AGENCY: Department of Natural Resources. Division of Wildlife Resources. Bureau of Law Enforcement

SERIES: 4551
TITLE: Regional citations
DATES: 1923-1995.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by officer's name, thereunder numerical by citation number

DESCRIPTION: These records are created by law enforcement officers of the Division of Wildlife Resources under the authority of UCA 23-20-17 (1990) for the purpose of enforcing hunting and fishing laws and monitoring illegal activities involving wildlife by unauthorized citizens. Any violation of the Wildlife Code is a class A or class B misdemeanor as stated in UCA 23-20-(3-4) (1990) and UCA 23-13-11 (1990) respectively. The citations are used for litigation support, criminal prosecution, recording seizure of property, and justification for license revocations. Information includes date and place of violation, name of individual(s) involved, and a list of equipment seized. The citations consist of five copies.__The pink copy goes to the individual, the gold copy goes to the officer (record series #4578), the yellow copy goes to the region office (this record series), the white copy goes to the court, and the green copy (record copy), on which the final disposition is recorded by the court, goes to this (the Salt Lake) office (record series #4380). Since the Salt Lake office is also a region office they maintain their own yellow copies in a separate file for better administrative efficiency.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

APPROVED: 12/1990

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper copy: Retain in Office for 10 years and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Administrative

These citations can be destroyed after 10 years because cases are either closed or the record's usefulness for revocation or criminal prosecution has been exhausted.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Private

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