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4 Park Avenue, PO Box 1

Arkport, NY 14807

Town Clerk

Jessica LaFrance, Town Clerk

Term Exp. 12/31/2023

Office: 607-295-9660

Fax: 607-295-8015

Shannon Smith, Deputy Clerk

The Town Clerk serves as a direct link between the residents and their local government.  While Town Clerks are generally credited with issuing licenses, that's only a small part of this complex job.  Law mandates many duties, but many more go well beyond those mandates, as Town Clerks serve as a major source of information to all.

The Town Clerk issues State licenses/permits, including dog, marriage,  conservation (hunting and fishing), and accessible parking permits, along with Town licenses/permits mandated by law.

Duties of the Registrar

Often the Town Board appoints their Town Clerk as Town Registrar. The Town Registrar becomes the keeper of all birth and death records within that Town. They issue birth and death certificates, burial permits, as well as conducting genealogical searches.

Records Management Officer

A Town Clerk can also be appointed Records Management Officer (RMO), serving as the custodian of all Town records, responsible for active files, storage and disposition of inactive records and the careful maintenance of archival material.  As the administer of the Freedom of Information Law, this guarantees your right to know the workings of government.

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