Searching the Big Water Court Docket
Big Water Municipal Justice Court dissolved effective December 31, 2022. Judicial Council materials point to Kane County Justice Court instead. That is where a current Big Water matter now lives. Think traffic, infraction, low-level misdemeanor, ordinance, or small claims. Search Utah Courts XChange using Justice Court, Kane County, and the current county court location.
- Read the record for its filing date and exact court name.
- For post-dissolution matters, select Kane County Justice Court.
- For an older matter, preserve Big Water Municipal Justice Court as the historic location when shown.
- Pair the citation or case number with the location because numbers are not unique statewide.
- Review proceedings, hearings, judgment, disposition, and public documents.
- Call Kane County Justice Court at 435-644-2351 when a transferred or historic entry is unclear.
A blank result may point to the old court name.
Big Water Court Dissolution
The dissolution shapes every Big Water docket search. The municipal court closed at the end of 2022. That was an administrative change, not an order wiping cases out. Historical Big Water docket entries and dispositions remain public records. New matters use the Kane County Justice Court route.
Use timing as a filter. A 2021 traffic matter may name Big Water Municipal Justice Court. A later citation goes under Kane County Justice Court instead. XChange does not always make the change plain. In that case, give the successor clerk the former location, the approximate year, the party name, the case type, and the number. That detail separates a transfer-era record from a fresh county filing.
Big Water Municipal Court Basics
No Big Water Municipal Justice Court exists anymore. Historically, that limited-jurisdiction court handled the lower-level matters Utah assigns to justice courts. Kane County Justice Court took over after dissolution. The clerk sits at 76 N Main Street, Kanab, UT 84741, and the phone is 435-644-2351. District jurisdiction never shifted when the municipal court closed.
Felonies, class A misdemeanors, broad civil suits, domestic matters, and probate cases still run through the Sixth District Court of Utah, Kane County. Juvenile cases follow a restricted juvenile process. A Big Water address does not pick the court. The case type and filing location do.
Big Water Successor-Court Check
A good Big Water search separates the court at filing time from the office in charge today. Old labels survive in case history. The public record can keep that historic location long after the administrative change ends. The successor clerk explains present custody.
| Record clue | Search route | Clerk route |
|---|---|---|
| Filed before 2023 | Test historic Big Water location | Kane County Justice Court for transfer questions |
| Filed after dissolution | Kane County Justice Court | Kane County Justice Court |
| Felony or district civil | Sixth District Court | Kane County District clerk |
| Juvenile category | Not ordinary public XChange | Juvenile staff and restricted process |
A former court name never proves the case died.
Court Dates and Settings in Big Water
A Big Water justice setting today runs through Kane County Justice Court. The county court hears matters weekly, on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time, and posts its current Webex link on the official page. The schedule proves nothing for any single case. Not every Big Water matter is set then. Not every hearing can be attended online. The individual notice and the clerk control what a listed date actually requires.
| Court | Current Kane County Justice Court or historic Big Water location |
|---|---|
| Date | The hearing date, distinct from filing or violation date |
| Time | The stated call or individual setting time |
| Setting | Arraignment, pretrial, trial, review, or another event |
| Access | Courtroom, authorized Webex, or case-specific instruction |
Call before driving from Big Water to Kanab. A stale calendar or a recent continuance can hide the current appearance requirement.
Big Water Historical Caseload
Judicial Council dissolution material described about 752 Big Water cases over the preceding five years. The court averaged fewer than two criminal cases and fewer than one traffic case per month. Filings were thin. Even so, the FY2022 justice report separately listed 140 filings, 129 dispositions, and a 92 percent clearance rate for the historical court.
These numbers explain the local decision context. They are not current activity. The municipal court no longer operates. Clearance compares dispositions to filings in a reporting period, so it is not a conviction rate. The 2020 Census counted 449 Big Water residents, while dissolution material used 443 residents for 2021. Neither figure predicts an individual docket.
Traffic Tickets in Big Water
Read the court printed on the ticket. Post-dissolution local justice matters route to Kane County Justice Court. Search XChange with that location and the citation number. The number alone is not unique statewide. The county-linked CORIS payment search likewise requires a court choice plus a citation or case number.
Online payment covers eligible bail-forfeiture citations only. It also works once a person has appeared and been sentenced. Payment may close the case. Call the clerk before paying when the ticket names a former Big Water court, has not posted, or may require appearance. Kane's plea-in-abeyance terms apply only when the case sits in Kane County Justice Court and the court finds it eligible. The traffic ticket record page gives the county-wide process.
