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This book contains abstracts of chattel mortgages, powers of attorney, writs of attachment, transcripts of judgement, certificates of sale and a miscellaneous land index. Each list is less than two pages long and covers from two to ten years between 1878 and 1888. The ...
 
This abstract, signed by the Kane County Court, is a summary of land ownership for tracts transferred from Kane to Washington County in 1882. For each tract the abstract identifies the documents which validate land ownership and specifies the kind of document as well as ...
 
This index B gives individual's name and then page(?) and line(?) number with one numeral over the other. Brought in from the county in January 2001 by Pat Scott, Archives records analyst. It is unknown what the index is to. It is also unknown which county office ...
 
This volume records copies of certificates granted to doctors and dentists to practice medicine and filed for record. Although certified in many places, presumably these individuals chose to practice in Washington County.
 
These books contain abstract records for subdivisions in Washington County. A chronolgocial history of official transactions for each lot in each subdivision includes the following information: date of filing, book and page where recorded, grantor, grantee, kind of ...
 
Series: 23731
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The official record is a compilation of the records kept as documents registered by the county recorder. Beginning in 1908 records were registered together as well as in separate volumes. Contained in the Official Record are: Abstractor bonds, bills of sale, medical ...
 
Series: 7067
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Chattel mortgages are mortgages of personal property such as livestock, merchandise, machinery or furniture. The territorial legislature defined the terms of chattel mortgages and specified that the same should be recorded in the county where the mortgagor resided, and ...
 
Utah county recorders are required to record notices of liens for taxes payable to the United States as well as certificates discharging those liens. They are further required to keep an alphabetical index showing the name and residence of delinquent tax payers, the ...
 
This is an index to judgments made on debtors. The records are sent to the recorder's office from several different courts and are filed with the recorder. They are maintained as an official record of all judgments. The information includes judgment debtors, judgment ...
 
Series: 23732
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The Washington County recorder kept indexes to mining claims in several formats. From 1970-1992 she kept a hand written index which lists claims alphabetically by claim name and includes names of locators, date of location, date of recording, entry number and mining ...
 
Series: 23730
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These Washington County land sale records include date of deed, name, description, date of sale, by whom sold, to whom assessed and price paid.
 
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In March 1867, Congress passed "An Act for the Relief of the Inhabitants of Cities and Towns upon the Public Lands" (Statutes at Large, Treaties, and Proclamations, of the United States of America, vol. XIV, chap. CLXXVII), which established county probate judges as ...
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Land titles--Registration and transfer--Washington County (Utah).
Land titles--Registration and transfer--Washington (Utah).
Land titles--Registration and transfer--Harrisburg (Utah).
Washington (Utah)--Deeds.
Harrisburg (Utah)--Deeds.
 
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For a time, the Washington County Recorder maintained separate volumes (Record Books V 2, W, W 2 and W 3) to record official documents relating to water rights and irrigation. These records include documents validating the right to use water, including water ...
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Water rights--Washington County (Utah).
Washington County (Utah)--Recording and registration.
 
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Washington County Deed Record Book V, called "Transcript of Lands," describes those lands in Washington County which were granted by the Federal Government for the support of education and other public institutions and for building permanent reservoirs, as provided by ...
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School lands--Utah--Washington County.
Public lands--Utah--Washington County.
Land titles--Registration and transfer--Washington County (Utah).
 
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The Washington County recorder kept a mortgage index beginning in 1954, which identifies mortgages and mortgage related documents. She recorded this index in two separate volumes, one referencing mortgagors and the other mortgagees. For each entry, she noted the type of ...
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Mortgages--Washington County (Utah).
Deeds of trust--Washington County (Utah).
Washington County (Utah)--Recording and registration.
 
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On the front page of the first Washington County Deed Book, John D. Lee inscribed, "Book A, Containing the Records of all transfer or conveyance of lands or tenements and all other instruments of writing and documents thereunto pertaining." He was quoting the ...
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Land titles--Registration and transfer--Washington County (Utah).
Real property--Washington County (Utah).
Washington County (Utah)--Recording and registration.
 
