AGENCY: District Court (Eighth District : Uintah County)

SERIES: 14198
TITLE: Probate case files
DATES: 1888-
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by case number.

DESCRIPTION: Files involving the formal and informal distribution of estates according to intestate succession, wills, and codicils. Also includes adoptions and guardianships. A single register of actions and its index for probate is found with the civil film and some probate files were also filmed with a roll of civil cases.

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain for 50 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 30 years and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 20 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

Disposition based on documentation about individuals, legal procedure, court history and functions. Case files have legal and administrative value to the court through dismissal or satisfaction of the final judgment. They enforce or protect private rights and prevent or redress private wrongs. The value of the judge's decrees and final judgments to parties in an action may well extend beyond their immediate administrative use.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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