AGENCY: District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County)
SERIES: 17902
TITLE: Probate blotters
DATES: 1901-1905.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.
DESCRIPTION: Blotters provide brief notes on actions taken in estate, guardianship, incompetence, and similar probate court cases on a given day. Each day lists case name, attorneys' names, nature of hearing, and brief note on action taken for each case. These notes were then transcribed and typed up into more formal PROBATE MINUTES.
RETENTION
DISPOSITION
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
These records are in Archives' permanent custody.
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office for 2 years and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 7 years and then destroy.
APPRAISAL
Administrative Legal
Reporter's notes, essentially what these blotters are, were specified as having a 9 year retention in the 1995 Court Retention Schedule. These notes were transcribed into the PROBATE MINUTES of the court, series 3938, which are retained permanently.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public