Series 18218
District Court (Fifth District : Iron County) Probate Registers of Actions, 1895-1990.
4.00 cubic feet and 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
Scope and Content
This series contains registers used to record actions taken and the corresponding documents filed in each case presented to the probate division of the court. In addition to handling the estates of deceased persons, the probate division also deals with adoptions, guardianships, and insanity and incompetency cases. The court is responsible for adjudicating and conveying ownership of town site lands (Utah Code, 57-7-19, 1953). Occasionally, the court handles name changes and inquests regarding the cause of a death. In each case the probate register indicates the name or names of the individuals involved, the kind of case, and the name of the petitioner's attorney, followed by a list of each action taken in the case and the date that action was taken.
Gaps
It appears that the court began renumbering case files beginning in 1908 in Book 2. The book includes a case from as early as 1895, but does not seem to contain all the cases that would have been heard by the court between 1895 and 1908. There may have been a Book 1, which would have covered those cases, but the whereabouts of such a book are unknown.
Arrangement
Numerical by case number, thereunder chronological by action date.
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 primarily classified as Public. The secondary classification is Exempt: As of 1 July 1999, records of adoptions are restricted for 100 years and are only fully accessible by court order. These books include lists of actions in adoption cases. UCA 78-30-15 (2008).
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
These books were transferred to the State Archives from the court in 2007. They were transferred to the regional repository at Southern Utah University in November 2009. The University Special Collections returned the original books to the State Archives in October 2025.
Acquisition Information
These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.
Processing Information
This series was archivally processed by Jim Kichas and Emily Gurr in April 2008 as part of a NHPRC grant project designed to preserve the historic records of Utah's Fifth District Courts. The finding aid was updated by Alan B. Barnett in November 2025 after the original books returned to the State Archives.
Other Finding Aids
Indexes: An alphabetical index is located at the beginning of each register.
Related Material
Probate record books from the District Court (Fifth District : Iron County), Series 1124, contain copies of documents filed in probate cases.
Probate case files from the District Court (Fifth District : Iron County), Series 26645, contains the complete case files as listed in these registers.
Probate index from the District Court (Fifth District : Iron County), Series 26659, provides a name index to aid in locating cases listed in the registers in this series.
Will record book from the District Court (Fifth District : Iron County), Series 26663, can be used in conjunction with this series to determine the exact dates for court proceedings.
Container List
| Reel | Volume | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1895 Sep-1939 May | Cases 1-640 |
| 1 | 3 | 1939 May-1948 | Cases 641-1073 |
| 2 | 3 | 1948-1949 May | Cases 1070-1140 |
| 2 | 4 | 1949 May-1958 Jul | Cases 1141-1640 |
| 2 | 5 | 1958 Aug-1967 May | Cases 1641-2144 |
| 3 | 6 | 1967 May-1974 Jun | Cases 2145-2644 |
| 3 | 7 | 1974 Jun-1981 May | Cases 2645-3148 |
| 4 | 8 | 1981 May-1988 Feb | Cases 3149-3652 |
| 4 | 9 | 1988 Feb-1990 Apr | Cases 3653-3799 |