The Town Clerk's office is responsible for the filing of 180 different types of documents. The land record fees are as follows.

Recording documents

• $43.00 first page
• $5.00 each subsequent page or portion.

Surcharges

• $2.00 each transfer reportable to State
• $5.00 if current mailing address of grantee not given
• $1.00 if names of those executing, witnessing and acknowledging are not typed or printed under signature
• $1.00 for each marginal notation of assignment subsequent to the first two pages

Copies, certified copies of land records and maps

• Copies of documents - $1.00 each page
• For certified copies - $2.00
• Copies of maps- microfilm $4.00 Engineer/Blue line $5.00
• Certifying a map - $2.00 each

Conveyance Tax (Sec. 12-494)

• Conveyance taxes for local as well as State taxes are handled through the Town Clerk's office and monies are then sent to the State.
• Conveyance tax forms are available from the Department of Revenue Services on 800-382-9463.

State

• Residential property & unimproved land - .005 x consideration
• Residential dwelling over $800,000 - .005 x $800,000 plus .01 x amount over $800,000
• Non-residential except unimproved land - .01 x consideration

Local

• All categories - .0025 x consideration

Maps

• Any map - $10.00
• Maps of subdivisions of 3 or more parcels - $20.00

The Town Clerk's office receives and files all subdivision and survey maps. The maps are on microfilm for copying and new Town maps are also available.