MAGISTRATES' COURTS RECORDS

Summary

JC/BGP. Bodmin

JC/BOD. Borough of Bodmin

JC/DOM. Domestic

JC/EMID East Middle (Callington)

JC/ENOR East North (Launceston)

JC/ESTH East South (Saltash & Torpoint)

JC/FAL. Falmouth borough

JC/HELS Helston borough

JC/IVES St. Ives borough

JC/KERE East Kerrier (Penryn)

JC/KERW West Kerrier (Helston)

JC/LAUS Dunheved (Launceston Borough)

LC/LESN Lesnewth (Lanteglos by Camelford)

JC/LIS. Liskeard borough

JC/LSKT Liskerrett (Liskeard) (from 1957)

JC/PENE East Penwith (Camborne)

JC/PENR Penryn borough

JC/PENW West Penwith (Penzance)

JC/PENZ Penzance borough

JC/POWE East Powder (St. Austell)

JC/POWS South Powder (Tregony)

JC/POWT Powder/Tywardreath (Tywardreath)

JC/POWW West Powder (Truro: from 1956 joint with Truro)

JC/PYD. Pydar (alternately Newquay & St. Columb)

JC/SCI. Scilly

JC/STR. Stratton (Stratton)

JC/TRIG Trigg (Bodmin)

JC/TRU. Truro borough

JC/WAD. Wadebridge

JC/WEST West (Liskeard) : (before 1957)

JC/WCOR West Cornwall (from 1991, Falmouth and Kerrier, East Penrith, Penrith, Tour and South Powder, Youth and Juvenile Courts).

Report of committee on legal records 1966 (Cmnd 3084) specifies retention periods, while closure periods are determined in accordance with the Public Records Act at the direction of the Lord Chancellor.

Records of juvenile courts are subject to a 75 year closure (in 1990 nothing later than 1914 to be publicly available).

All other records are subject to the general 30 year rule (in 1990 nothing later than 1959 to be publicly available).

Records relating to the appointment of magistrates are subject to a seal of 75 years.