AGENCY: Millard County (Utah). County Recorder

SERIES: 83449
TITLE: Section abstract books and indices
DATES: i 1871-1944.
ARRANGEMENT: alphabetical by section, township, and range

DESCRIPTION: The twelve volumes lettered alphabetically A through L on the spine represent the original abstract section books of Millard County. They contain the historical record of land ownership by providing "a true chain of title." They were copied and corrected by the WPA Historical Records Survey in 1940.

Information is recorded under the following headings: township, range, section, all or part, government lot, line number, book where recorded, page, date (month, day, and year) of instrument, date (month, day, and year) and hour of filing, cancellations of incumbrances, grantor, grantee, estate conveyed, kind of instrument, if dower released, how many witnesses, stamp duty paid, if properly signed, if properly acknowledged, consideration, and remarks (a legal description of the property, boundaries, etc.). Included in the Waddell's Index to Names on Abstract Record are the names of the grantees and grantors, the book, the page number, and the line number where the abstract is recorded.

There are also three abstract section index volumes. These record information under the following headings: township, range, section number, abstract volume, and line number.

A master index to both sections and townsites is also located with this series. This lists only the township, range, section number, and book and page.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 03/1989

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 30 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This retention is based on the historical value of these records to document the methods of abstraction of property during the early years.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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