AGENCY: District Court (Fourth District : Utah County)

SERIES: 26962
TITLE: Inquest files
DATES: 1909-1927.
ARRANGEMENT: alphabetical by surname of deceased

DESCRIPTION: Justices of the peace in Utah County held inquests or hearings on the bodies of dead persons who might have died by unlawful means to determine the cause of death and to determine whether or not it was felonious. Inquests also included individuals whose deaths may have been natural, but where the cause was not certain. Files containing the results of those inquests from various precincts around the county were filed with Fourth District Court in Utah County.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is proposed and has not yet been approved.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

These cases document functions of Utah coroners and justices of the peace. They also provide intensive information on individuals' deaths and sometimes crimes and accidents, information not available elsewhere.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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