Series 29589District Court (Fourth District : Juab County) Wills
Dates: 1896-
0.70 cubic foot
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
This series contains wills filed with the District Court as part of the process of probating estates of deceased persons. The wills are legal instruments that outline the wishes of an individual for the distribution of his/her possessions and assets in the event of his/her death. The wills typically designate an executor to oversee execution of the will, outline how property is to be distributed, and include signatures of witnesses. The wills are not filed as part of the probate case, but are filed separately as related documents.
Arrangement
Numerical by associated probate case number and generally chronological by filing date.
Related Records
Probate case files from the District Court (Fourth District : Juab County), Series 17925, contain the documents filed in the probate cases related to the wills in this series.
Custody History
The court transferred about 162 wills in this series dating from 1912 to 1962 to the State Archives in October 2017.
Access Restrictions
This series is classified as Public.
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Processing Note
This series was archivally processed by Alan B. Barnett and Brayham Cisneros in November 2017.Finding Aids
Indexes: An electronic name index exists for this series. View index.
Indexing Terms
- Civil Procedure and Courts
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