AGENCY: Washington County (Utah). County Recorder

SERIES: 23679
TITLE: Chattel mortgages
DATES: 1947-1987.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by entry file number.

DESCRIPTION: Chattel mortgages are mortgages of personal property such as livestock, merchandise, machinery or furniture. The territorial legislature defined the terms of chattel mortgages and specified that the same should be recorded in the county where the mortgagor resided, and that the county recorder should keep a book specifically for that purpose with an index (Compiled Laws of Utah, 1888, chapter IV, part VI). These statutes were repealed in 1965 (Utah Code, 70A-10-102).

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office until administrative need ends and then transfer to State Archives.

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

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

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