Searching Kane County Criminal Dockets
Public District and Justice Court histories live on Utah Courts XChange. Pick the jurisdiction before you type a name or number. Felony and class A misdemeanor charges for Kane go to Sixth District Court, while lower-level matters stay with Kane County Justice Court or Orderville Municipal Justice Court, each within its own geographic authority.
One caution: a case number is not unique statewide. Pair it with Kane County and the exact court. For a name search, narrow things down by case type, birth date, or date range. A brand-new charge may lag, since it appears only after local court entry is complete.
- Select District Court, Justice Court, or both.
- Choose Kane County or the named local court.
- Enter a party name or case number.
- Open the matching case history and verify the filing date.
- Contact the clerk for an official copy or current setting.
Kane County Offense-Level Routing
Which court sits on a criminal docket depends on the level and location of the alleged offense. The general-jurisdiction court is Sixth District Court. Kane County Justice Court takes the lower-level matters the county describes, serving unincorporated Kane, Kanab, and Alton. Orderville and Glendale belong to Orderville Municipal Justice Court.
| Matter | Kane court | Public route |
|---|---|---|
| Felony | Sixth District Court | XChange or District clerk |
| Class A misdemeanor | Sixth District Court | XChange or District clerk |
| Class B or C misdemeanor | Applicable justice court | XChange or local clerk |
| Infraction or ordinance | Applicable justice court | XChange or local clerk |
| Juvenile delinquency | Juvenile Court | Restricted juvenile process |
Big Water's municipal court was dissolved effective December 31, 2022. Its low-level cases now route through Kane County Justice Court, though older results may still carry the former court's name.
Inside a Kane County Criminal Docket
A case history can show plenty: charge and classification, plea, judge, attorneys, proceedings, document due dates, disposition, sentence, and a financial account summary. Criminal and traffic examples may add the agency, officer, prosecutor, citation number, and violation date. What the public sees, though, varies by field and case status.
| Case type | FS means state felony; MO means other misdemeanor; IF means infraction. |
|---|---|
| Charge | The allegation and its court classification, not proof of guilt. |
| Plea | Recorded response such as guilty, not guilty, no contest, or plea in abeyance. |
| Proceeding | A hearing, filing, order, or administrative event in time order. |
| Disposition | The outcome recorded for a charge or case. |
| Account | Fine, fee, amount paid, balance, revenue, or trust fields where exposed. |
The public history and a filed document are different records. A docket may name a motion, yet the motion itself may not be online. Even an available document can require a separate purchase.
Kane County Criminal Codes
The official Utah case-code page helps separate criminal categories from civil and traffic files.
- G, GP, GJ
- Guilty outcomes, including plea and jury variants.
- NB, NJ
- Not guilty after bench or jury process.
- PA or AP
- Plea in abeyance, which is subject to the entered order.
- D, DI, DW, PW
- Dismissal variants, including with or without prejudice.
- XA, XP, XT
- Expungement-related outcome codes.
A dismissal alone does not erase a public history. Expungement is its own legal process, and expunged records are excluded from ordinary XChange results.
How a Criminal Case Moves
A criminal docket grows one event at a time. The exact path turns on the charge, the court, pleas, motions, and court orders. Some cases end early; others run all the way through trial and sentence.
Arraignment is where the charge and plea get addressed. Pretrial entries might include conferences, motions, discovery deadlines, or a change of counsel. The disposition records the outcome. Sentencing can happen right then or at a later hearing. A transfer, reset, or continuance shifts the path. It does not mean the case was dismissed.
Kane County Recovery Court Records
Kane Recovery Court opened in January 2013 to handle adult felony drug cases.
The policy calls for roughly 12 to 18 months of treatment and accountability. Only people approved under its high-risk and high-need standards qualify. Its team draws from District Court, the County Attorney, public defense, the Sheriff, treatment providers, and program staff. The court and its policy control eligibility and participation. Public case events may show on the criminal docket. Treatment, testing, and participant details can remain confidential or restricted.
Courts That Hold Criminal Dockets
Clerks hold the files. The Sixth District clerk keeps the district criminal file, the Kane County Justice Court clerk keeps county justice records, and Orderville's clerk handles that municipal docket. The Utah Courts directory lists Kane contacts by court, so the County Clerk/Auditor is not the criminal records clerk here.
District Court sits at 76 N Main Street, Suite 2, Kanab, reachable at 435-264-4790 or 435-264-4791. Kane County Justice Court shares the 76 N Main Street address, with 435-644-2351. Orderville Justice Court uses P.O. Box 165 and 435-648-2534. Call ahead before a rural trip, because published county administrative hours are not confirmed court-counter hours.
Kane County Criminal Access Channels
XChange offers paid online access. Free terminals sit in most district courthouses and some justice locations. A call-ahead check is wise. The Utah State Law Library provides free research computers too. MyCase is free for a party's own eligible case after account and identity verification. It is not a general public name-search tool.
A written court-record request can seek inspection, a copy, certification, audio, or access to a restricted item when the requester has a lawful basis. Identify the court, case number, record, and date range. Ask for an estimate if staff time or many pages may be involved. Responses usually come within 10 business days. Review, retrieval, fees, or complexity can affect timing.
Sealed Dockets and Public Access
Utah's public-record presumption has limits. Sealed, expunged, juvenile, adoption, civil-commitment, child-welfare, and termination-of-parental-rights cases do not appear as ordinary XChange results, and protected identifiers can be withheld or redacted.
Access rules:
UCJA Rule 4-202.02 classifies public, private, protected, and sealed records.
UCJA Rule 4-202.03 allows public access to public records and requires authority for restricted material.
UCJA Rule 4-202.04 governs record requests made to the clerk.
A public criminal docket is not a full police, driving, or national history. Verify the specific court record with its clerk. Do not infer facts the docket does not state.
Kane County Criminal Docket Fees
XChange charges $10 for a one-time transaction covering up to 10 searches. Prefer a subscription? That route carries a $25 setup fee plus $40 per month for up to 500 searches. Each search past that costs $0.35. Viewing an available online document costs $1. None of these charges overlap.
Paper records follow Utah's court fee rule instead. Copies run $0.25 per sheet. Email or fax delivery costs $5 for up to 10 pages. Then $0.50 per extra page. Staff time is free for the first 15 minutes. After that, the applicable rate can apply. Certification, audio, storage media, and mail each add their own fees. A courthouse terminal sidesteps the online search fee when you only need to look.
Before ordering a long case file, ask for an estimate. Searching the docket's case history first pinpoints the exact proceeding, order, or judgment you need. That keeps the request tight and the bill down.
Kane County Criminal Date Checks
A Kane County criminal docket lists several dates, and each one answers a different question. The filing date shows when the case or charging paper was entered. A hearing date is just a scheduled event. It can move. The disposition date records the outcome of a charge or the whole case. Sentencing may come later, though. A judgment date can differ yet again. Treating one of these as the next court setting is a common and costly mistake.
Scan the latest docket entries for a continuance, reset, warrant, or new setting. Utah calendars can help, but the Kane-linked legacy schedule offers no usable current table. Kane County Justice Court posts a general Tuesday 9:00 a.m. hearing schedule. It also shares a live Webex link. Neither one replaces the order or notice in your specific criminal case. Call the right clerk to confirm the time. Ask about the room and the remote option. The clerk can also tell you whether you must appear in person.
If a date has passed, don't guess the result from the old setting. Open the later case-history entries or contact the clerk. A missed setting can trigger a new order or a warrant. Only the current court record shows what actually happened.
New entries in a Kane County criminal docket can change after filing. The responsible clerk stays the final word on current case status.