Davis County Criminal Docket Searches
Xchange serves as the main public search for Davis County criminal dockets. It covers Utah District and Justice Courts. Begin with the number on the citation, notice, or filed paper. No number? Search the name exactly as filed. Then narrow to Davis County or the known court. Pick a criminal case type only when the code is certain. Xchange caps broad results. Adding a court and a filing-date range can rescue a common-name docket search.
Going online is not the only route to a Davis County case lookup. You can call or visit the responsible clerk, or read public data at a courthouse CORIS terminal. You can also mail, email, or fax a written record request where the court accepts one. The three Davis District counters sit in Bountiful, Farmington, and Layton. Davis County Justice Court answers at (801) 451-4488. Ask the named court whether an item is public, imaged, or available only by request.
- Choose District Court, Justice Court, or both in Xchange, then narrow the search to Davis County or the court on the notice.
- Enter the complete case number. If it is unknown, enter the filed last name and a first-name wildcard.
- Select the case type or date range only when it will remove unrelated results.
- Open the matching case history and confirm the court, filing date, charges, and current judge.
- Use the clerk's record process for an unavailable document or a certified copy.
Note: A Davis Justice Court FAQ says a new case may take up to seven days to appear.
Davis County Criminal Docket Codes
Short codes mark criminal files on Utah's official Xchange case-type list. The code FS flags a state felony case. MD flags a misdemeanor DUI. MO marks another misdemeanor. A code helps you find the right docket entry. It never replaces the charge line. That line states the alleged offense and its level as shown in the court file.
- FS
- A state felony file heard in District Court.
- MD
- A misdemeanor DUI file, generally within Justice Court jurisdiction when the offense level permits.
- MO
- An other-misdemeanor file. Read the charge and court fields for detail.
- Case history
- Utah's chronological list of proceedings, the public display closest to a docket.
Do not confuse a citation number with a court case number. They are different identifiers. Neither works statewide without court or location context. Save the court name and case type beside the number. A later clerk request then lands at the right office the first time.
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
A Davis County criminal case history pulls together many parts. Expect identity fields, charges, and participants. It also covers proceedings, documents, and accounting data. It may name the prosecution, the law-enforcement agency, counsel, and the judge. Public entries can cover hearings, continuances, warrants, judgments, and payments. For the field labels, see Xchange help, which explains each one.
| Case number and type | The court-assigned identifier and code, such as FS, MD, or MO. |
|---|---|
| Charges | Description and level, with separate plea and disposition dates and results. |
| People and court | Public party roles, attorneys, prosecuting agency, current judge, and location. |
| Proceedings | Filings, hearings, minute entries, continuances, warrants, judgments, and outcomes in date order. |
| Documents | Public titles and dates; an available image is generally a separate one-dollar purchase. |
| Accounting | Public fine, fee, amount paid, and balance fields where applicable. |
Never read one row alone. A warrant can be recalled later, and a hearing can be reset. Each charge can also end differently from another charge in the very same case.
Davis County Criminal Docket Outcomes
A filed charge is an accusation, not a conviction. The plea entry records the defendant's response, and the disposition records how the charge ended. Those events can land on different dates. A sound Davis County criminal docket review follows each charge through its own plea and disposition fields, rather than reading the first event as the outcome.
Read the full sequence. A setting is not a trial result, a reset is not a dismissal, and a warrant entry is not the whole case. Check later proceedings and the current case status.
Minute entries and document titles add context, but the public case-history screen may not carry the full text. A linked image is not a certified copy either. When the exact wording of an order matters, request that order from the responsible clerk.
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
A Davis County criminal docket usually opens when a charging paper is filed or a citation becomes a court case. Arraignment comes next, recording the initial response. Pretrial entries then show scheduling, motions, conferences, or continuances. A plea or trial resolves what is contested. A disposition and sentencing follow where they apply. Not every case uses every stage, and resets can make some entries repeat.
Docket flow: Filing › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
For an upcoming hearing, compare Xchange with the Utah public court calendar and the filed notice or order. The filed notice and the judge team's instructions control. If the date, courtroom, or remote-hearing link is unclear, call the court.
