AGENCY: District Court (Third District : Tooele County)

SERIES: 30663
TITLE: Criminal registers of actions
DATES: 1896-
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by case number and generally chronological by case filing date.

DESCRIPTION: Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil, criminal or probate action are filed together by the court clerk and collectively these documents constitute the case file. As these records or actions are filed, the clerk enters them in the registers which comprise this series.

A register of actions may contain the following entries for each case: name of the attorney for plaintiff and defendant, name of the judge presiding over the case, petitions, complaints, summons, answers to summons, orders from the court, assignment of judges, exhibits, judgment, findings and conclusions, costs, decrees, requests by attorneys for instructions to the jury, verdict, motions for cross complaints or new trials, amendments to previous answers, disclaimers, bonds, and inventories.

RETENTION

Retain permanently

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

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

APPRAISAL

Historical

The records in this series have permanent historical value as summary documentation of criminal cases heard by the court and as finding aids in locating records of criminal cases.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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