Grand County Court Docket Searches
Every Grand County docket search starts with Utah Courts Xchange. It is the public repository for District and Justice Court case information statewide, drawing from CORIS, the system court staff use. Know which court your filing or citation names. Felonies, probate, most civil and domestic cases, and qualifying Class A matters sit in Seventh District Court at Moab. Everything else sits in Grand County Justice Court. That court covers Class B and C misdemeanors, infractions, traffic and parking cases, river-runner safety citations, and small claims.
A case number helps, but numbers are not unique statewide. Add Grand County or the Moab court location to be safe. No number handy? Search by Last Name/Company and First Name. Utah Courts recommends a trailing wildcard like Doe* to catch name variants. Trim your filters before submitting. Each Search click is billable, and only 500 results display.
- Choose District Court, Justice Court, or both based on the source document and case type.
- Enter the case number, or use party-name fields with Grand County and court-location limits.
- Compare county, court, case type, filing date, party code, and number before selecting a result.
- Open Case History/Documents and read Proceedings in date order, then check the public calendar for the next setting.
- Contact the clerk for a certified copy, official recording, or filed paper that Xchange does not provide.
Grand County Court Docket District
Grand County belongs to the Seventh Judicial District. The Utah judicial district map shows it alongside Carbon, Emery, and San Juan Counties.
Why do statewide pages say “Seventh District” while local records say Moab? The map explains the mismatch. One caution: a district number does not mean one shared county docket. Pick Grand County and Moab for local searches.
Utah's appellate courts are separate. The Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court keep their own records, and neither replaces the Grand County trial docket. An appeal from justice court becomes a District Court proceeding, and a later appeal can open another docket. Follow the new case number at each step.
Court Dockets: What They Show
A Grand County court docket search result lists the basics: county, court location, case type, case number, filing date, party names, and role codes. Expand it for the full case history. That history adds the case style, assigned judge, attorneys, proceedings, hearings, judgments or outcomes, document due dates, and account information. Criminal histories lead with charges. They can show the charge level, plea, and disposition. Civil histories lean toward parties and dated filings.
The docket is not the whole case file, though. A minute entry may summarize a hearing or ruling without reproducing the signed order. A Judgment event marks an entered result. The judgment image itself may be separately priced, unavailable online, or restricted. Account Summary is just a money ledger, not the story of the case.
| Case Number | An identifier assigned at a court location; add court scope because it is not unique statewide. |
|---|---|
| Parties | Names and roles such as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, or attorney. |
| Proceedings | The date-ordered list of filings, hearings, minute entries, orders, pleas, and outcomes. |
| Settings | Scheduled date, time, court, judge, and hearing type when entered. |
| Disposition | The recorded outcome, which must be read in context and checked against the signed record. |
Grand County Docket Access Channels
Xchange online is one route, not the only one. A one-time account costs $10. Searches run $0.20 each, and available documents cost $1 apiece. Most Utah district courthouses also offer free public Xchange terminals. Ask at the Moab District Court counter about theirs. Call Justice Court to confirm whether it has one. In-person inspection of a public court record is free.
Both clerks work from the 125 E. Center Street courthouse but take different contacts. District Court answers at 435-259-1349 and handles scanning, recording, and remote filings through moabscan@utcourts.gov. Justice Court answers at 435-259-1334 and uses jcmoab@utcourts.gov. If Xchange fails you, call, visit the right counter, or mail a written Request for a Court Record.
A rural-access order from October 2024 adds options for self-represented Grand County parties. They may email PDF pleadings, mail paper pleadings, use lobby scanners, or use the secure courthouse dropbox. The order says pleadings are processed the same day. A fee-bearing case still is not complete until the clerk creates it and gives payment directions. Never put money in the dropbox. MyCourtCase is separate. It serves an authorized party's own case history, papers, payments, and linked cases.
Inside, the first-floor Clerk of Court and Juvenile Probation lobbies are distinct from the second-floor Justice Court service window. Local recording rules bar photography or recording at clerk counters, service stations, security screening, prisoner routes, and inside courtrooms without authorization. Portable devices get screened too. None of this removes your right to inspect a public Grand County docket. It just governs conduct at the counter or terminal. Ask staff before capturing any screen or paper with a phone.
Grand County Courts and Their Dockets
The Seventh District Court in Moab is the general-jurisdiction trial court. Grand County Justice Court handles local lower-court matters. Seventh District Juvenile Court handles youth and child-welfare cases. Its records sit under restricted-access rules. Moab and Castle Valley post no separate municipal justice court.
| Court | Docket covers | Where to search |
|---|---|---|
| Seventh District Court, Moab | Felony, most civil and domestic, probate, qualifying Class A, and justice-court appeals | Xchange, District Court clerk, or written court-record request |
| Grand County Justice Court | Class B and C misdemeanors, infractions, traffic, parking, river safety citations, and small claims | Xchange, public calendar, Justice Court clerk, or county-linked ticket portal |
| Seventh District Juvenile Court | Juvenile delinquency, child welfare, and termination of parental rights | Restricted court process, not ordinary public Xchange access |
| Utah appellate courts | Appeals assigned to the Utah Court of Appeals or Utah Supreme Court | Separate appellate docket systems |
Federal cases are a fifth path. Grand County sits in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah's Central Division, Southern Region. Those federal records live in PACER, not Xchange.
