AGENCY: Spanish Fork (Utah)

SERIES: 30434
TITLE: Justice court dockets
DATES: 1866-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date of case.

DESCRIPTION: This series contains bound volumes maintained by the justice court documenting cases heard before the court. Dockets typically contains information such as the name of the parties involved in each case, the date of the case, a summary of the charges, a summary of the proceedings, the decision on the case, and the consequences imposed, if any. The earliest records were handwritten and most contain an index compiled by the record-keeper at the front of the ledger. Common charges include selling liquor without a license, assault and battery, disturbing the peace, property damage, and profanity. Other charges include fast riding or reckless driving, larceny, gambling, maintaining a common nuisance or disorderly house, and brandishing a deadly weapon. In the earliest dockets, civil cases such as debt and delinquency were also heard by the justice court, but later dockets only document criminal misdemeanors. It appears that early dockets were kept individually by each judge, which accounts for the overlap in dates covered by those particular records.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Agency history records, GRS-1723

AUTHORIZED: 11/01/2022

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office until administrative value has been met and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

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

APPRAISAL

Historical

Records in this series are of permanent historical value as documentation of court processes and everyday life.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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