Davis County Criminal Docket Workload
The official FY2023 Justice Court table offers local context without describing anyone's result. Davis County Justice Court reported 13,062 filed cases. It reported 12,376 disposed cases. Of the filings, 832 were misdemeanor matters. Another 11,577 were traffic matters. "Disposed" means the court closed or resolved a matter in its reporting period. It does not mean a conviction.
Those counts show why the court level and case code matter. They say nothing about guilt, risk, or where one person's case stands. For a particular file, read the case history itself.
Davis County Criminal Docket Courts
Utah District Court handles felonies and class A misdemeanors. Davis County District matters are kept at Second District Court locations. Those sites sit in Bountiful, Farmington, and Layton. Justice Courts hear class B and C misdemeanors, infractions, ordinance cases, and traffic matters. County and city Justice Courts each keep their own dockets.
| Court | Criminal docket covers | Search or contact route |
|---|---|---|
| Second District Court | Felonies and class A misdemeanors | Xchange or the Bountiful, Farmington, or Layton clerk |
| Davis County Justice Court | Class B/C misdemeanors, infractions, county offenses, traffic | Xchange, CORIS terminal, or the Farmington counter |
| City Justice Court | Eligible city ordinance, misdemeanor, and traffic cases | The court named on the citation or notice |
| Juvenile Court | Delinquency and related juvenile matters | Restricted process through the Juvenile Court clerk |
The elected Davis County Clerk is not the clerk of these Utah court dockets. Send the request to the court printed on the record.
Davis County Criminal Specialty Dockets
Second District judge biographies point to several specialty programs in Davis County: Drug Court, DUI Court, RSAT, and the Davis County Mental Health Court. The public case history behind a participant may list program hearings or milestones. Treatment details and participant data stay private, though.
The court posts no separate public calendar for these specialty dockets. So start with the ordinary case lookup. Then ask the court coordinator or clerk whether a specialty setting is open to the public and how you may observe it. Some documents take a written request. Public access never entitles anyone to a list of treatment participants, and the same Rule 4-202 classifications govern a courthouse terminal.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
Utah judicial records follow the court-record classification rules, not the county-government GRAMA route. Once a record is classified public, it is generally open: case files, indexes, case numbers, status, criminal violations and dispositions, calendars, judgments, orders, and hearings. Sealed, expunged, juvenile, and other nonpublic records are another matter. Ordinary Xchange access excludes them.
Key Utah access rules:
Rule 4-202.02 classifies public, private, protected, sealed, and other court records.
Rule 4-202.03 allows anyone to inspect public court records but requires authority for nonpublic access.
Rule 4-202.04 sets the written request and challenge process.
Rule 4-202.06 governs request procedures and timing.
An Xchange subscription does not unlock sealed material. Someone with legal authority for restricted records should use the official court-record request process and give the clerk the required proof. A regular public search works differently. It should never turn up dates of birth, addresses, victim information, or other sensitive identifiers.
Davis County Criminal Docket Terminals
No home Xchange account? A courthouse CORIS public terminal can display a Davis County criminal docket too. The terminal follows the same public, private, protected, and sealed classifications. The Utah State Law Library in Salt Lake City offers another free public Xchange computer. That location serves the whole state and is not a Davis County courthouse.
Suppose a docket document never appears at the terminal. Write down the court, case number, event date, and document title, then send those facts to the clerk who owns the case. Inspection may cost nothing. Copies, staff time, delivery, and certification can each carry separate fees.
Davis County Criminal Docket Checklist
Before you rely on a Davis County criminal docket, verify three things. Check the case-owning court, the full case number, and the criminal case code. Then match each charge with its own plea and disposition. Later proceedings deserve a second look. Watch for a recalled warrant, a changed setting, an amended charge, or a final order.
When an appearance is still pending, compare two things. Match the docket with the Utah court calendar and the filed notice. If the sources differ, call the Davis County court. A quick check like this keeps a public criminal case history tied to the official court sequence. It stops you from trusting one isolated event.
Keep the Davis County court location attached to every result in a Davis County criminal docket search. When an entry changes later, the newest entry is not the whole answer. Add the Davis County clerk's confirmation to get the current status.