AGENCY: Washington County (Utah). County Recorder

SERIES: 23555
TITLE: Abstracts (towns)
DATES: 1863-
ARRANGEMENT: By community, thereunder by block number.

DESCRIPTION: County recorders are required by Utah law to keep abstract records, which show by tract, every conveyance, encumbrance or other recorded document pertaining to land within the county (Utah Code, Annotated, 1953, 17-21-6). Each abstract entry indicates the kind of document, notes the dates it was created and filed, and names a grantee and grantor. It contains a legal description of the property and identifies a location in terms of plat, block and lot number. Abstracts report where transactions were acknowledged, name acknowledging officers, indicate when entries were in the abstract and tell the book and page number where deeds or other documents were recorded. Entries in Abstract Books D and D 1 were later carried forward in Abstracts: Towns. These records provide a chronological history of ownership and encumbrances for each town lot within Washington County communities other than the city of Saint George, with the exception that abstracts for Hurricane and Santa Clara begin in books A and A 1, but are later carried forward in Abstracts Indexes: Towns.

RETENTION

Retain permanently

DISPOSITION

May Transfer to Archives.

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: Retain in Office permanently.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.

Microfiche duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.

Computer data files: For records beginning in 1992 and continuing to the present. Retain in Office permanently.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This series provides a chronological history of land ownership in Washington County communities.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public