§ 7-16 Bond
§ 7-16a Notice to Secretary of the State of appointment of town clerk, vacancy in appointed office of town clerk
§ 7-17 Oath of town clerks
§ 7-18 Neglect of duty
§ 7-19 Assistant town clerks. Notice to Secretary of the State of appointment, vacancy
§ 7-20 Acting town clerk
§ 7-21 Town clerk pro tempore
§ 7-22 Removal of town clerks
§ 7-22a Certification program for town clerks
§ 7-23 Records and copies
§ 7-24 Recording of instruments; safekeeping of records; recording of illegible instruments; form of instruments
§ 7-25 Index
§ 7-25a Electronic indexing system
§ 7-26 Errors to be corrected
§ 7-26a Indemnification of clerk with respect to claims arising out of land record errors
§ 7-27 Municipal records to be kept in fire-resistive vaults or safes
§ 7-27a Destruction of original land records or instruments
§ 7-27b Removal of Social Security number from document prior to recording on land records
§ 7-28 Indexing of mechanic’s lien
§ 7-29 Release or assignment of mortgage or lien. Recording of assignment of mortgage
§ 7-30 Attachment of real estate
§ 7-31 Maps of surveys and plots, filing requirements, copies
§ 7-32 Index of surveys and maps
§ 7-32k Property upon which hunting or shooting sports regularly take place. Placement of property location on list maintained by town clerk. Notice. Liability not imposed by section
§ 7-33 Lists of transfers of taxable property
§ 7-33a Issuance of certificates of authority of justices of peace, notaries and Superior Court commissioners
§ 7-34 Fees
§ 7-34a Fees
§ 7-34b Accounting of fees required. Salary in lieu of fees
§ 7-35 Preservation by town clerks of statutes, special acts and Register and Manual
§ 7-35a Off-site storage of original documents. Requirements
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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 92 - Town Clerks

  • another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • legislative body: means : (1) As applied to unconsolidated towns, the town meeting. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: shall include affirmations in cases where by law an affirmation may be used for an oath, and, in like cases, the word "swear" shall include the word "affirm". See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Ordinance: means an enactment under the provisions of section 7-157. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.