AGENCY: Washington County (Utah). County Recorder

SERIES: 82708
TITLE: Water claims index
DATES: 1908-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: The Washington County Recorder created a comprehensive index to documents relating to water rights. The index describes the kind of instrument, dates of creation and filing, names of grantor and grantee and name of claim. It indicates the book and page number where the documents were recorded. The documents referred to in this index include: 1) an assortment of water deeds, including warranty deeds, quit claim deeds, trust deeds, sheriff's deeds, mining deeds and administrator's deeds; 2) certification of water rights, including water certificates, affidavits and notices of appropriation, and certificates of appropriation; 3) Fifth District Court actions regarding water rights, including court decrees; 4) other documents involving water rights, including mortgages, resolutions, agreements, amendments, patents, and declarations of right of way.

RETENTION

Retain permanently

DISPOSITION

May Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

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

AUTHORIZED: 08/01/2019

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office permanently after being microfilmed.

Microfilm master: For records beginning in 1908 and continuing to the present. Retain in State Archives permanently.

Microfilm duplicate: For records beginning in 1908 and continuing to the present. Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This index provides reference to entries relating to water rights as they were recorded in a number of permanent Washington County land records series.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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