AGENCY: Sevier County (Utah). County Recorder

SERIES: 365
TITLE: Chattel mortgages and indexes
DATES: 1897-1940; 1961-1975.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by entry number.

DESCRIPTION: These are copies of chattel mortgages filed with the county recorder. A chattel is a loan taken using personal property as collateral and filed with the county recorder. They contain: date; amount of loan; principal, interest, amount of charges payable, and monthly payments; loan number; date due; borrower's name and address; names of witnesses; list of goods and chattels; location of items; and notarized signature and seal of notary public. In 1965, chattel mortgages were supplanted by the Uniform Commercial Code and in 1983 all mention of chattel mortgages were removed from the statutes of the county recorder. There are three volumes of chattel mortgage records (1897-1919) and six indexes (1898-1940). There are also two small collections of folded records on pre-printed forms: chattel mortgages (filed 1961-64) and release of chattel mortgage/partial release of mortgage/satisfaction of mortgage/satisfaction and release of lien forms (filed 1961-75).

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule County official records, GRS-305

AUTHORIZED: 02/03/2020

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: For records beginning in 1897 through 1925. Retain in Office for 10 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

Paper: For records beginning in 1926 and continuing to the present. Retain in Office for 10 years and then destroy.

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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