About the Town Clerk's Office

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Our office works continually to improve transparency and accessibility.

Elections

  • Issues and processes Absentee Ballots; (we issued nearly 27,000 Absentee Ballots during the 2020 Presidential election, more than any other city or town in the State of CT)
  • Repository for municipal office candidates’ campaign finance reports 
  • Certifies nominating petitions
  • Files Legal Notices for primaries and election 
  • Issues certificates of authority to Justices of the Peace and notary publics. 

Registrar of Vital Statistics (Birth-Marriage-Death)

  • Registers, corrects, amends and maintains original birth, marriage and death records; issues burial, cremation and removal permits 
  • Issues certified copies of vital statistic records
  • Assists with genealogical research for certified genealogists
  • Issues dog licenses and liquor licenses
  • Issues burial, cremation and removal permits

Land Records

  • Records, indexes and preserves all deeds, surveys, maps, liens. 

 

Other Public Records

  • Posts meeting notices for local government bodies
  • Maintains official records of charters, ordinances, appointments, vacancies and petitions
  • Maintains public meeting agendas, minutes and notices
  • Records trade names and military discharges
  • Maintain the historical archive of the city records.