Series 26067District Court (Second District : Davis County) Criminal registers of actions
Dates: 1926-
7 microfilm reels
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
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.
A criminal 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
Numerical by case number.
Related Records
Criminal case files from the District Court (Second District : Davis County), Series 4650, contains the case files listed in this register.
Criminal information record book from the District Court (Second District : Davis County), Series 25022, is comprised of a volume that provides information on criminal cases heard by the court between 1898 and 1926.
Civil and criminal case indexes from the District Court (Second District : Davis County), Series 26068, contains the index books needed to locate individual names in these registers.
Custody History
Books were transferred to the Utah State Archives from the court in August 2015.
Additional Forms
This series is available on microfilm.
This series is available online as part of the Utah State Archives Digital Archives.
Access Restrictions
Microfiche holdings require staff assistance due to fewer reference copies. Handle masters under supervision.
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 Jim Kichas in February 2008.
Microfiche processed by Rebekkah Shaw under the National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant to the Utah State Archives and Records Services for the Utah Microfiche Backlog Project (Grant No.: NAR10-RB-50086-10). July 2010 - December 2011
Indexing Terms
- Court records--Utah--Davis County
- Civil Procedure and Courts
Container List
| REEL | VOLUME | DATE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1926-1955 | 1-466 |
| 1 | 2 | 1955-1962 | 467-851 |
| 2 | 3 | 1962-1966 | 852-1230 |
| 2 | 4 | 1966-1967 | 1231-1589 |
| 3 | 5 | 1970-1974 | 1590-2036 |
| 3 | 6 | 1974-1976 | 2037-2528 |
| 4 | 7 | 1976-1978 | 2529-2998 |
| 4 | 8 | 1978-1980 | 2999-3436 |
| 5 | 9 | 1980-1981 | 3437-3633 |
| 5 | 10 | 1981-1982 | 3630-3949 |
| 6 | 11 | 1982-1983 | 3950-4249 |
| 6 | 12 | 1983-1984 | 4250-4649 |
| 7 | 13 | 1984-1985 | 4650-5049 |
| 7 | 14 | 1985-1986 | 5050-5454 |
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