AGENCY: District Court (Eighth District : Uintah County)

SERIES: 29152
TITLE: Probate record books
DATES: ca. 1896-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by recording date.

DESCRIPTION: This series contains transcriptions of documents issued by the court in probate matters. Included are such documents as orders, decrees, and notices. The records were created and maintained by the court clerk, as required by statute to "keep a 'probate record book,' properly indexed, in which shall be recorded all wills, bonds, letter of administration, letters testamentary, and all other paper and orders of the court required by law to be recorded" (Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, Title 12, ch. 7, section 601, page 220).

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

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

APPRAISAL

Historical

The records in this series have permanent historical value as documentation of settlement of probate matters and the business handled by the court. These records have considerable value for genealogists.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Controlled. This series contains records of adoptions, which are restricted for 100 years in accordance with Utah Code 78B-6-141.