Series 14932

Grand County (Utah). County Clerk Incorporation case files, 1903-1961.

8 microfilm reels

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

See history of the records' creator.

Summary of Records

Incorporation case files contain at a minimum the original articles of incorporation and any subsequent amendments. Some files also contain notices to pay licensing fees and taxes, oaths of office for corporate officers, annual reports, correspondence, or other miscellaneous documents. Case files are created during the length of a corporation's duration.

Scope and Content

Incorporation case files contain at a minimum the original articles of incorporation and any subsequent amendments. Some files also contain notices to pay licensing fees and taxes, oaths of office for corporate officers, annual reports, correspondence, or other miscellaneous documents. Case files are created during the length of a corporation's duration. The case file is generated when companies incorporate within Grand County and serve as evidence of "due incorporation of the corporation [UCA 16-2]." The series officially ended in 1961 when the state Division of Corporations was created.
Articles of incorporation constitute a contract between the state and corporation, between corporation and stockholders, and between the stockholders and state. The articles of incorporation record the following: names of the incorporators and their places of residence, the length of the corporation's duration, the pursuit of business agreed upon, amount of stock each shareholder receives, description of stock classes, number and kind of corporate officers, and the number of directors necessary to transact corporate business.

Arrangement

Alphabetical by corporation name, thereunder chronological by filing date

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Use Restrictions

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Custody History

This series was transferred to the Utah State Archives in May of 1995 by the Grand County Clerk.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.

Processing Information

Incorporation case files were first scheduled as permanent records in 1978. Permission to microfilm and destroy those records produced after 1896 was granted by the State Archivist, Jeff Johnson, January 3, 1995. The entire series was archivally processed by David Clark in April 1996. The series was updated in 2001 by A. C. Cone after microfilming was completed; hard copy was not retained. Retakes of poor sections of microfilming appear at the beginning of the appropriate reel.

Related Material

Incorporation case files from the Department of Commerce. Division of Corporations and Commercial Code,
, contain these and current incorporations in Grand County.

Container List

ReelDescription
1AAA Construction Co.-Byrd Aviation
2Callan Construction Co.-Elgin Fruit Grower's Assoc.
3Elgin Power and Water Co.-Holiday Haven, Inc.
4Homestake Mining Co.-Millstar Minerals Corp.
5Mineral Canyon Uranium Corp.-Northern Light Oil Co.
6Numico Corp.-Snack Bar
7Southeastern Utah Title Co.-Utah Standard Gold Mining Co.
8Utah Standard Gold Mining Co.-Zenda Manganese Co.