Series 14157
District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County) Miscellaneous civil and criminal file registers of actions
Dates: 1925-1977.
1 microfilm reel
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Historical Note
An agency history is available.
Scope and Content
The registers of actions are the official record of all documents and actions filed with the court clerk in connection with individual cases. As documents or court actions are filed, the clerk makes a notation in the volumes which comprise this series showing the nature of each paper filed and the substance of each order of the court. Such papers and actions include petitions, notices, and applications initiating the court action, waivers and documents consenting to extradition, depositions relating to cases pending in out-of- state courts, inquests into the deaths of Salt Lake County residents, relinquishment of newborn children for adoption, releases signed by unmarried, pregnant women agreeing to a financial settlement and freeing the alleged fathers from further financial responsibility, court-ordered sterilization of mentally retarded individuals, letters, transcripts, exhibit documents, subpoenas, notices, invitations to judges of other district courts to sit in Third DistrictCourt, requests to appoint individuals as a judge pro tempore in order to perform a marriage ceremony for friends, and judge's orders or decrees, including approval of newspapers for publication of legal notices, approval to dispose of accumulated evidence, and an order sealing adoption orders.
The registers of actions 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 (1896-present), which involve disputed cases wherein issues are more complex and proceedings more protracted.
In addition to recording the filing of documents placed in cases files, the county clerk used volumes 1 and 2 to note other miscellaneous information. An alphabetic list of vital statistics registrars and deputies taking theconstitutional oath of office in 1921 was made on page 30 of volume 1 while a record of bounty vouchers issued by the clerk between 1944 and 1964 was maintained at the back of volumes 1 and 2.
Research Note
Researchers should first consult the indices found at the beginning of each volume. Individual cases are identified by the book and page number on which the case is recorded. Since July 1939, multiple cases have been entered on a single page. Distinct actions appearing on the same page are all identified by the same number.
Research Note
Researchers should first consult the indices found at the beginning of each volume. Individual cases are identified by the book and page number on which the case is recorded. Since July 1939, multiple cases have been entered on a single page. Distinct actions appearing on the same page are all identified by the same number.
Images Available
This series is available on microfilm.
Access Restrictions
This series is designated as Public: UCA 63G-2-301 (1) (f) states that all judicial records are public unless a court orders the records restricted under the rules of criminal or civil procedure.
Reproduction and Use
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Finding Aids
Indexes: An alphabetic index appears at the beginning of each volume.
Related Records
Miscellaneous case files from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 6381, include the original documents filed with the clerk as recorded in the registers of actions.
Miscellaneous case files (restricted) from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 14156, include the original documents filed with the clerk as recorded in the registers of actions.
Indexing Terms
Court records--Utah--Salt Lake County.
Criminal courts--Utah--Salt Lake County.
Trials--Utah--Salt Lake County.
| REEL | VOLUME | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | 1 | 1925 Jan 05 - 1949 Apr 01 |
| 1 | 2 | 1949 Oct 10 - 1962 Oct 30 |
| 1 | 3 | 1962 Nov 28 - 1966 May 31 |
| 1 | 4 | 1966 Jun 06 - 1969 Aug 13 |
| 1 | 5 | 1969 Aug 29 - 1977 Feb 10 |