Grand County State and Federal Dockets
The District of Utah map places Grand County in the federal Southern Region.
That map marks a court system apart from the state courts in Moab. No federal counter sits in the Grand County courthouse. Unknown court or case number? Start with PACER Case Locator. Then run the District of Utah PACER query for the case you identify. A state Xchange result never confirms a federal filing.
For those who cannot use the web, the federal judiciary publishes a phone access route for court records with dial-in details for each court.
PACER is the federal records route. It will not reach a Grand County Justice Court or Seventh District Court case, so the court name is the first thing to check before searching anywhere. A state docket and a federal docket live in separate systems.
The official PACER pricing explanation spells out how federal search and document charges are assessed.
The federal fee math is simple. PACER bills $0.10 per page. A single document charge caps at $3. Fees are waived when an account incurs no more than $30 in a quarter. Those terms apply only to federal courts. They sit apart from Xchange search and document fees for state court records.
The offices behind the records differ too. Loni Page's District Court office maintains Grand County state District Court files. Grand County Justice Court staff keep the lower-court records. The federal clerk maintains District of Utah cases. CourtListener/RECAP can round out federal research, but it is not the official federal record.
Court Dates and Settings in Grand County
The Utah District and Justice Court calendar covers a two-week window. It is updated daily. Each entry is detailed. It lists the court, date, time, case number, party names, judge, courtroom when used, and hearing type. A Grand County docket proceeding can explain an old hearing or a reset. For what is set now, the calendar is the more direct view.
Read the newest entry first. A canceled or continued setting can linger in case history. If a mailed notice and the online calendar disagree, call District Court at 435-259-1349. Justice Court is 435-259-1334. Some calendars add a Webex link so you can appear remotely. MyCourtCase needs no account to attend a remote hearing.
A blank calendar result does not mean a case closed. The date may fall outside the two-week view. The setting may have moved. Or the matter may be restricted. The Grand County Court Schedule page separates current calendar fields from older docket events for a fuller date workflow.
Grand County Docket Technology Timeline
Moab District Court joined statewide Xchange coverage on July 30, 1996. Most Utah district courts ran CORIS by the end of 1998. Each justice court made its own historical conversion choices. An old Grand County Justice Court record may carry less detail than a newer case for that reason. Public District Court documents filed electronically since July 1, 2010 can be available through Xchange. Availability varies by case type.
Today's tools stack in layers. Court staff enter information in CORIS. Xchange exposes public summaries and some documents, and the public calendar shows near-term settings. MyCourtCase serves authorized participants. Utah ePayments and the county-linked Justice Court vendor handle payments. Approved e-filing providers serve attorney filing. The local remote order gives self-represented filers email, mail, scanner, and dropbox options.
Each layer answers one question. The calendar is not case history. A payment portal is not a complete docket, and MyCourtCase is not a public name search. A Grand County docket search can seem thin. Confirm which layer you used before deciding an event or case is absent.
Docket Access Under Utah Law
Utah court rules presume court records are public unless another classification applies. That presumption covers case history, open-hearing records, judgments, orders, decrees. Official audio of open hearings is covered too. It has limits, though. Private, safeguarded, protected, sealed, juvenile, and expunged material may be withheld. It may also be left out of Xchange.
Key rules:
UCJA Rule 4-202.02 classifies Utah court records and defines which material is public, private, safeguarded, protected, or sealed.
UCJA Rule 4-202.08 governs copying charges, staff time, one-free-copy provisions, and fee waivers.
Utah GRAMA recognizes judicial records as public unless court rules, procedure, or a private classification restricts access.
Grand County's Open Records Portal serves county-held government records, not court files. Court records follow the judiciary's Request for a Record process. They go straight to the court that maintains them. Anyone seeking non-public material must explain the basis for access. Such a person may also need proof of authorization. The court itself decides that request, not a search page.
Grand County Docket Community Context
The official Grand County statistics page identifies Moab as the county seat. It also separates incorporated communities from unincorporated places such as Spanish Valley.
The county chart backs up a practical docket fact: only Moab and Castle Valley are incorporated communities in Grand County. Neither one runs a separate municipal court docket in the official sources. Their local cases route through Grand County Justice Court or Seventh District Court. The path depends on case type and the court named in the filing.
The geography matters too. Grand County spans 3,694 square miles. The 2020 Census counted 9,669 residents. The July 1, 2025 estimate was 9,790. Across that distance, online access, phone confirmation, and remote filing are more than conveniences. Castle Valley sits about 20 miles northeast of Moab, where the courthouse and both local court clerks are based.
