of the plaintiffs and defendants, names of attorneys, petitions, complaints, summons and answers to summons, orders from the court, findings, and judgments as well as the date each action was filed.

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 summary documentation of civil cases heard by the court.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Exempt. This series includes records pertaining to adoptions that are restricted for 100 years under Utah Code 78B-6-141. These entries have been redacted in the reference copy of the series.

Private. This series includes records of evaluation of mental competence that are private for 75 years if the individual was over 21 years old and 100 years if the individual was under 21 (Utah Code 63G-2-310). Entries redacted from reference copy.

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