County Commission Records

County Commissioners act as both a legislative and executive authority for local government, enforcing state law and creating ordinances to meet local needs (Utah Code Title 17 Section 53). It is required by law for regular meetings open to the public be held by the Board of County Commissioners. A complete record shall also be kept permanently and made available for public access, including minutes "in which shall be recorded all orders and decisions made by the county legislative body and the daily proceedings had at all regular and special meetings." (Utah Code §17-53-209(1) [2014])

They are the guardians of the affairs of the county. They possess not only administrative authority, but legislative power within the limits prescribed by state law George Thomas, Utah State Government and Twenty-Seven Federal Agencies

The following record series provide information on records created by county commissions in Utah that are held or scheduled by the Utah State Archives.

Beaver | Box Elder | Cache | Carbon | Daggett | Davis | Duchesne | Emery | Garfield | Grand | Iron | Juab | Kane | Millard | Morgan | Piute | Rich | Salt Lake | San Juan | Sanpete | Sevier | Summit | Tooele | Uintah | Utah | Wasatch | Washington | Wayne | Weber

Beaver County. County Commission (1896)
Minutes, 1856-2001 Series 6067
Box Elder County. County Commission
Minutes, 1856-1997 Series 84093
Minutes indexes, 1886-1973 Series 6068
Ordinances, 1929-1994 Series 12224
Cache County (no holdings)
Carbon County. County Commission
Minutes, 1894-1945 Series 83864
Daggett County. County Commission
Minutes, 1918-1995 Series 83793
Ordinances, 1985-1996 Series 13141
Davis County. County Commission
Minutes, 1852-1988 Series 84227
Minutes indexes, 1931-1986 Series 15118
Ordinances, 1909-1999 Series 22560
Duchesne County. County Commission
Minutes, 1914-1989 Series 10216
Emery County. County Commission
Minutes, 1880-1992 Series 84032
Garfield County. County Commission
Minutes, 1882-2002 Series 9932
Grand County. County Council
Minutes, 1890-1998 Series 83883
Minutes indexes, 1983-1996 Series 26054
Iron County. County Commission
Minutes, 1851-1948 Series 83747
Juab County. County Commission
Minutes, 1852-1858, 1887-1985 Series 84139
Kane County. County Commission
Minutes, 1864-2002 Series 83799
Ordinances, 1896-1982 Series 24227

Beaver County to Kane County

Millard County. County Commission
Minutes, 1852-1948 Series 83329
Minutes index, 1891-1897 Series 83330
Ordinances, 1913-1939 Series 83348
Morgan Count. County Commission
Minutes, 1903-1986 Series 7025
Piute County. County Commission
Minutes, 1869-1999 Series 84044
Ordinances, 1896-1983 Series 85241
Rich County. County Commission
Minutes, 1864-2003 Series 25804 
Salt Lake County
San Juan County. County Commission
Minutes, 1892-1899 Series 84229
Sanpete County. County Commission
Minutes, 1852-1996 Series 84102
Minutes index, 1854-1909 Series 26812
Ordinances, 1897-2007 Series 15578
Sevier County. County Commission
Minutes, 1865-2005 Series 84228
Ordinances, 1896-2006 Series 24267
Resolutions, 1989-2006 Series 26357
Summit County. County Commission
Minutes, 1861-1891 Series 83858
Tooele County. County Commission
Minutes, 1851-1866, 1877-2011 Series 84230
Index to minutes, 1894-1995 Series 28482
Ordinances and Resolutions, 1896-1978 Series 1797
Uintah County. County Commission
Minutes, 1880-1916, 1919-2000 Series 13890
Minutes index, 1940-1980 Series 13889
Ordinances, 1896-1964, 1971-1980 Series 13583
Utah County. County Commission
Minutes, 1851-1880, 1891-1897 Series 84180
Minutes index, 1852-1897 Series 25954
Wasatch County. County Commission
Minutes, 1862-1889, 1899-1954,  Series 83875
Washington County. County Commission
Minutes, 1856-2002 Series 84226
Minutes indexes, 1937-1938, 1977-2000 Series 24570
Ordinances, 1896-2000 Series 13752
Resolutions, 2001-2002 Series 24573
Wayne County. County Commission
Minutes, 1892-1983 Series 84074
Ordinances, 1911-1985 Series 85240
Weber County. County Commission
Ordinances, 1904-1906 Series 5277
NHPRC Documenting Democracy

A grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) has provided funding to arrange, describe, and microfilm the historic records of select counties, cities and towns.

Page Last Updated September 30, 2014.