Salt Lake County Cemetery Lots

Collection

Identifier: RC-004

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This record series was created to comply with an ordinance which stated that all lots sold in the City Cemetery be recorded in the office of the county recorder twice a year. The City Cemetery submitted lists of the cemetery plots sold to the Recorder’s office. The lists included the name of purchaser and plat, block, and lot number.

Dates

1914-1958

Creator

Salt Lake County Recorder (Creator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Historical note

The government of the Territory of Utah created the office of Salt Lake County Recorder in 1852. The recorder has custody of and is to keep all books, records, maps, and papers required by law (Utah Code Annotated, 1999, Title 17, Chapter 21, Section 1). The operations of the county recorder are all specified and required by state law and have changed little over time. The recorder is required to record all documents submitted by the public which are qualified to be recorded; to maintain an up-to-date and accurate set of maps (or “plats”) which show the current ownership of every tract of land in the entire county; to maintain indexes to all recorded documents; and to perform all functions of a clerical and technical nature to accomplish that objective.