AGENCY: District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County)
SERIES: 6381
TITLE: Miscellaneous case files
DATES: 1940-1992.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by miscellaneous case number.
DESCRIPTION: Collection of all documents and actions filed with the court clerk in connection with individual court actions providing documentation of the proceeding from initial filing through disposition or dismissal. These are filed together by the court clerk, who is required by the Rules of Civil Procedure to file pleadings and other legal papers. The case files document the legal process and the administration of justice in conjunction with miscellaneous cases that do not involve a hearing and generally need only the formality of a judge's signature for approval and thus take up little judicial time. Ex parte proceedings are common. They are distinguished from series 1622, Civil case files, which involve disputed cases wherein issues are more complex and proceedings more protracted.
RETENTION
DISPOSITION
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
These records are in Archives' permanent custody.
APPROVED: 06/1997
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office for 5 years and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 45 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.
Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Microfiche master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Microfiche duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
APPRAISAL
Administrative Historical Legal
This disposition is based on the 1995 records retention policy of the Judicial Council. The historical, administrative, and legal value of the case files provide documentation about individuals, legal procedure, court history and functions, and other topics useful to legal researchers and historians.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public. UCA 63G-2-301 (1) (f) provides that judicial records are public unless restricted by the rules of criminal or civil procedure