Clearfield Court Docket Searches
Use Xchange to run a docket search with Justice Court and Clearfield picked. Enter the whole case or citation number if you have it. No number? Fill in the filed last name, a first-name wildcard, and a known case type. Add the court scope and a date range. Citation numbers also need a location, since they are not unique statewide.
- Read the Clearfield citation for its court and deadline.
- Select Justice Court and Clearfield.
- Enter every letter and digit in the number.
- Open the case history and review public proceedings.
- Confirm urgent facts with the clerk.
The clerk also takes questions by phone, at the counter, by mail, email, fax, and through courthouse terminals. Remember, the public portal is a convenience, not a complete certified court file.
Wait Before Clearfield Payment
Patience pays before you pay online. The official Clearfield Justice Court page advises waiting five business days after a ticket before attempting payment. City court and police materials describe a 5-to-14-day window for citation notices to arrive. So a search that comes up empty early on likely means the citation simply has not been entered in the Clearfield docket yet. It has not vanished.
Deadline: After 14 days, a delinquent fee or warrant risk may follow. Call (801) 525-2760 when a citation still cannot be found.
Paying a ticket counts as a guilty plea. Other routes exist, though: plea in abeyance, a not-guilty response, or a mandatory appearance. If you plan to contest the charge, do not pay.
Inside the Clearfield Justice Court
You will find Clearfield Justice Court at 55 South State Street, Clearfield, Utah 84015. Reach the clerk at (801) 525-2760 or jcclearfield@utcourts.gov. Doors are open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is a lunch closure from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Standard holiday closures also apply. Founded in 1994, the court handles class B and C misdemeanors, infractions, city ordinance cases, traffic, and small claims up to $20,000. Felonies, class A matters, and major civil litigation go elsewhere. Domestic relations and probate all go to District Court instead.
Clearfield Justice Court
55 South State Street
Clearfield, UT 84015
(801) 525-2760
jcclearfield@utcourts.gov
Clearfield Tuesday-Thursday Calendar
Clearfield schedules its criminal and traffic docket blocks on Tuesday at 9 a.m. Wednesday holds slots at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday adds another at 9 a.m. Think of these as the court's regular time slots. A setting for your particular case is not guaranteed by the schedule alone. Cross-check the Utah calendar against Xchange, then compare both with your latest notice. Need a reset, an interpreter, or a missing remote-hearing detail? Call the court. Some settings stay private and never show publicly.
| Date | The entered Clearfield hearing day. |
|---|---|
| Time | The docket-block or individual start. |
| Venue | The local courtroom or authorized remote venue. |
| Judge | The assigned judicial officer when public. |
| Type | Arraignment, pretrial, trial, review, or small claim. |
Finding Clearfield Court Dates
The statewide calendar lets you search by case, party, judge, attorney, date, or location. Select Clearfield. Xchange case history may reveal a continuance or a new setting; when displays disagree, the filed order wins.
- Setting
- A scheduled event, not always a trial.
- Continuance
- An approved postponement.
- Disposition
- The recorded outcome.
- FTA
- Failure to appear, which may trigger added court action.
A blank calendar does not cancel a Clearfield appearance requirement.
Clearfield Small Claims Fees
Small claims filing fees in Clearfield come in three tiers. The court charges $60 for claims up to $2,000, $100 for claims of $2,001 through $7,500, and $185 for claims of $7,501 through $20,000. Verify the current fee before you file. A city fee schedule can change without much fanfare. The clerk can confirm the amount.
| Claim amount | Published filing fee |
|---|---|
| Up to $2,000 | $60 |
| $2,001 to $7,500 | $100 |
| $7,501 to $20,000 | $185 |
Winning a claim is not the same as collecting it. The court decides the case but will not chase the judgment for you. Collection is your separate job.
Clearfield Traffic Ticket Lookups
A Clearfield traffic ticket lookup starts with the citation number and Clearfield location in Xchange. After the five-business-day wait, Utah ePayment is the online option. Keep in mind the payment screen is not the full docket. If it rejects your ticket, call the clerk. Depending on the charge, you may pay. You can also request plea-in-abeyance treatment, enter a not-guilty response, or face a mandatory appearance. The Davis County traffic court record page unpacks the difference between the court file and the driver file. Note: Police issuing a citation and the court entering it on the Clearfield docket are two separate events.
Clearfield Jury and Recording Rules
Want a jury for a misdemeanor in Clearfield? File a written demand at least ten days before trial. Infractions carry no jury right at all. The court also warns about recording or photography. Any of it needs prior approval under Utah Rule of Judicial Administration 4-401.01. Treat these rules as specific to your Clearfield case. A generic calendar cannot settle them. Ask the clerk how to file the demand and how to seek recording approval. A public hearing does not give you permission to record.
- Read the charge classification.
- Track the trial date on the docket.
- File any jury demand in writing on time.
- Obtain approval before recording or photography.
How Clearfield Cases Reach the County
City traffic, ordinance violations, infractions, and class B or C misdemeanors start in Clearfield Justice Court. An appeal, where permitted, moves up to District Court. Class A charges, felonies, major civil cases, domestic relations, and probate belong in Second District Court from day one.
