Series 21842

DESCRIPTION: 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 of Actions function as a chronological list of the actions taken in each criminal case. A register of actions can contain the following: attorney for plaintiff and defendant, name of the judge presiding over the case. Actions recorded include the filing of: petitions, complaint, summons, answers to summons, orders from the court, assignment of judges, exhibits, judgment, findings of fact, conclusions of law, 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. After July 1, 1987, further logging of actions is done elsewhere in court records.

RELATED RECORDS: Series 4031, CRIMINAL CASE FILES, 1896-[ongoing], contains the entire case file listed in these registers. Series 14180, MINUTE BOOKS, 1896-1978, documents the proceedings of each case.

FINDING AIDS: Each register contains an alphabetical index at the beginning of the volume.

PROCESSING NOTE: Registers of Actions were first scheduled as permanent records in 1983. This series was archivally processed by David Clark in March 2000. After microfilming was completed in April 2002, the original volumes were destroyed.

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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