Series 26048

District Court (First District : Box Elder County) Criminal registers of actions

Dates: 1933-1986.

2 microfilm reels

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Original records are held by District Court (First District : Box Elder County).

Scope and Content

Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil, criminal or probate action are filed together by the court clerk and collectively these documents constitute the case file. As these records or actions are filed, the clerk enters them in the registers which comprise this series.

A criminal register of actions may contain the following entries for each 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, disclaimers, bonds, and inventories.

Gaps in Series

Book 1 is missing and presumed lost.

Research Note

These books are not indexed and there is no known index for historic criminal cases created by the court.

Research Note

These books are not indexed and there is no known index for historic criminal cases created by the court.

Access Restrictions

This series is designated as Public.

Reproduction and Use

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Related Records

Minute books from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 3688, contains brief minute book entries for court proceedings on any given day.

Criminal case files from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 11797, contains the case files listed in these registers.

Indexing Terms

Court records--Utah--Box Elder County

REEL	VOLUME	DATE	DESCRIPTION
1	2	1933 - 1962	478-964
1	3	1962 - 1973	965-1463
2	4	1973 - 1980	1464-1954
2	5	1980 - 1986	1956-2454