Box Elder County (Utah). County Recorder

These are copies of all official records recorded with the county recorder including deeds, mortgages, mining records, military discharges, etc. Upon payment of fees for the same, the recorder must record in the "Official record' book all papers, documents, records, and other writings required or permitted by law to be recorded. In some counties all recorded instruments are compiled together as part of the "Official records", while others compile each type of instrument separately (See Deed records, Mortgage records, Mining records, Water records, etc.)

Each deed designates the parties involved, names the consideration amount, and describes what is being transferred including the name and description of the claim. They also identify the township in which the claim is located. Deeds are signed by the seller, authorized by a notary public, and recorded by the county recorder. Mineral certificates and patents transfer final legal title from the federal government. Final ownership of any mining claim involved more than discovery, possession and recording, but also required that the claimant work the ground and perform labor or otherwise pay for the claim. (see Statutes at Large, Treaties, and Proclamations, of the United States of America, vol. XVII, chap. 152, also Revised statutes of the United States, chap. 6, title 32). When full payment had beenof received or the necessary requirements met, the land office issued a mineral certificate which the claimant had recorded by the county recorder. Certificates or patents state that the individual has entered and paid for the claim at the Salt Lake City land office. They describe the claim and also indicate its location in terms of township, range and section.