Series 5015

Uintah County (Utah). County Clerk Incorporation case files, 1891-1961.

4 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 to corporations. 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 Uintah County and serve as evidence of"due incorporation of the corporation [UCA 16-2]."

Scope and Content

Incorporation Case Files contain at a minimum the original articles of incorporation and any subsequent amendments to corporations. 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 Uintah County and serve as evidence of"due incorporation of the corporation [UCA 16-2]."
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 theincorporators 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 of kind of corporate officers, and the number of directors necessary to transact corporate business. The series ended in 1961 when the Division of Corporations was created.

Arrangement

Alphabetical by name of company, thereunder by date filed

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.
This series is available online as part of the Utah State Archives Digital Archives.

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.

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 December 1995. The microfilming of the records was completed in June 1998 and the original case files were destroyed.

Other Finding Aids

Indexes: An electronic index to the incorporated companies is available. View index.

Related Material

Articles of incorporation record books from Uintah County (Utah). County Clerk, Series 5012, contains record copies of the articles found within this series and references the case files
Incorporation case files from the Department of Commerce. Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, Series 7184, includes current Incorporations in Uintah County.
Incorporation case files from Uintah County (Utah). County Clerk, Series 5015, contains closed incorporations filed in Uintah County.

Container List

ReelDescription
1Acorn Mercantile Company- Dry Fork Irrigation Company
2Dry Gulch Irrigation Company- L.P. Gas, Inc.
3Maeser Mercantile Company- Unitah Canning Company
4Uintah Cattle Growers Association- Woodard-Davis Furniture Company