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

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