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Benton County Records Inventory
Circuit Court Case Files
1851-1984
Series documents cases heard before the circuit courts and the U.S. district courts. U.S. district courts were administered by the federal government during the territorial period and subsequently replaced by the circuit courts upon statehood in 1859. Case files include exhibits, transcripts, indexes, and legal documents such as indictments, subpoenas, fee bills, articles of agreement, bonds, summons, executions, petitions, and injunctions. The case files document civil and criminal actions such as debt, theft, divorce, land claims, arson, murder, rape, assault and battery, and boundary conflicts. Circuit court records continue after 1983 under authority of the state and are maintained by the trial court administrator. Circuit court records have been inventoried through 1983. For information on more recent court records, contact the trial court administrator. Portions of these records may be restricted.
Oregon State Archives:
Circuit Court Case Files, no. 1-11147, 1852-1937 (110
cu.ft.);
Circuit Court Case Files Indexes, no. 1-8457, 1851-1926 (2
volumes);
Circuit Court Divorce Records, 1853-1920 (7 cu.ft.);
Search for 1853-1920
Benton County divorce case files in Oregon Historical Records
Index.
Benton County Courthouse, Room 106:
Civil Files and Criminal Files [Circuit Court Case Files], no.
11148-43000, 1937-1983 (181 inches microfiche);
Indexes [Circuit Court], ca.1851-1984 (1.30 inch of
microfiche).
Benton County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:
Circuit Court Case Files Security Jackets, no. 11000-26999,
1937-1972 (180 inches of microfilm jackets);
Index to Circuit Court Records Direct [title varies],
1853-1984 (3 volumes);
Index to Circuit Court Records Indirect [title varies],
1853-1984 (3 volumes).
Benton County Records Center:
Cir. Ct. Case File Index [Circuit Court], ca.1963-1984
(2 inches of microfilm jackets);
Circuit Court Case Files, no. 27000-43000, 1972-1983 (90 inches of
microfilm jackets).
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