Series 21842
District Court (Seventh District : Carbon County) Criminal registers of actions
Dates: 1896-1987.
5 microfilm reels
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
This series documents the individual criminal cases tried by the Seventh District Court for Carbon County. Actions taken in each case are recorded on separate documents and then filed together to become the case file. As these documents enter the case file they are recorded in the Criminal registers of Actions.
Registers function as a chronological list of the actions taken in each criminal cases. A register of actions can contain the following: attorney for plaintiff and defendant, name of the judge presiding over the case, petitions, complaint, summons, answers to summons, orders from the court, assignment of judges, exhibits, judgment, findings and conclusions, costs, decrees, requests by the attorneys for instructions to the jury, verdict,motions for cross complaints or new trials, amendments to previous answers, and disclaimers.
Research Note
Researchers should consult this series to ensure finding all the actions which occurred in a case. After July 1, 1987, further logging of actions is done elsewhere in court records.
Research Note
Researchers should consult this series to ensure finding all the actions which occurred in a case. After July 1, 1987, further logging of actions is done elsewhere in court records.
Access Restrictions
This series is designated as Public.
Reproduction and Use
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Finding Aids
Indexes: Each register contains an alphabetical index at the beginning of the volume.
Related Records
Criminal case files from the District Court (Seventh District : Carbon County), Series 4031, contains the entire case file listed in these registers.
Minute books from the District Court (Seventh District : Carbon County), Series 14180, documents the proceedings of the each case.
Indexing Terms
Criminal justice, Administration of--Carbon County (Utah).
Carbon County (Utah)--Parties to actions.
Criminals--Carbon County (Utah).
| REEL | VOLUME | DATE | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | 1 | 1896 - 1921 | 1-476 |
| 2 | 2 | 1921 - 1932 | 477-953 |
| 3 | 3 | 1932 - 1956 | 954-1545 |
| 4 | 4 | 1956 - 1981 | 1546-2135 |
| 5 | 5 | 1981 - 1987 | 2136-2379 |