District Court (Second District : Davis County) Indexes
Digital Archives
About the Collection
These are records created by the District Court (Second District : Davis 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 (Second District : Davis County) Civil and criminal case indexes
This series contains indexes to cases heard by the court. The early indexes cover both civil and criminal case, but beginning in the early 1960's they cover only civil cases. The indexes were created over time by the clerk's office to assist in accessing case files. The files are indexed both by plaintiff and defendant. Entries in the indexes typically include names of the plaintiff and defendant, the case number, and the date the case was filed.
District Court (Second District : Davis County) Criminal registers of actions
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.