AGENCY: District Court (Second District : Morgan County)

SERIES: 30737
TITLE: Civil registers of actions
DATES: 1895-
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by case number and generally chronological by filing date.

DESCRIPTION: This series contains registers used by the court clerk to record all documents filed in each civil case heard by the court. A register of actions may contain the following entries for each civil 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 and disclaimers.

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.

APPRAISAL

Historical

The records in this series have permanent historical value as documentation of civil matters handled by the court and the documents filed in each case.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

---