Yolo County Clerk-Recorder Release of Mortgages

Finding aid created by Yolo County Archives staff using RecordEXPRESS

Yolo County Archives

226 Buckeye Street

Woodland, California 95695

(530) 666-8010

archives@yolocounty.org

http://www.yolocounty.org/general-government/general-government-departments/library/library-services/yolo-county-archives

2017

Descriptive Summary

Title: Yolo County Clerk-Recorder Release of Mortgages

Dates: 1908-1926

Collection Number: RG 120 OC

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 5 ledgers

Repository: Yolo County Archives

Woodland, California 95695

Abstract: Ledgers that contain "Release of Mortgage" documents as provided by the County-Clerk office. Location A28.2

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has been assigned to the Yolo County Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Yolo County Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred Citation

Yolo County Clerk-Recorder Release of Mortgages. Yolo County Archives

Biography/Administrative History

The Clerk-Recorder's main function is keeping the records for the County. The importance of this department lies in the historical stability that is maintained by the preservation of records of civil activities. This collection reflects what the Clerk-Recorder's office has given to the Yolo County Archives for preservation.

Scope and Content of Collection

Collection consists of documents divided into the following topics: Decrees of distribution, Covenants, Certificates of revivor, Cemetery deeds, Candidates' expense record, Candidates' statements, receipts and disbursements, Homesteads, Liens, Notice of attachments, Miscellaneous records, School lands, Records, Bond and surety companies, Road deeds, Index to land records, Patents, Postponements of sale, Tax sales, Release of mortgages, Reconveyance of deeds of trust, Chettel mortgages, Personal property mortgages, Deeds of trust, Mortgages, Crop mortgages, Recorder's abstract of mortgages, Official records, Deeds.

Indexing Terms

Yolo County (Calif.)--Public records