Town Clerk
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This site provides information on our services. Please stop in or call for
further assistance. The Town Clerk's office is ready to serve you.
Some office functions include:
- Recording and indexing of Land Records. All of the Land Records including Deeds, Mortgages and Survey Maps from the year 1711 to the present are maintained in our office.
- Maintaining Vital Records. All Birth, Death, Marriage and Civil Union records involving Newtown residents as well as those non-residents occurring in Newtown from the year 1711 to the present are maintained in our office.
- Managing Public Records. Agendas of all Boards and Commissions and Minutes of Town Meetings are maintained in our office.
- Managing Elections. It is the Town Clerk’s responsibility to oversee all aspects of any Town, State and Federal election, primaries and referendums. The Town Clerk generates documents involving absentee ballots, creating the list of offices to be filled, candidate committees, campaign financing and legal ads. The Town Clerk is responsible for issuing, mailing and recording absentee ballots.
Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Laws require that Town records be open for public inspection.
Birth records and Veterans Discharge papers are excluded from this requirement.
Staff Contacts
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Renee Weimann, CCTC | Town Clerk |
| Kathryn Charbonneau, CCTC | Deputy Town Clerk |