Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Klamath County Records Inventory
Circuit Court Dockets
1883-1984
Series records brief entries about the proceedings of court cases. Information includes date; plaintiff and defendant names; cause of action such as larceny, assault, divorce, or receivership; attorney names; and final disposition of the case. Circuit court records continue after 1983 under authority of the state and are maintained by the state 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.
Records at the Klamath County Courthouse, Room 17, Court Basement Storage
Cage:
Circuit Court Register of Actions [Civil-with index], vol. 10-25,
1929-1965 (15 volumes);
[Circuit Court Register of Actions], vol. 24, 1961-1963 (.50 inch of microfilm
jackets); vol. 26-42, 1965-1983 (14 inches of microfilm jackets);
Circuit Court Register [volumes 6 and 7 combined-with
index], vol. 1-7, 1883-1925 (6 volumes);
Claims [Register of Actions], 1939-1946 (.25 cu.ft.);
Docket Circuit Court, 1901-1908 (1 volume);
Docket Circuit Court, vol. 1, 1883-1900 (1 volume);
General Index to Register and Circuit Court Docket, 1908-1914
(1 volume);
Index to Circuit Court Journal [also serves as criminal
register], vol. 2-3, 1909-1916 (2 volumes);
Index to Circuit Court Registers, vol. 1, 1939-n.d. (1.50 inches of microfilm
jackets); vol. 3, n.d.-1983 (1 inch of microfilm jackets);
Record of Trials, 1979-1981 (.50 cu.ft.);
[Record of Trials], 1945-1955 (1 volume);
Record of Trials, vol. 5, 1981-1983 (1 volume);
[Record of Trials], vol. 6, 1982-1983 (1 volume);
Record of Trials [with index], vol. 1-4, 1955-1965 (4
volumes);
Register and Circuit Court Docket [includes naturalization
section], 1907-1913 (1 volume);
Register and Circuit Court Docket [Law], 1908-1912 (1 volume);
[Register of Actions-Circuit Court Divorces], 1983-1984 (1 binder);
Register of Actions [Civil-combined volumes-with index],
vol. 8-9, 1923-1929 (1 volume);
Register of Actions Criminal [with index], vol. 8-9,
1923-1965 (2 volumes);
[Register of Criminal Actions-also indexes case files],
vol. 10-21, 1966-1983 (12 volumes);
Register of Criminal Actions Index [serves as case file
index], 1923-1949 (1 volume);
Trial Book [Record of Trials], vol. 5, 1966-1976 (1
volume);
Trials Circuit Court [Record of Trials], vol. 4, 1965-1974
(1 volume).
Records at the Klamath County Courthouse, Room
222:
[Index to Circuit Court Register], vol. 1-3, 1939-1983
(2 inches of microfiche);
[Register of Actions Civil], vol. 24, 26-42, 1961-1963,
1965-1983 (16 inches of microfiche).
Records at the Klamath County Museum:
Register of Actions [also indexes circuit court case files-with index],
no. 5380-9958, 1939-1951 (1 volume);
Register of Actions [also indexes circuit court
journals-with index], vol. 4, 1936-1939 (1 volume).