Series 26231
District Court (Seventh District : San Juan County) Civil registers of actions
Dates: 1891-1986.
4.50 cubic feet and 8 microfilm reels
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
Civil cases document the legal process and the administration of justice in conjunction with civil proceedings for the determination of a controversy between parties wherein rights are enforced or protected, or wrongs are prevented or redressed. Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil 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. The clerk is required as documents enter the case file to make a notation that shows "the nature of each paper filed or writ issued and the substance of each order or judgment of the court and of the returns showing execution of process. The notation of an order or judgment shall show the date the notation is made. When trial by jury has been properly demanded or ordered the clerk shall enter the word 'jury' on the page assigned to that action" [UCA 79 (b) (2)].
A register of actionsmay contain the following entries for each civil 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 the attorneys for instructions to the jury, verdict, motions for cross complaints or new trials, amendments to previous answers, and disclaimers.
Access Restrictions
This series is designated as Public.
Reproduction and Use
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Finding Aids
Indexes: An alphabetical index is located at the beginning of each register.
Related Records
Civil case files from the District Court (Seventh District : San Juan County), Series 7074, contains the case files listed in these registers.
Index to civil actions from the District Court (Seventh District : San Juan County), Series 26256, is an index listing plaintiffs and defendants in early civil cases heard by the court.
Judgment record books from the District Court (Seventh District : San Juan County), Series 28249, contains a chronological history of actions within each civil case heard by the court.
Abstract books from the District Court (Seventh District : San Juan County), Series 28251, may contain a more complete record of actions for the cases abstracted in this series.
Indexing Terms
Court records--Utah--Grand County
| REEL | VOLUME | DATE | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | A | 1891 - 1935 | 14-484 |
| 1 | B | 1935 - 1955 | 485-983 |
| 2 | C | 1955 - 1958 | 984-1603 |
| 3 | D | 1958 - 1962 | 1604-2165 |
| 4 | E | 1962 - 1966 | 2166-2765 |
| 5 | F | 1966 - 1970 | 2766-3354 |
| 6 | G | 1970 - 1977 | 3355-3943 |
| 7 | H | 1977 - 1983 | 3944-4447 |
| 8 | I | 1982 - 1986 | 4448-4972 |