Series 14181
District Court (Seventh District : Carbon County) Probate registers of action
Dates: 1896-
4.50 cubic feet
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
This series contains registers listing each action taken in the cases presented to the probate division of the Seventh District Court in Carbon County. In addition to handling the estates of deceased persons, the probate division also deals with adoptions, guardianships, and insanity and incompetency cases. The court is responsible for adjudicating and conveying ownership of town site lands (Utah Code, 57-7-19, 1953). Occasionally, the court handles name changes and inquests regarding the cause of a death. In each case the probate register indicates the name or names of the individuals involved, the kind of case, and the name of the petitioner's attorney, followed by a list of each action taken in the case and the date that action was taken. The registers are bound volumes of pre-printed form pages. From 1896 to June 1987 information was handwritten in the registers. Following case 4798 in Book 9 there is a note that "as of July 1, 1987, all entries are in the printed registers."
Access Restrictions
This series is primarily designated as Public. The secondary designation is Exempt: UCA 78-30-15 (2008). As of 1 July 1999, adoption records become public after 100 years; until then they are sealed and only obtainable through the court. These books include information about adoptions cases.
Reproduction and Use
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Finding Aids
Indexes: Each volume in this series includes a name index at the beginning.
Related Records
Probate case files from the District Court (Seventh District : Carbon County), Series 4640, contain the documentation of the actions recorded in the registers of action and can be accessed through the name indexes in the registers.
Minute books from the District Court (Seventh District : Carbon County), Series 14180, record the daily proceedings of the court.
REEL | BOX | VOLUME | DESCRIPTION |
pending | 1 | Book 1 | Cases 1 - 566;1896 Mar 12 - 1925 Mar 02 |
pending | 2 | Book 2 | Cases 567-1140;1925 Apr 16 - 1939 Jan 30 |
pending | 3 | Book 3 | Cases 1141-1668;1939 Feb 06 - 1947 May 26 |
pending | 4 | Book 4 | Cases 1669-2198;1947 Jun 18 - 1954 Feb 25 |
pending | 5 | Book 5 | Cases 2199-2742;1954 Mar 10 - 1961 Jan 16 |
pending | 6 | Book [6] | Cases 2743-3386;1961 Jan 24 - 1969 Jan 16 |
pending | 7 | Book 7 | Cases 3387-4026;1969 May 15 - 1977 Oct 27 |
pending | 8 | Book 8 | Cases 4027-4576;1977 Nov 01 - 1984 Mar 28 |
pending | 9 | Book 9 | Cases 4577-4798;1984 Apr 06 - 1987 Jun 22 |