District Court (First District : Box Elder County) Minute books, 1896-1980.

30 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

Minute books contain court actions from the criminal, civil, and probate divisions and document the daily proceedings of the court. However, minute book entries are not transcripts of court cases. Business matters include court site and officers present, jury selection, judicial appointments, expense claims, as well as entries noting the day's proceedings on various cases. A typical case will span multiple dates and will include an indictment or indication of the filed complaint, procedural issues, presentation of the case, witnesses' names, the verdict, and precise sentencing or settlement.

Scope and Content

Minute books contain court actions from the criminal, civil, and probate divisions and document the daily proceedings of the court. However, minute book entries are not transcripts of court cases. Business matters include court site and officers present, jury selection, judicial appointments, expense claims, as well as entries noting the day's proceedings on various cases. A typical case will span multiple dates and will include an indictment or indication of the filed complaint, procedural issues, presentation of the case, witnesses' names, the verdict, and precise sentencing or settlement.

Research Note

More detailed information for the First District Court may be found in case files, transcripts, commitment records, and information and indictment records. Blotters provide the minutes in an abbreviated fashion. Judgment books and civil case decisions record the outcome of cases. Naturalization books show further documentation of naturalizations. For appeals to the district courts the lower court records should be checked, as should the supreme court for appeals from the district courts. Registers of action can be used to identify the specific dates for actions recorded in these minute books.

Arrangement

Chronological by date.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

Utah law, enacted in 1941, sealed all adoption records with the exception that they can be released upon a court order expressly permitting inspection (Laws of Utah, 1941, chapter 17, 14-1-15). This restriction has subsequently been amended (1999) to allow public access one hundred years after the date of final decree or access as provided for in a mutual consent registry (Utah Code 78-30-15, 18). The probate division's jurisdiction over adoptions preceded the enactment of these laws and therefore many adoption records were cited in record books kept by the court. Utah State Archives staff supervises access to this series in order to provide access to probate records, but not to adoption records.

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.

Acquisition Information

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

Processing Information

The container list was drafted by Allen Clark in 2008. Processing was completed by Jim Kichas in April 2010.

Related Material

Civil case files from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 11795, contains civil case files cited in these minute books.

Probate case files from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 11796, contains civil case files cited in these minute books.

Criminal case files from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 11797, contains criminal case files cited in these minute books.

Naturalization records from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series82957, contain summaries of the naturalization hearings noted in these records.

Indexing Terms

Court records--Utah--Box Elder County

Container List

Reel	Volume	Description
1	1	1896-1905
1	2	1896-1905
2	3	1905-1909
2	4	1905-1909
3	5	1909-1914
3	6	1909-1914
4	7	1914-1917
4	8	1914-1917
5	9	1917-1920
5	10	1917-1920
6	11	1920-1922
7	12	1922-1925
7	13	1922-1925
8	13	1925-1929
8	14	1925-1929
8	15	1925-1929
9	15	1929-1933
9	16	1929-1933
10	17	1933-1937
10	18	1933-1937
11	18	1937-1942
11	19	1937-1942
11	20	1937-1942
12	21	1942-1945
13	22	1948-1954
13	23	1948-1954
14	23	1954-1960
14	24	1954-1960
14	25	1954-1960
15	25	1960-1964
15	26	1960-1964
16	27	1965-1970
16	28	1965-1970
17	28	1965-1970
17	29	1970-1972
17	30	1970-1972
18	30	1972-1973
18	31	1972-1973
19	32	1974
20	33	1975
21	34	1975-1976
22	34	1975-1976
22	35	1976-1978
23	35	1976-1978
23	36	1978-1979
24	36	1978-1979
24	37	1978-1979
25	38	1979-1980