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Duchesne County Court Docket Searches

Start a Duchesne County court docket search with Utah Courts XChange. It is the main public source for District and Justice Court case histories held in CORIS. A case number is the fastest route in. Party-name searching works too. Trim the results by county, court, date, or case type. Whatever comes back, note the location line. That line tells you which clerk keeps the file.

Skip the elected Duchesne County Clerk/Auditor as a first stop, title notwithstanding. That office keeps county minutes, ordinances, elections, licenses, and administrative records. State court staff maintain the judicial dockets. For dates, the free calendar answers. MyCourtCase serves parties and authorized users, and eFlex serves authorized filers.

1. Read the summons, citation, or notice and identify the court and case number.
2. Choose District Court, Justice Court, or both in XChange.
3. Search by case number or party name and compare the location and filing date.
4. Open the case-number link for the extended history, proceedings, and public images.
5. Check the Utah calendar for the latest hearing setting.
6. Contact the named court clerk for a missing record or certified copy.

Duchesne XChange Search Controls

XChange offers many ways to narrow a Duchesne docket search. Options include jurisdiction, search type, case number, last or company name, and first name. Case type, court scope, birth date, citation data, and date ranges work as filters too. Results cap at 500. A common surname can flood past that ceiling. A precise case number often wins. Note the exact court label and case type. Grab it before leaving any result. The official XChange landing screen shows the public search and account choices.

A one-time XChange account costs $10. Each search runs $0.20, and public document images cost $1 apiece. Monthly accounts carry a setup fee plus a subscription charge. Those payments buy portal access, not certification. Electronically filed District Court documents from July 2010 onward may be viewable. The clerk can supply any image the system lacks.

Court Dockets: What They Show

Utah calls the public chronology a case history. The fuller format is an extended case history. Its header lists court, location, case number, type, caption, filing date, assigned judge, and status, while party and attorney lines spell out each role. Proceedings log dated filings, hearings, minute entries, orders, judgments, and later enforcement or appeal work; criminal histories add charges, pleas, and dispositions.

Duchesne Docket Code Basics

Codes help sort records fast. A Duchesne docket marked FS is a state felony; MO is another misdemeanor, IF an infraction, TN a traffic citation, and TC a traffic court case. Civil codes include CN contracts, DC debt collection, PR property rights, and ST small-claims trial de novo.

Case history

The public summary and chronological court record in XChange.

Minute entry

The clerk's record of what occurred at a hearing or procedural event.

Disposition

The recorded resolution, read with its date and filed judgment or order.

Trial de novo

A new District Court hearing after an appeal from a Justice Court judgment.

CORIS

The court information system that supplies XChange data.

A code names a category or role only. It says nothing about the merits, so read the full proceedings and the signed order before drawing any conclusion from one abbreviation.

Duchesne County Courts and Their Dockets

Duchesne County belongs to Utah's Eighth Judicial District along with Daggett and Uintah Counties. Utah District Court is the general-jurisdiction trial bench. The county has District Court locations in Duchesne and in Roosevelt. One sits in Duchesne. The other sits in Roosevelt. The county Justice Court is a lower court, not a court of record. Juvenile Court keeps a separate restricted record system.

Two Duchesne District Locations

The Duchesne District Court sits at 21554 W 9000 S, Duchesne, Utah 84021. Its mailing address is PO Box 990. Call 435-264-4700 for general information. Roosevelt District Court sits at 255 South State Street, Roosevelt, Utah 84066. Its mailing address is PO Box 1286. Its phone number is 435-722-0235. Eighth District materials also list 435-738-2753 plus the routing emails 8duchd@utcourts.gov and 8roosd@utcourts.gov. One county, two courthouses. A party's home city never decides which building holds the case. Trust the court location shown in XChange or on the notice instead. The judicial assistant there can explain counter access and a public XChange terminal. Ask about audio requests or remote-hearing links too. Confirm current hours and security rules before travel.

Duchesne Public Terminal Access

Free public XChange terminals sit at most District Court locations, Utah Courts says. Some Justice Courts may have them too. The state publishes no terminal count or guarantee for either Duchesne County courthouse. So call first. A judicial assistant at the clerical counter can say whether a terminal is free that day. The Utah State Law Library in Salt Lake City is another statewide computer option. It also offers forms. Research help comes by phone or email.

A terminal speeds the case-history lookup, but it will not waive copy charges. It will not open restricted records either. Bring the court name, case number, party spelling, and approximate filing date. A file may be archived, private, or absent from CORIS. The clerk can route a written request then. Court staff may explain process and forms, but they cannot give legal advice.

Court Dates and Settings in Duchesne County

For court dates, the Utah Full Court Calendar is the main tool. It searches by case number, party, judge, attorney, bar number, date, and location. It updates weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Each result can show the court, hearing date and time, judge, setting type, and case type. It may also carry a virtual-hearing label. Remember what a calendar is not. A date in the case history may have been reset, and a blank screen for one date does not mean the case was dismissed. Try another date or location. Read the newest proceeding. Call the judge's team when in doubt. The Duchesne County court schedule page maps the full date-search path. UCJA 4-401.02 bars recording, photographing, or transmitting a proceeding.