Docket flow: Clearfield Justice Court › Second District Court › Utah Court of Appeals or Utah Supreme Court when appealable
Search whatever court issued the latest order in your case, and use the Davis County court docket for the full county map.
Clearfield Workload by Numbers
Clearfield Justice Court logged 3,921 cases filed and 3,674 disposed in FY2023. Traffic made up 3,111 filed and 2,968 disposed. Misdemeanors added 679 and 588. Small claims contributed 131 and 118. These are workload counts only; they say nothing about any individual outcome.
In the 2020 Census table of county incorporated places, Clearfield ranked fifth with 31,909 residents.
Who Can See Clearfield Records
Rule 4-202.02 sets out how Utah court records are classified. Generally open to the public: case files, indexes, status information, calendars, judgments, and hearings. Sealed, expunged, juvenile, child-welfare, private, and protected records stay off limits.
Access: Rule 4-202.03 allows public-record access. Nonpublic Clearfield records require legal entitlement.
Need copies or a certified record? Ask the Clearfield court clerk. Rule 4-202.04 offers a written access route, and Rule 4-202.08 covers the fees.
Clearfield Court Record Requests
Need a complaint, an order, a judgment, a recording, or a certified copy? Follow the Utah record-request process. Name the Clearfield court and the case number. Add the record you want, the date range, and your preferred format. Then send it however the clerk accepts. Most responses arrive within ten business days, though volume and classification can stretch that. Ask for a fee estimate up front. An Xchange printout or a payment receipt does not count as a certified Clearfield court record.
Clearfield Citation Entry Timeline
Write down the case number, the court, the filing date, and the event type. Do this before anything else. A common name gets easier once you narrow the court and the dates. The history may list a citation, a plea, a setting, a continuance, a warrant, a judgment, or a disposition. When you need an authenticated copy, ask the clerk to certify it.
Watch the clock on the five-business-day wait. If that period runs up against your deadline, call instead of searching again. Give the clerk your citation number and service date. Then ask three things: whether the case has been entered, whether appearance is mandatory, and which response the clerk accepts. Keep proof that you acted on time.
The published weekly blocks show when Clearfield usually handles traffic and criminal matters. They are not a promise for any single case. A setting can move. Check the newest event, and ask whether the court wants you in person or on an approved remote link.
Clearfield Claims and Trial Details
A Clearfield small-claims history may show the claim, service events, a hearing, the judgment, and its satisfaction. Collecting on that judgment stays the creditor's job. Confirm the claim tier and the fee. After judgment, get the signed or certified record the next authorized step requires.
Dates matter most in misdemeanor cases. The ten-day jury-demand rule makes the trial date critical, and a reset can shift everything, so work from the latest order. Also keep recording rules separate from attendance. An observer may sit through an open hearing yet still be barred from audio, video, or photographs.
Traffic cases make up the bulk of the docket, which is why citation entry, payment timing, and the recurring calendar matter so much here. Totals still cannot predict one case. Fiscal-year counts mix older matters that closed with newer ones still open.
Clearfield Copy Request Precision
Say exactly which filing, order, judgment, or hearing audio you need. Include the case number, the date, and the format. A narrow request keeps the fee estimate honest. It also spares you unrelated documents. State whether a plain copy works or whether certification is required.
If the record is nonpublic, ask the clerk which classification applies. Does Rule 4-202.04 allow a written access request? Switching databases will not get around that answer. The same limits hold at a public terminal, through Xchange, and at the counter.
Clearfield Payment Versus Contest
Paying a payable citation resolves it. A not-guilty response instead asks the court to set further proceedings, and plea in abeyance is a separate conditional route when available. Mandatory-appearance cases cannot be handled as routine online payment. Read the Clearfield citation first, then call whenever the portal does not match the response you intend.
Hold onto confirmation numbers and copies. Later, scan the history for payment, plea, setting, or disposition entries. A transaction may post before the docket closes. If a warrant warning shows up, contact the court; never assume a late payment alone fixes it.
Clearfield Case History Fields
A Clearfield criminal or traffic history can show the charge, its level, the plea, hearings, the disposition, the judge, and a public financial summary. A small-claims history can show parties, filings, settings, the judgment, and satisfaction. Citation numbers and case numbers are not the same thing. Copy the court and the full number before you call.
Document titles and purchase links may sit beside the proceedings. Not every filing is imaged, and restricted content stays off limits. Buying an image does not certify it. Ask the clerk for authentication when you need a certified copy.
Clearfield Final Status Check
Before you rely on any Clearfield result, compare the newest case-history event against your notice and the calendar. If the date, balance, or case status differs, call the clerk.
Clearfield Court Routing Summary
Start with the citation number on your Clearfield ticket. Let the published entry period pass before you search. Pick Clearfield Justice Court as the court. If the payment lookup fails close to the deadline, call the Clearfield clerk rather than guessing. A payment result only shows that you paid. It does not replace the case history or a signed order.
Before any hearing, check the Clearfield calendar against your most recent notice. Small claims need the right fee tier and filing window confirmed in advance. A jury demand should point to the current trial date. For copies, gather the case number, the filing date, and the format you want. Every part of a Clearfield court record should match one case. That means clerk notes, filings, orders, and event labels. Those checks keep the court's timing rules tied to the right docket.