About Utah Land Records
Utah is a federal-land state. Lands were generally acquired from the
federal government or from other individuals. Before federal land offices
were established in the territory, land was distributed by the elders
of the Mormon church in lots which could easily be maintained by a
family.
With the creation of a Federal Land Office in Salt Lake in
1869, legal titles were granted to land which had been previously held.
See Jaussi and Chaston's (1974) and Arrington's (1958) publications
described under "Additional Sources," and Lawrence L. Linford's "Establishing
and Maintaining Land Ownership in Utah Prior to 1869," Utah Historical
Quarterly 42 (1974): 126–43, which provides an excellent context
for researching Utah's land records. For Utah there is a master card
index for the cash entry files of U.S. lands sold by the Salt Lake
Land Office. It is accessible at the National Archives-Rocky Mountain
Region and the Bureau of Land Management in Washington, D.C., as well
as at the FHL.
Although the county recorder's office was created at the founding
of the county, their deed books did not become the predictable location
for land transactions until after 1874. Earlier land records can
be
found among many classes of documents in the county seat, including
county court and probate records. After 1874, separate books for
land transactions have been continuously kept. Most counties have indexes
for their land holdings, usually referred to as grantee and grantor
indexes.
For further information on land and property research, consult:
Hone, E. Wade. Land and Property Research in the United States. Salt
Lake City: Ancestry, 1997.
Utah BLM Office:
Bureau of Land Management
Utah State Office
PO Box 45155
324 South State Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155
Phone: (801) 539-4001
Fax: (801) 539-4013
Utah State Historical
Society:
Utah State Historical Society
Department of Community and Economic Development
Division of State History
300 Rio Grande
Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1182
(801) 533-3500
Utah County Courthouses:
Beaver County
Beaver Country Clerk
105 East Center
P.O. Box 392
Beaver, UT 84713
Telephone: (435) 438-6463
Box Elder County
Box Elder Country Clerk
1 S. Main St.
Brigham City, UT 84302-2548
Telephone: (435) 734-2031
Cache County
Cache Country Clerk
655 East 1300 North
Logan, UT 84341
Telephone: (435) 752-3730
Carbon County
Carbon Country Clerk
120 E. Main St.
Price, UT 84501
Telephone: (435) 636-3227
Daggett County
Daggett Country Clerk
95 N 1st W
P.O. Box 218
Manila, UT 84046
Telephone: (435) 784-3154
Davis County
Davis Country Clerk
28 E State St
PO Box 618
Farmington, UT 84025
Telephone: (801) 451-3213
Duchesne County
Duchesne Country Clerk
P.O. Box 270
Duchesne, UT 84021
Telephone: (435) 738-2435
Emery County
Emery County Clerk
95 E Main St
PO Box 907
Castle Dale, UT 84513
Telephone: (435) 381-2465
Garfield County
Garfield Country Clerk
55 S Main St
P.O. Box 77
Panguitch, UT 84759
Telephone: (435) 676-8826
Grand County
Grand County Courthouse
125 East Center St.
Moab, UT 84532
Telephone: (435) 259-1322
Divorce: (435) 259-1349
Iron County
Iron County Clerk
68 South 100 East
PO Box 429
Parowan, UT 84761
Telephone: (435) 477-8341
Juab County
Juab Country Clerk
P.O. Box 249
160 North Main
Nephi, UT 84648
Telephone: (435) 623-3410
Kane County
Kane Country Clerk
76 N. Main Street
PO Box 50
Kanab, UT 84741
Telephone: (435) 644-2458
Millard County
Millard County Courthouse
S. R. Box 55
765 South Highway 99
PO Box 226
Fillmore, UT 84631
Telephone: (435) 743-6223
Morgan County
Morgan Country Clerk
48 W. Young St., P.O. Box 886
Morgan, UT 84050
Telephone: (801) 845-4011
Piute County
Piute Country Clerk
21 North Main, P.O. Box 99
Junction, UT 84740
Telephone: (435) 577-2840
Rich County
Rich Country Clerk
20 S Main St
PO Box 218
Randolph, UT 84064
Telephone: (435) 793-2415
Salt Lake County
Salt Lake Country Clerk
610 S 200 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Telephone: (801) 534-4658
Recording: (801) 534-4694
San Juan County
San Juan Country Clerk
117 S Main St
PO Box 338
Monticello, UT 84535
Telephone: (435) 587-3223
Sanpete County
Sanpete Country Clerk
160 N. Main St.
Manti, UT 84642-1266
Telephone: (435) 835-2131
Sevier County
Sevier Country Clerk
250 N. Main St.
Richfield, UT 84701-2158
Telephone: (435) 896-9262
Summit County
Summit Country Clerk
P.O. Box 128
Coalville, UT 84017
Telephone: (435) 336-4451
Tooele County
Tooele Country Clerk
47 S. Main St.
Tooele, UT 84074
Uintah County
Uintah Country Clerk
147 E. Main St.
Vernal, UT 84078
Telephone: (435) 781-5360
Utah County
Utah County Health Dept
589 S State St
Provo, UT 84606
Telephone: (801) 370-8707
Wasatch County
Wasatch Country Clerk
25 N. Main St.
Heber City, UT 84032
Telephone: (435) 654-3211
Washington County
Washington Country Clerk
197 E. Tabernacle St.
Saint George, UT 84770
Telephone: (435) 634-5712
Wayne County
Wayne Country Clerk
18 South Main
PO Box 189
Loa, UT 84747
Telephone: (435) 836-2731
Weber County
Weber Country Clerk
2549 Washington Blvd., Suite 320
Ogden, UT 84401
Telephone: (801) 399-8400
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