Duchesne Justice Is a Separate Docket

Duchesne County Justice Court sits at 799 E 1260 N. Mail goes to PO Box 15, Duchesne, Utah 84021. Call the clerk at 435-738-0109 or write to jcduchesne@utcourts.gov. Appointments are scheduled rather than open sessions. County pages post conflicting hours. Phone ahead before you drive over.

This court takes most lower misdemeanors, infractions, and traffic cases. It also hears ordinances and small claims. A citation payment search in Core is not a full docket search. If a Justice Court judgment is appealed, District Court holds a trial or hearing de novo. The authority is Utah Code §78A-7-118 and Rule 38. That means records can exist at both levels of the Duchesne County court system.

Docket Access Under Utah Law

Utah judicial rules start from public access. Still, they classify some records as private, protected, safeguarded, juvenile, or sealed. XChange omits sealed, expunged, and juvenile cases. Some domestic filings stay private even when the case history, public-hearing minutes, judgments, orders, decrees, or letters of appointment remain open to anyone.

A blank docket search can also mean several things. A new entry can do it. So can a wrong location, an old conversion gap, or a spelling problem. The clerk may explain the proper channel without disclosing restricted content. GRAMA governs many Utah government records. State court case records, though, follow the judicial rules and the court request form.

Three Duchesne Record Layers

A docket, a filed document, and a certified copy are not the same thing. The XChange case history is an index and chronology. A document image shows the pleading, motion, order, or judgment itself. Certification is the clerk's formal assurance that a copy matches the court record. Pick the least costly layer that answers your question.

Inspection at the courthouse is free. Fax or email costs $5 for ten pages or fewer, then $0.50 per added page. Records already on XChange will not be sent by those methods.

How the Clerk Keeps Docket Records

Judicial staff at the Duchesne and Roosevelt District Court locations maintain District Court files and enter public data into CORIS. The Justice Court clerk keeps that court's lower-case docket. The elected County Clerk/Auditor is a different office. It cannot certify a state court judgment. Send the request to the court location shown on the history.

Channels include XChange, the calendar, MyCourtCase for parties, and the courthouse counter. Phone, email, mail, and the state Request for a Record form round out the list. A written request should carry the case number, court, parties by role, document name, approximate date, and copy type. The court usually responds within ten business days. Older records may have moved to the Utah State Archives. These are often more than fifty years old.

Duchesne Court Technology Timeline

The Eighth Judicial District formed in 1988. Before online systems, local court work lived in minute books, registers of actions, docket books, and order or judgment books. Most Utah District Courts ran CORIS by the end of 1998. Justice Courts converted at different times. Each chose whether to load older cases. That is why an old Justice Court matter may not appear online.

Today access blends XChange, Full Court Calendars, MyCourtCase, and eFlex. Remote Webex kiosks were planned for Duchesne and Roosevelt. The plan followed the Vernal installation announced in 2022. A March 2026 Court Connect event in Roosevelt covered court operations and online filing. It also covered resources and public trust. These tools widen access, but the responsible clerk remains the fallback.

Duchesne Court Docket Context

The official county profile describes a rural Uinta Basin county with Duchesne as the county seat and Roosevelt as the largest city. The 2020 population was 19,596. That spread-out setting makes the two District Court locations, the online calendar, and remote access genuinely useful for people who live far from a courthouse. The official county profile supplies the local population and geographic context.

The 2024 Judicial Council report covers all three Eighth District counties. It lists 4,229 FY2023 District Court filings. No Duchesne-only current total appears in it. Criminal filings ran 7.5% below the ten-year district average, while domestic, probate, protective-order, and civil-stalking categories sat above theirs. Those numbers show regional workload, not the result of any case.

City-by-City Court Dockets in Duchesne County

The five incorporated places are Roosevelt, Duchesne, Myton, Altamont, and Tabiona. Not every place posts a separate municipal court listing in the current court directory. A city connection does not mean city hall holds the state court file. Read the citation or notice first. Then use XChange, Core, the calendar, or the named District or Justice Court clerk. City pages keep the local government distinction clear. They also route each search to the supported court channel.

Map and Directions to the Duchesne District Court

Duchesne County's felony, civil, domestic, and probate cases run through the Utah District Court, part of the Eighth Judicial District shared with Daggett and Uintah Counties. The county has two District Court locations, and a case file sits at whichever one the hearing notice or XChange result names. The primary location is 21554 W 9000 S in Duchesne; the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office and jail sit on the same campus, so confirm the court counter and security route at the entrance before going in. A second location, 255 South State Street in Roosevelt, serves cases assigned there.

Expect standard courthouse security screening, and verify device and recording rules before bringing a phone or camera into a courtroom. ADA accommodation requests should be made at least three days ahead by calling 435-264-4700 (Utah Relay 800-346-4128). Parking and locker details are not published for either building, so calling the clerk ahead of a visit is the safer plan.