AGENCY: District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County)

SERIES: 3372
TITLE: Probate record books
DATES: 1852-1966.
ARRANGEMENT: Generally alphanumerical by volume number and chronological by filing date.

DESCRIPTION: These probate record books contain the proceedings in estate and guardianship cases in Salt Lake County. After 1917, adoption cases are also included. Personal name change cases appear infrequently. Corporate dissolution records occur intermittently around the turn of the century.

In cases related to the estates of deceased persons, the will, appraisals and inventories, and settlements are recorded. For guardianships, the appointment of a guardian and frequently an accounting of at least some of the property is noted. Adoption records give the full order of adoption, often with statements from both the natural and adoptive parents or a social service agency detailing circumstances surrounding the adoption. Name change cases record both previous and new name. Corporate dissolutions are treated as a deceased person.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently after microfilming.

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

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

APPRAISAL

Historical

Disposition based on the value of these records in fully documenting probate proceedings in the court as well as the valuable information they contain related to socioeconomic and family data.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public. Probate, guardianships, name changes, and corporate dissolution records are public.

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Private. Unprobated wills are private, therefore volumes which contain only wills, and may not have been probated, are kept private for 75 years.

Exempt. Access to adoption records is restricted for 100 years in accordance with Utah Code 78B-6-141.

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