AGENCY: District Court (First District : Cache County)

SERIES: 25991
TITLE: Water rights case files
DATES: 1917-
ARRANGEMENT: Numerically by case file number.

DESCRIPTION: In civil actions the court acts to enforce rights and prevent or redress wrongs in matters not criminal. Civil case files include all legal documents pertaining to a particular case from the receipt of a petition to the resolution of the case. First District Court (Cache County) has separated civil cases dealing with water rights from the general run of civil case files. Water rights cases are frequently accessed and referenced as well as frequently reactivated.

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain until administrative need ends

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is proposed and has not yet been approved.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office permanently.

Compact disc: Retain in Office until administrative need ends and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical Legal

Court actions relating to water rights define legal ownership of those rights. Water case files provide information about the history of specific rights.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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