AGENCY: Riverside Cemetery Maintenance District (Utah)

SERIES: 28274
TITLE: Plot purchase certificates
DATES: [ca. 1919]-
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by certificate number and chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: These are copies of actual deeds issued to owners of cemetery plots. They are used to keep an accurate record of plot ownership and whether they have perpetual care. They include deed number, date issued, name of owner, amount of ground purchased, description of grave purchased, amount paid and receipt number. In some communities these deeds are recorded by the county recorder, but in most communities the deeds are not recorded and the municipality retains the official copy. These deeds are also called "Burial Rights."

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain until administrative need ends

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Burial records, GRS-286

AUTHORIZED: 09/11/2015

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office permanently.

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

APPRAISAL

Historical Legal

This series has permanent legal and historical value as documentation of plot ownership and the identity of burials in the cemetery.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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