Series 28250

District Court (Seventh District : San Juan County) Court order books, 1954-1983.

2.00 cubic feet and 4 microfilm reels

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

Historical Note

See history of the records' creator.

Summary of Records

Court order books are a daily record of various orders issued by the civil, probate, and criminal divisions of the Seventh District Court in San Juan County. In the most basic sense court orders are directions issued by a court or a judge requiring a person to do or not do something.

Scope and Content

Court order books are a daily record of various orders issued by the civil, probate, and criminal divisions of the Seventh District Court in San Juan County. In the most basic sense, court orders are directions issued by a court or a judge requiring a party to do or not do something. The record books in this series include the name of the order, as well as the corresponding case number from either the civil, criminal, or probate division. The record books also include the names of the parties involved in each case, the date a court order is issued, the name of the judge issuing the order, and the name of the court clerk tasked with officially recording orders in these record books.

Arrangement

Chronological by date.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

Researchers should be aware that these books include orders issued in conjunction with adoption and guardianship proceedings heard by the probate division, and as such the access restrictions that apply to adoption case files also apply to these record books.

Use Restrictions

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Preferred Citation

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

Custody History

The books in this series were transferred to the State Archives by the court in April 2013.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.

Processing Information

This series was processed by Jim Kichas in April 2013.

Other Finding Aids

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

Related Material

Criminal case files from the District Court (Seventh District : San Juan County), Series 6878, contain the criminal case files to which the court orders in this series correspond.
Civil case files from the District Court (Seventh District : San Juan County), Series 7074, contain the civil case files to which the court orders in this series correspond.
Probate case files from the District Court (Seventh District : San Juan County), Series 13467, contain the probate case files to which the court orders in this series correspond.

Indexing Terms

Container List

ReelVolumeDescription
pendingB1954 Nov 9-1956 Dec 7
pendingC1956 Dec 14-1968 Jul 16
pendingD1968 Aug 20-1980 Aug 7
pendingE1980 Aug 8-1983 Apr 22