Series 18230

DESCRIPTION: Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil or criminal 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 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 the attorneys for instructions to the jury, verdict, motions for cross complaints or new trials, amendments to previous answers, and disclaimers.

ARRANGEMENT: Entries are numerical by case number, thereunder chronological.

RESEARCH NOTE: Researchers should consult this series to ensure finding all the actions which occurred in a case.

RELATED RECORDS: Series 18222, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASE FILES, 1896–[ongoing], contains the entire case file listed in these registers. Series 18227, MINUTES, 1896–[ongoing], documents the proceedings of each case.

PROCESSING NOTE: Registers of Actions were first scheduled in 1983 as permanent records. This series was archivally processed by David Clark in March 2000.

PREFERRED CITATION: Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.