ABOUT OUR OFFICE

Therese Pac, CCTC, CMC

Telephone (860) 584-6200

Regular office hours are

Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm

Absentee Ballots	Basic Fee Schedule	Birth Certificates      Death Certificates
City Council Agendas & Minutes	Code of Ordinances	Dog Licenses
Forms & Applications	Justice of the Peace	Land Record Index
Marriage Certificates	Marriage License Application	Peddlers License
Solicitors License	Sport Licenses	Trade Name Certificate

        

            The duties and responsibilities of the Town and City Clerk's Office are numerous.  At one time or another, residents may avail themselves of the services provided by this Office.

            The records of the Town and City Clerk's Office include processing and recording all legal instruments relating to real estate, collecting all conveyance fees for the City and the State, recording and maintaining vital statistics, preparing and maintaining all records for the City Council and Joint Board, maintaining current minutes and agendas of Boards for public viewing, advertising for abandoned and approved streets, compiling the calendars for all Boards and Commissions, processing of all Bristol notary appointments, issuing and tracking of absentee ballots, official recording of election results and records, issuing sporting and dog licenses, recording of trade name certificates, recording of veteran service discharges, recording of liquor permits, issuing vendor permits, appointing unaffiliated Justices of the Peace and processing of all Justices of the Peace, processing all City related  lawsuits and claims, and recording of City-owned cemetery records.  The Town and City Clerk's Office also processes and publishes the Ordinances of the City of Bristol. 

            In Bristol, unlike most towns which divide the duties of Town and City Clerk into two separate offices, the Town Clerk is designated as both the Town Clerk and City Clerk.  In this capacity, the City Clerk serves as the official secretary at the City Council and Joint Board meetings.  The City Clerk also serves as the certifying official on municipal documents.

           The Bristol Town Clerk's Office has received $87,000 in Connecticut State Library Historic Documents Preservation grants from 2001 through 2008 to preserve historic land record documents, maps and vital records.  In 2009, the Office received a $26,000 National Historical Publications and Records grant and a $10,000 Connecticut State Library Historic Documents Preservation grant to continue a Citywide Records Management program. The project will reorganize storage areas and provide much needed equipment and supplies to City departments. With the help of the consultant, Peter Bartucca several historical gems have been uncovered including the 1811 Grand List, the 1837 Book of Corporations and the 1819 Admission of Electors. These documents are now carefully housed under controlled environmental conditions in the Town Clerk's vault.