Court books, registers and processes contain details of cases coming before the court as well as records of administrative matters. Records of criminal cases are in the main series of registers and processes until the end of the 19th century. The collection also contains extensive commissary court material, and registers of juvenile courts set up by the 1908 Children Act (c.67). For more details on Sheriff Court records see http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/sheriffCourt.asp
Correspondence, 1886 - 1944; Financial records, 1875 - 1934; Records relating to Zetland Estate, 1873 - 1935; Records relating to Busta Estate, 1709 - 1922; Records relating to Hayfield Estate, 1873 - 1929; Records relating to Leask sequestration, 1876 - 1931; Miscellaneous records, 1698 - 1928.
Printed Court of Session records, 1849-1927; Mathewson family papers, 1832-1930 and undated; Miscellaneous papers including correspondence, deeds, notes, legal records, 1664-1946; Records relating to land valuation, 1812-1926; Records relating to Acts of Parliament, 1886-1925; Petitions, 1815-1842
Criminal registers, 1900-1904, 1917-1960; Draft monthly reports, 1896-1915; Accounts of expense of reported and unreported cases, 1868-1928; Miscellaneous financial papers, 1889-1929; Miscellaneous indictments, 1880-c 1945; Miscellaneous commissions and deputations by procurators fiscal, 1900-1969; Miscellaneous papers, 1893-1926.
Records of and inherited by Zetland Constabulary (1940-)