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In 1882 the territorial legislature shifted the boundary between Kane and Washington Counties, so that a large section of western Kane County became part of Washington County (Laws of Utah, 1882, Chapter LII, "Creating Garfield County"). The county recorder began a new ...
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Land titles--Registration and transfer--Washington County (Utah).
Land titles--Registration and transfer--Toquerville (Utah).
Toquerville (Utah)--Deeds.
 
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Deeds are official contracts transferring property ownership. According to Utah law, no transfer or sale of property is valid unless it is recorded by the county recorder. (Laws of Utah, 1852. "An Act Regulating Transfers of Possession of Land and Real Estate," p. ...
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Land titles--Registration and transfer--Washington County (Utah).
Land titles--Registration and transfer--Pine Valley (Utah).
Pine Valley (Utah)--Deeds.
 
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The documents in this series of books, including Deed Record Books J, L, M, P, Q, and S, record the boom and bust of a Washington County mining town. Silver Reef had a population of 1,040 in 1877 and was abandoned by 1900. Deeds in Silver Reef conveyed land, town sites, ...
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Land titles--Registration and transfer--Washington County (Utah).
Land titles--Registration and transfer--Silver Reef (Utah).
Silver Reef (Utah)--Deeds.
 
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In March 1867, Congress passed "An Act for the Relief of the Inhabitants of Cities and Towns upon the Public Lands" (Statutes at Large, Treaties, and Proclamations, of the United States of America, vol. XIV, chap. CLXXVII), which established county probate judges or ...
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Land titles--Registration and transfer--Washington County (Utah).
Land titles--Registration and transfer--Saint George (Utah).
Saint George (Utah)--Deeds.
 
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The Washington County recorder created an index to miscellaneous records. This index indicates names of grantee and grantor, dates of creation and filing, type of document, and file number. Some of the documents referred to in this index are: contracts, leases, mergers, ...
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Washington County (Utah)--Recording and registration.
 
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The laws of Utah as adopted in 1896 required county officials to take an oath and give a bond before entering into the discharge of their duties. All official bonds were to be recorded in the office of the county recorder and filed in the office of the county clerk ...
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Oaths--Washington County (Utah).
Washington County (Utah)--Officials and employees.
 
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County recorders are required by Utah law to keep abstract records, which show by tract, every conveyance, encumbrance or other recorded document pertaining to land within the county (Utah Code, Annotated, 1953, 17-21-6). Each abstract entry indicates the kind of ...
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Land titles--Registration and transfer--Washington County (Utah).
Washington County (Utah)--Abstracts of title.
 
Series: 23555
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County recorders are required by Utah law to keep abstract records, which show by tract, every conveyance, encumbrance or other recorded document pertaining to land within the county (Utah Code Annotated, 1953, 17-21-6). Each abstract entry indicates the kind of ...
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Land titles--Registration and transfer--Saint George (Utah).
Land titles--Registration and transfer--Washington County (Utah).
Saint George (Utah)--Abstracts of title.
 
Series: 23554
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A power of attorney is a legal document which authorizes someone to execute any conveyance of real estate as an agent or attorney for the owner. Powers of attorney are valid only after they have been acknowledged, certified and recorded (Utah Code, Annotated 57-1-8). ...
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Power of attorney--Washington County (Utah).
Land titles--Registration and transfer--Washington County (Utah).
 
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Abstracts (Saint George) (1)

Abstracts (mines) (1)

Abstracts (sectional land) (1)

Abstracts (subdivisions) (1)

Abstracts (towns) (1)

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land titles--registration and transfer--washington county (utah). (17)

washington county (utah)--recording and registration. (9)

mining claims--washington county (utah). (6)

mines and mineral resources--ownership--washington county (utah). (5)

washington county (utah)--abstracts of title. (5)

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