Sonoma County Public Administrator records, 1927-1962

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Summary

Creators:
Sonoma County (Calif.). Public Administrator
Abstract:
This collection contains records of the Sonoma County Public Administrator.
Extent:
2 volumes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Sonoma County Public Administrator records, 1927-1955. SCG.00072, Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County Library, Rohnert Park, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Official records of probates, recorded by the Sonoma County Public Administrator in two ledger books.

Arrangement of Materials:

Chronological

Biographical / historical:

The Public Administrator, currently an office under Sonoma County Human Services, investigates referrals from a designated agency or person regarding personal decision-making, possessions and assets of adult Sonoma County residents who:

  • have died without a will or trust stating how their assets should be distributed or, there is no other person willing or able to act, or
  • may, as a result of a mental illness or inability to make decisions in their own best interests, require a conservator to manage their personal decision-making or financial affairs.
If the investigation shows the need for Sonoma County action, then a petition is filed with the California Superior Court in Sonoma County requesting staff have the authority to act as the administrator of the adult’s estate, or to act as the conservator of the impaired adult’s person and/or estate.

Upon investigation, the Public Administrator may legally petition to manage the assets of some residents who:

  1. die without a will or trust or
  2. have no other person able to act to administer the estate.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard, Second Edition DACS

Access and use

Restrictions:

Materials stored offsite, but collection is open to research. In many cases, further details on individual volumes can be found by calling staff at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. To view these materials, please call staff at 707 308-3212 to request they be brought from the Archives to the Library

Terms of access:

Collection does not circulate and may be photocopied or photographed by arrangement only.

Property rights reside with the Sonoma County Library. The Sonoma County Library has made this collection available and believes that the collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Collection may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

Preferred citation:

Sonoma County Public Administrator records, 1927-1955. SCG.00072, Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County Library, Rohnert Park, California.

Location of this collection:
6135 State Farm Drive
Rohnert Park, CA 94928, US
Contact:
(707) 545-0831
digital@sonomalibrary.org
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