Series 18270

DESCRIPTION: 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. Probate registers became a separate series in 1959.

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 attorneys for instructions to the jury, verdict, motions for cross complaints or new trials, amendments to previous answers, disclaimers, bonds, and inventories.

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. For probate case files beginning in 1959, researchers should consult Series 22926, PROBATE REGISTERS OF ACTIONS, 1959-[ONGOING], to ensure finding all the actions in a probate case.

RELATED RECORDS: Series 22682, CASE FILES, 1896-[ongoing], contains the entire case file listed in these registers. Series 22926, PROBATE REGISTERS OF ACTIONS, 1959-[ONGOING], contains a listing of actions in probate cases. Series 22683, CASE FILE INDEXES, 1896-1966, facilitates access to this series.

FINDING AIDS: Series 22683, CASE FILES INDEXES, 1896-1966, provides access to this series.

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

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

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