Searching Iron County Criminal Dockets
Utah Courts Xchange is the main public case-history repository for Iron County criminal dockets. Pick District, Justice, or both, then narrow to Iron County or a court location. A full case number works best. A citation number can serve for a Justice Court matter. Name searches match the name as filed. Spelling, suffixes, and a permitted wildcard all matter. Results cap at 500.
Each result names the county and court location. It also lists the case type, case number, filing date, party role, and Case History/Documents link. Know that the history and an image of a filed document are separate products. District Court documents filed since July 1, 2010 may be purchased. Old converted records and Justice Court images may be less complete.
- Choose District for felonies and class A misdemeanors, Justice for most class B or C misdemeanors and infractions, or both if unsure.
- Enter the exact case or citation number when known.
- For a name search, select Iron County and add a case type or date range.
- Open Case History and confirm the court, charge, party role, and filing date.
- Use the official disposition list or ask the clerk before interpreting a code.
Iron County Offense-Level Split
Court level is the first local fork. Utah District Court holds general jurisdiction. The Fifth District criminal docket covers felonies plus class A misdemeanors. Iron County Justice Court takes most class B and C misdemeanors. Infractions and related traffic matters land there too. Search the wrong jurisdiction and a real case can look missing.
| Court | Typical work | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar City District Court | Felonies and class A misdemeanors | 435-867-3250 |
| Iron County Justice Court | Most class B/C misdemeanors and infractions | 435-865-5335 |
| Fifth District Juvenile Court | Delinquency and child-welfare matters | 435-867-3200 |
Juvenile records are not a routine public Xchange source. An authorized person must contact the juvenile clerk and explain the basis for access. Keep in mind that no public result does not prove no proceeding exists.
Inside an Iron County Criminal Docket
A criminal case history keeps allegations separate from outcomes. Expect a citation or charging document, charge level, plea and plea date, assigned judge, counsel, hearings, disposition, sentence, accounting, and later proceedings. A charge is not a conviction. A scheduled hearing does not prove it occurred. Read the chronological entries alongside the controlling order.
| Case header | Court, location, type, number, filing date, and judge. |
|---|---|
| Charge detail | Charge text, level, attributes, violation date, and agency when public. |
| Plea | The plea and its date, separate from judgment. |
| Proceedings | Arraignments, motions, pretrial settings, trials, and continuances. |
| Disposition | The recorded result, often clarified by a filed order. |
| Accounting | Public financial events when available. |
Case numbers are not necessarily unique statewide. Under Xchange help, the first two digits give the filing year, but the county and court still need confirmation before you rely on a match.
Iron County Criminal Filing Counts
Official FY2023 statistics give scale without identifying anyone. Iron County District Court reported 837 criminal filings and 824 dispositions. The Justice Court reported 1,186 misdemeanor filings and 1,054 dispositions. These figures measure one year of workload. They say nothing about unique people. They do not show whether a charge was proved, or why one case ran long.
Those counts show why jurisdiction filters matter. A broad Iron County name search can mix District and Justice matters. Scope the docket search before drawing a conclusion.
How a Criminal Case Moves
Entries tend to follow a recognizable path, though not each case reaches every stage. Filing → Arraignment → Pretrial → Plea or Trial → Disposition → Sentencing. A continuance changes a date. It does not dismiss a case. A plea and a final judgment are also separate events.
A Justice Court appeal generally moves to District Court for a new trial or hearing. That fresh start is called a trial de novo. The Justice history stays separate, and the District appeal gets its own number. For current routes and deadlines, the Utah Courts appeals page is the place to look. Follow the matter with both case numbers.
Note: Calendar settings can change after a case-history printout. Confirm a critical appearance with the court that set it.
Read Iron County Disposition Codes
Utah's official judgment and disposition list decodes the short labels in a case history. Each code is an index aid, not a full account of the order. Similar codes can carry different results.
- GP
- Guilty plea, which does not replace the later sentencing entry.
- PA
- Plea in abeyance, a conditional status read with the order and later history.
- DI
- Dismissed with prejudice.
- DW
- Dismissed without prejudice.
- AP
- Appealed, which should lead to the later court's case number.
- XA or XP
- An expungement-related code; expunged matters leave ordinary public results.
Never guess at a code you can't decode; check the filed order at the Iron County clerk when the exact result matters.
Courts That Hold Criminal Dockets
The Cedar City District Court clerk and the Iron County Justice Court clerk serve different dockets. For a missing public District case, call 435-867-3250. Or visit 40 North 100 East, Cedar City. For Justice Court, call 435-865-5335. Or come to the counter at 82 North 100 East #101. Justice Court hours run weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Public terminals exist at most District locations. Current access and printing rules should be confirmed first.
Cedar City District Court Clerk
40 North 100 East
Cedar City, UT 84720
435-867-3250
Iron County Justice Court Clerk
82 North 100 East #101
Cedar City, UT 84720
435-865-5335
Mail or a record request is the fallback when a public paper is not online. Give the court, number, date, and document title. Inspection can be free, but copies, staff time, certification, media, and postage can cost money.
Iron County Missing-Case Checks
No result has several possible causes. The filed spelling may differ, or the scope may point at the wrong court. An old converted case may hold little data. Staff may not yet have entered a new matter into CORIS, which feeds Xchange. Sealed, expunged, juvenile, and other restricted cases do not appear like ordinary public criminal dockets.
- Repeat the search with an exact case or citation number.
- Switch among District, Justice, and both jurisdictions.
- Use Iron County scope, then the known court location.
- Check the calendar if the immediate need is a hearing date.
- Call the correct clerk before submitting a broad request.
A name-only search invites false matches. Confirm the number, charge, court, and filing date before relying on the history.
Sealed Dockets and Public Access
Utah sorts court records into four classes. They are public, private, protected, or sealed, under UCJA Rule 4-202.02. Rule 4-202.03 covers who may access each class. A public case header does not make every filed page public. Personal, victim, medical, financial, and juvenile material may be withheld or redacted.
Access rule: Public records may be requested, but private, protected, and sealed records require legal entitlement or a court order. A denied requester may use the review path in Rule 4-202.04.
The public purpose here is tracking your own matter, confirming a setting, studying court work, or following a public case. Republish only what is lawful and needed.
Iron County Calendar Verification
A docket entry tells you what the court has filed. A calendar tells you when a hearing is set. Utah splits these into District and Justice calendars. The Iron County Justice Court calendar form lets you search by case, party, judge, attorney, bar number, date, or location. Fresh data lands on weekdays at about 5:30 a.m. Settings can shift after that. Call the Justice Court for the Webex link if a jail hearing is remote. If no link appears, reach the court directly. Never record, photograph, or transmit a proceeding. The Iron County Court Dates resource walks through the calendar path.