AGENCY: Duchesne County (Utah). County Recorder

SERIES: 19821
TITLE: Chattel mortgages
DATES: 1936-1962.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological, thereunder by entry number.

DESCRIPTION: These are loans which use personal property as collateral filed with the county recorder. They include the date due, lenders name and address, mortgagor's name and address, date of mortgage, amount of loan, installment payments, date of installments, contractual agreement, list of personal property held as collateral. Chattel mortgages are obsolete. In 1965, chattel mortgages were supplanted by the Uniform Commercial Code and in 1983 all mention of chattel mortgages was removed from the statutes of the county recorder. OBSOLETE RECORD

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule County official records, GRS-305

AUTHORIZED: 09/04/2019

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: For records beginning in 1938 through 1949. Retain in Office until administrative need ends and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

Paper: For records beginning in 1950 through 1962. Retain in Office for 10 years and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Historical

The 1898 to 1925 records and indexes are kept for historical purposes as a sample of an obsolete process. Once very common chattel mortgages may now be used for both genealogical and community studies.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public. UCA 17-21-19 and 63G-2-301(1)(g) (2008)

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