Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
collection
Title
Polk County, Wisconsin. Clerk. Tax sale records, 1857-1954.
Date(s)
- 1857-1954 (creation)
Extent
9.1 cubic feet (3 volumes in 1 archives box and 29 separate volumes)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Twenty volumes of records of land sold for unpaid taxes, 1857-1933, listing purchaser's name , description of land, purchase price, tax certificate number, date of redemption, redeemer, and remarks; 11 volumes, 1859-1954, recording the assignment and redemption of the tax sale lands; and one volume of accounts of tax certificates, 1885-1913.
System of arrangement
By type of record (sales records, assignments and redemptions, and tax certificate accounts), thereunder by year, and thereunder by tax sale certificate number.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
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.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
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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Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
OCLC
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
"Tax Sale Records" of the County Treasurer (Polk Series 12) and ?d "Tax Sale Records" of County Court (Polk Series 13) contain related records.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Polk County (Wis.). Clerk (creation)
- Polk County (Wis.). Clerk. (1857) (Subject)