AGENCY: Eureka (Utah)

SERIES: 13118
TITLE: Justice Court criminal dockets
DATES: 1898-1942.
ARRANGEMENT: Generally chronological by date of complaint filing.

DESCRIPTION: These justice dockets document misdemeanor criminal cases and heard by the justice of the peace. The dockets are books of pre-printed forms that provide space to records such information about each case as the name of the justice hearing the case, names of the plaintiff and defendant, a description of the complaint, date heard, a summary of the case, along with the decision and any penalty imposed, and the signature of the justice of peace.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This series has permanent historical value as an unusually intact span of justice court records that serve as an example documenting the function and activity of justice courts in Eureka and throughout the state in the first half of the twentieth century.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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