AGENCY: Morgan County (Utah). County Recorder

SERIES: 85211
TITLE: Chattel mortgages
DATES: 1882-1938.
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. There are also grantor and grantee indexes. 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.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

APPROVED: 12/1989

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 10 years and then transfer to State Archives.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This retention reflects the provisions of the County Recorder General Records Retention Schedule (1988). Though the chattel mortgage is obsolete, these volumes are sampled as a representation of a previous practice. Once very common, chattel mortgages may now be used for both genealogical and community studies.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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