How the Clerk Keeps Docket Records
Grand County's elected Clerk/Auditor is not the clerk of the courts. The county says so directly. Loni Page is listed as Clerk of Court. She serves the Seventh District Court Grand County/Moab office. Over in Justice Court, Judge Danalee Welch-O'Donnal presides, with Emily Butterfield listed as Chief Deputy Court Clerk and Marsha Humphreys as Senior Court Clerk.
Seventh District Court Clerk
125 E. Center Street
Moab, UT 84532
435-259-1349
Grand County Justice Court Clerk
125 E. Center Street
Moab, UT 84532
435-259-1334
Bring felony, most civil, domestic, probate, district judgment, order, or filed-paper questions to the District clerk. The Justice clerk handles lower misdemeanors, infractions, traffic, parking, river safety citations, and small claims. The dockets stay separate even though the offices share an address.
Grand County Records Behind the Docket
Think of a court record search as three layers. A search result is just a possible match. The Grand County docket goes further, listing parties, hearings, events, outcomes, and account details. The filed record sits underneath, holding complaints, petitions, motions, exhibits, signed orders, judgments, decrees, notices, audio, transcripts, and certified copies. Not everything is digitized, some items cost extra, and some carry a non-public classification.
For anything missing online or needed in formal form, use the Request for a Court Record. Inspection costs nothing. Paper copies run $0.25 per sheet. A certified copy is $4 per document plus $0.50 per page. An exemplified copy costs $6 per document plus $0.50 per page. Staff work past the first 15 minutes can be billed. The usual response target is ten business days.
| Record layer | What it provides | Primary route |
|---|---|---|
| Search result | Basic court, case, party, type, number, and filing-date match | Xchange |
| Case history | Events, settings, parties, outcomes, and account data | Xchange or free courthouse terminal |
| Filed record | Papers, signed orders, certified copies, audio, or transcript | Purchase link or responsible court clerk |
Audio and transcripts work differently. Grand County requests go through moabscan@utcourts.gov. An official transcript is prepared by an assigned transcriber and filed with the trial court. Anything made outside that process is just a private transcript, not an official court transcript.
Grand County Court Docket Access Milestone
Court docket access in Grand County got a public moment. A February 2026 Utah Judiciary announcement invited Grand and San Juan County residents to a Court Connect event at the Moab courthouse.
A March 3, 2026 town hall drew notice. Its focus was public trust and access to justice. Speakers also covered court resources, self-help help, and online filing systems. The announcement was not a case-search portal. It stands as a dated sign that the judiciary was explaining access tools to residents of a rural district.
Other recent changes affect how the Grand County docket is reached. The Seventh District Digital Evidence Plan and Remote Hearing Requirements took effect July 1, 2025. Court-record rule amendments followed on May 1, 2025. They added safeguarded contact and identifying details for Safe at Home participants. A remote filing order dates to October 23, 2024. None of these dates mark a change in any specific case. They describe access and court operations.
City-by-City Court Dockets in Grand County
Grand County contains two incorporated communities: Moab and Castle Valley. Neither one runs its own municipal justice court. Nor does either town offer a municipal docket portal, based on the official Utah Courts directory and local review. Cases from either community instead route to Grand County Justice Court or Seventh District Court in Moab. Which court depends on the name on the citation or filing and the type of matter. Being incorporated does not give a town its own city docket.
Moab Court Records
No separate Moab municipal docket was found. Local lower-court cases use Grand County Justice Court.
Castle Valley Court Records
No separate Castle Valley municipal docket was found. Read the named court and use the county roll-up path.
Moab is the county seat, and both court clerks sit there. Castle Valley residents rely on the same Xchange search, public two-week calendar, direct clerk lines, written request form, and Moab remote-filing options. Spanish Valley is unincorporated, so it adds no extra city docket.
Map and Directions to the Seventh District Courthouse
Grand County's felony, civil, domestic, and probate cases are filed with the Seventh District Court at 125 E. Center Street in Moab, the same leased building where the Grand County Justice Court keeps its lower-court docket. The District Court's Clerk of Court and Juvenile Probation lobbies are on the first floor, while the Justice Court's public service window is on the second floor, so a visitor should note which desk the citation or filing names. A Judicial Council capital-plan proposal would replace the current leased building with a new two-courtroom courthouse, but no completion date has been confirmed.
Seventh District Court Clerk
125 E. Center Street
Moab, UT 84532
435-259-1349
Grand County Justice Court Clerk
125 E. Center Street
Moab, UT 84532
435-259-1334
Justice Court public hours run 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with staff at the counter until 5 p.m. to finish same-day business. Everyone entering is subject to security screening, and the courthouse's recording order bars photographing or recording at clerks' desks, security stations, elevators, and courtrooms without authorization. No official source documents dedicated visitor parking or a public-transit route, so call the District clerk at 435-259-1349 to confirm access before the trip.