Series 18193

District Court (Fifth District : Washington County) Civil registers of actions

Dates: 1896-1990.

12.00 cubic feet and 29 microfilm reels

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

Historical Note

An agency history is available.

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

Arrangement

Numerical by case number, thereunder chronological

Related Records

Civil case files from the District Court (Fifth District : Washington County), Series 3635, contains the entire case file listed in these registers.

Register of actions from the District Court (Fifth District : Washington County), Series 23737, include civil cases as well.

Index to civil and criminal actions from the District Court (Fifth District : Washington County), Series 26247, provide specific dates for actions in the cases cited in this index.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Preferred Citation

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

Processing Note

Registers of Actions were first scheduled in 1983 as permanent records. This series was archivally processed by David Clark in March 2000. A separate filming of the records took place in 2007 as part of a grant project designed to preserve the records of Utah's Fifth District Courts. Archival processing of new holdings was completed by Jim Kichas in July 2007.

Finding Aids

Indexes: An alphabetical index is located at the beginning of each register.

Indexing Terms

• Court records--Washington County (Utah).
• Divorce suits--Washington County (Utah).
• Washington County (Utah)--Trials.

Container List

REEL	VOLUME	DATE	DESCRIPTION
1	1	1896-1928	1-349
1	A	1925-1934	351-748
2	B	1934-1939	749-1150
3	C	1939-1949	1155-1754
4	D	1949-1955	1755-2354
3	E	1955-1961	2355-2954
5	F	1961-1966	2955-3554
5	G	1966-1969	3555-4154
6	H	1969-1972	4155-4754
7	I	1972-1974	4755-5354
8	J	1974-1975	5355-5954
9	K	1976-1977	5955-6554
10	L	1977-1979	6555-7154
11	M	1979-1984	7155-7754
12	N	1980-1982	7755-8354
13	O	1982-1983	8355-8954
14	P	1983-1984	8955-9554
15	Q	1984-1985	9555-10154
16	R	1985	85:001-85:600
17	S	1986	86:601-86:1200
18	T	1987	87:1201-87:1800
19	U	1988	88:1801-88:2400
20	V	1989	89:2401-89:3000
21	W	1990	90:3001-90:3600