District Court (Fifth District : Iron County) Indexes
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About the Collection
These are records created by the District Court (Fifth District : Iron County) in course of court business in order to manage case files and actions. They may include indexes by name or registers of action depending on the time period or type of case.
District Court (Fifth District : Iron County) Civil case index
This series contains civil case alphabetic indexes created by the Iron County Fifth District Court, to record the names of the parties involved in civil actions and provide assigned case numbers, facilitating clerical management of and access to the case files.
District Court (Fifth District : Iron County) Civil registers of actions
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.
District Court (Fifth District : Iron County) Criminal registers of actions
As case files and actions are created and filed by the Fifth District Court in Iron County, the clerk enters them in the registers which comprise this series.
District Court (Fifth District : Iron County) Probate index
This record series contains an index book kept by the clerk of the court for the purpose of tracking probate actions handled by Fifth District Court in Iron County. As per Utah Code 78B-6-141 adoption records are sealed for 100 years and open only by court order.
District Court (Fifth District : Iron County) Probate registers of actions
Probate registers of action list each action taken in the cases presented to the probate division of Fifth District Court in Iron County. In addition to handling the estates of deceased persons, the probate division also dealt with adoptions, guardianships, and insanity and incompetency cases. As per Utah Code 78B-6-141 adoption records are sealed for 100 years and open only by court order.