Washington County, Utah Public Records

Washington Utah abstracts, survey records and certificate request procedures

Use the old abstract as a trail to individual instruments

The county's old-abstract tool notice describes condensed property histories covering 1854 through 1992. An abstract can supply a sequence of recorded references that is absent from a current-owner display. Read it as a research trail: retain each book, page or instrument reference and then obtain the associated document when the exact language matters. The abstract period is the coverage of that historical tool, not a claim that every current Recorder search ends with the same year.

Keep current property, historical documents and monitoring separate

The Recorder/Surveyor directory links current property search, an interactive map, historical documents and Property Watch as separate services. Choose the tool that fits the question rather than assuming the map contains the full recorded history. A monitoring service concerns later activity; it does not certify the completeness of an earlier title search. The office lists 111 East Tabernacle Street and a 4:45 p.m. Mountain recording cutoff. Preserve the search date and locator for each instrument needed for a copy request.

Use the Surveyor route for a filed survey or monument record

The Surveyor service page provides record-of-survey information and monument-record instructions, separately from the Recorder's current-ownership tools. A recorded survey, a subdivision plat and a tax ownership map have different purposes and should be requested by the correct title. Include the surveyor, subdivision, parcel or section information shown on an existing document. If a boundary question requires the original survey sheet, do not substitute a screenshot of an ownership display without identifying what that display represents.

Choose the map or document product before using the fee

The Recorder/Surveyor schedule distinguishes official-record copies at $1 per page from ownership plats, official plats and computer printouts. Certification adds $5 to the page charge. New document recording is listed at $45, with added legal-description charges after the included allowance; plat filing uses a different formula. These prices cannot be collapsed into a single page rate. Ask whether the needed output is an instrument, a survey-related map, a certified copy or a new submission.

Follow the certificate eligibility and payment process

The Clerk marriage instructions treat marriage licenses as vital records and explain eligible requester categories and identification. The online certified-copy request does not collect payment immediately; staff contact the requester for payment. A searchable name or an application submission is not a promise that a certificate will be issued to every requester. Provide the parties' names as used on the license and the event date, and use the stated copy process rather than scheduling a new-license appointment.

Use the county Records Officer for administrative files

The county GRAMA instructions provide email, mail, fax and in-person submission options to the Clerk/Auditor Records Officer. The Clerk fee schedule separates administrative-copy products from marriage certificates and specialized staff work. Describe the department, transaction and existing records, and specify electronic delivery when that is the requested format. A Recorder instrument or certified marriage copy has an established service route; a request for county administrative correspondence should identify the custodial department instead of relying on a property-search form.

Investigations closed

276

Back wages agreed

$2,740,294

Workers due back wages

2,503

Civil money penalties

$2,438,148

Employers on the record

232

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 232 on the Washington County record; 76 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 207 more with smaller records are on the Utah wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.