Big Water Transfer-Era Records
One Big Water file can carry entries from two courts. The town's municipal court closed. Its work moved on, so a transfer-era record may list the old bench and the successor county court in the same docket. Read the whole chronology instead of stopping at the result heading. A transfer code, a later county setting, or a changed court field often explains why two location names show up. The public screen can stay confusing. Ask the county justice clerk which office holds the file now.
A docket event and a document link are different things. XChange can list a filing without making it free to view. A public document purchase costs $1. Paper, certified, or audio copies follow the clerk's request and fee rules. Name the former Big Water court in any request. Add the approximate filing year and the current successor location.
Where Big Water Cases Go
Big Water's current limited-jurisdiction cases land in Kane County Justice Court. District-level crimes go to the Sixth District Court in Kane County. So do general civil, domestic, and probate matters. Juvenile cases sit in a separate restricted system of their own. Historic municipal matters may still carry the old Big Water label on the docket.
Docket flow: former Big Water Municipal Justice Court › Kane County Justice Court › Sixth District Court of Utah, Kane County.
Think of this as a custody map for a search. It is not a claim that every Big Water case touches all three courts. Search the court that held the matter at the time in question. If jurisdiction started in district court, you can skip the justice tier entirely. The Kane County court docket overview walks through the wider hierarchy. It also covers what each clerk handles.
Big Water Docket Fields
An XChange docket entry can carry a lot. Expect court, location, case number, type, filing date, parties, judge, attorneys, hearings, proceedings, judgment, disposition, and links to public documents. Traffic and criminal histories add more. Those can include a citation number, violation date, charge, plea, officer, agency, prosecutor, and a financial account summary. For Big Water cases, watch the location and date fields. They are what help you read the dissolved-court transition correctly.
- Historic location
- The former Big Water court shown for an older filing.
- Successor court
- Kane County Justice Court, which handles current local justice matters.
- Proceeding
- An entered hearing, filing, transfer, or administrative event.
- Disposition
- The recorded outcome or status.
- Document
- A separate record that may require purchase or clerk request.
Dissolved does not mean expunged. Expungement is a separate restricted-record process.
Big Water Search Access Choices
You have three main ways in, and each serves a different purpose. Paid online XChange runs $10 for a one-time transaction of up to ten searches. Public documents cost $1 each. Free public inspection is possible through XChange terminals at most district courthouses and some justice locations. Call Kane County Justice Court before driving the Big Water-to-Kanab route. Confirm terminal access and the right desk.
MyCase is free, but only for a party's own eligible case after identity verification. It is no substitute for a public Big Water name search. Utah eFile handles filings, not the public docket. Older justice-court conversion coverage varies. A direct clerk request matters for historical Big Water files. Give the former court, party names, approximate year, type, number, and the exact item you want.
Big Water Court Record Access Rules
UCJA Rule 4-202.02 opens the door. Big Water court records are public. A rule must mark them private, protected, sealed, or otherwise restricted to close them off. Rule 4-202.03 spells out those restricted categories. Rule 4-202.04 says anyone asking for a filing must submit a written request, and that request must identify it with reasonable particularity. Even when a court dissolves, the classifications still stand and a public disposition stays public.
Big Water access rule: Search the historic location when needed, but send current custody questions to the Kane County Justice Court clerk.
Copy fees are modest but add up. Paper copies cost $0.25 per sheet. Fax or email runs $5 through ten pages, then $0.50 for each added page. Staff time is free for the first 15 minutes and chargeable after that. Expect a response to a court request within 10 business days, subject to retrieval, review, fees, and payment. A certified copy requires access entitlement, a specific record, and the applicable charge.
Big Water Missing-Record Steps
Start by testing both locations that fit the time period. Try former Big Water Municipal Justice Court for an older filing. Try Kane County Justice Court for a later one. Check every digit of the case number. Then search by name with the case type and a narrow date range. A district-level matter means switching the jurisdiction to District Court instead.
Next, call the successor clerk with the exact history in hand. Say the matter arose in Big Water. Note whether it predates January 2023, and which location produced no match. Then ask whether the record transferred, stayed indexed under the old location, exists only in converted or paper form, or simply is not publicly available. Working the steps in order respects the administrative change. It avoids guessing about a seal, dismissal, or expungement.