Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Wallowa County Records Inventory
Circuit Court Dockets
1887-1987
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 Wallowa County Courthouse, Old Jail Records Storage:
Circuit Court Register [with index], vol. 12-14, 1946-1963
(3 volumes);
Criminal Docket, vol. A-B, 1887-1913 (2 volumes);
Criminal Docket [with
index], vol. 1-3, 1918-1987 (3 volumes);
Equity Docket, vol. A, 1887-1907 (1 volume);
Law Docket, vol. A-B, 1887-1912 (2 volumes);
Record of Trials, vol. 1, 1976-1986 (1 volume).
Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault:
[Circuit Court Docket], 1930-1937 (1 volume);
Circuit Court Docket [Law], 1957-1960 (1 volume);
Court Register [also titled Case Docket and Fee Book-with
index], vol. 2-11, 1902-1946 (10 volumes);
Divorce [Return Records], 1943-1948 (2 volumes);
[Divorce Return Records], 1934-1943 (2 volumes);
Dockets [Circuit Court Law and Equity], 1924-1926 (.35 cu.ft.);
Equity Docket, vol. B, 1907-1913 (1 volume);
Law Docket, vol. C, 1912-1913 (1 volume);
Register of Actions, vol. A, 1887-1893 (1 volume);
Transfer Circuit Court Docket, vol. 1, ca.1922-ca.1929 (1 volume);
Trial Record [with index], vol. 3-4, 1915-1926 (2
volumes).
Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Attic, Main Records Storage Room:
Circuit Court Criminal Docket District Attorney, 1918-1925 (1
volume).
Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office
Vault:
Trial Record [with index], vol. 5, 1926-1942 (1
volume).
Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Circuit Court
Office:
Circuit Court Journal [actually serves as register-with index],
vol. 15-19, 1964-1984 (5 volumes);
Criminal [Docket-Circuit Court], ca.1983-1998 (1 volume);
Criminal Docket [with index], vol. 3, 1963-1987 (1 volume).