Series 365
Sevier County (Utah). County Recorder
Chattel mortgages and indexes, 1897-1940; 1961-1975.
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Schedule Description
These are copies of chattel mortgages filed with the county recorder. A chattel is a loan taken using personal property as collateral and filed with the county recorder. They contain: date; amount of loan; principal, interest, amount of charges payable, and monthly payments; loan number; date due; borrower's name and address; names of witnesses; list of goods and chattels; location of items; and notarized signature and seal of notary public. In 1965, chattel mortgages were supplanted by the Uniform Commercial Code and in 1983 all mention of chattel mortgages were removed from the statutes of the county recorder. There are three volumes of chattel mortgage records (1897-1919) and six indexes (1898-1940).There are also two small collections of folded records on pre-printed forms: chattel mortgages (filed 1961-64) and release of chattel mortgage/partial release of mortgage/satisfaction of mortgage/satisfaction and release of lien forms (filed 1961-75).
Scope and Content
These are copies of chattel mortgages filed with the county recorder. A chattel is a loan taken using personal property as collateral and filed with the county recorder. They contain: date; amount of loan; principal, interest, amount of charges payable, and monthly payments; loan number; date due; borrower's name and address; names of witnesses; list of goods and chattels; location of items; and notarized signature and seal of notary public. In 1965, chattel mortgages were supplanted by the Uniform Commercial Code and in 1983 all mention of chattel mortgages were removed from the statutes of the county recorder. There are three volumes of chattel mortgage records (1897-1919) and six indexes (1898-1940). There are also two small collections of folded records on pre-printed forms: chattel mortgages (filed 1961-64) and release of chattel mortgage/partial release of mortgage/satisfaction of mortgage/satisfaction and release of lien forms (filed 1961-75).