Pierce County, Wisconsin. Register of Deeds. Conditional sales and chattel mortgage records, 1930-1937.

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US ARC Pierce Small Series 52

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Pierce County, Wisconsin. Register of Deeds. Conditional sales and chattel mortgage records, 1930-1937.

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  • 1930-1937 (creation)

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0.1 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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Scope and content

Primarily chattel mortgage records kept by city, town, and village clerks which were collected by the register of deeds. The chattel mortgages include the names of mortgagor and mortgagee, amount of mortgage, and dates of filing, mortgage due, and release. Some volumes contain listings of conditional sales which may include dates of contracts and filing, names of seller and buyer, and a description of goods sold. There are two volumes of chattel mortgage records, 1914-1933, which contain copies of some of the towns' chattel mortgage records as well as mortgages filed only with the register of deeds.

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Arranged by local government unit and thereunder alphabetical by mortgagee or chronological by filing date.

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COLLECTION STORED, ALL or IN-PART, AT ARC: Collection can be requested for transfer through the Area Research Center (ARC) Network, consult Reading Room Staff.

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Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright may have not been transferred to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

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145785988

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