22-212

22-212. Civil docket and records

A. Each justice of the peace shall keep a civil docket in which he shall enter:

1. The title of actions commenced before him.

2. The time when the first process was issued against defendant, when returnable
and the nature thereof.

3. The time when the parties, or either of them, appeared before him, either with
or without summons.

4. A brief statement of the nature of plaintiff's demand or claim, or the amount
claimed, and the nature of the defense made by defendant.

5. Every adjournment, stating at whose request it was granted and to what time.

6. The time when the trial was had, and whether by jury or by the justice of the
peace.

7. The verdict of the jury.

8. The judgment and the time of giving the judgment.

9. All applications for setting aside judgment or granting a new trial, the order
thereon and the date.

10. The time of issuing execution, to whom directed and delivered, and the amount of
debt, damages and costs. When an execution is returned, the return thereof and a
statement of the manner in which it was executed.

11. All stays and appeals and the time when taken, the amount of the bond and the
names of the sureties.

12. The account of costs.

B. The justice shall arrange and safely keep the dockets, books and papers
transmitted to him by his predecessor, all papers filed in any action in his court, and
books and dockets required to be kept by him.