2006 Utah Code - 78-5-121 — Docket to be kept -- Enumeration of entries required.

     78-5-121.   Docket to be kept -- Enumeration of entries required.
     Every justice court judge shall keep or cause to be kept a docket. The following information shall be entered in the docket under the title of the action to which it relates:
     (1) the title to every action or proceeding;
     (2) the object of the action or proceeding, and the amount of any money claimed;
     (3) the date of the service of the summons and the time of its return;
     (4) a statement of the fact if an order to arrest the defendant is made or a writ of attachment is issued;
     (5) the time when the parties or any party appears, or a party's nonappearance, if default is made;
     (6) minutes of the pleadings and motions in writing by referring to them, and if not in writing, by a concise statement of the material parts of the pleadings;
     (7) every adjournment, stating on whose application and to what time;
     (8) a demand for a trial by jury, when made, by whom, and the order for the jury;
     (9) the time appointed for the return of the jury and for the trial;
     (10) the names of the jurors who appear and are sworn;
     (11) the names of all witnesses sworn and at whose request;
     (12) the verdict of the jury and when received, or if the jury disagree and are discharged, the disagreement and discharge;
     (13) the judgment of the court including the costs included and when entered;
     (14) an itemized statement of the costs;
     (15) the time of issuing an execution and to whom, and the time of any renewals;
     (16) a statement of any money paid to the court, when, and by whom; and
     (17) the receipt of any notice of appeal, and of any appeal bond filed.

Enacted by Chapter 157, 1989 General Session

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