The Town Clerk’s Office provides the following services:

• Recording
• Indexing and maintaining all land records and maps
• Issuing various licenses and permits
• Preparing sales assessment reports
• Providing copies of documents and records
• Filing liquor permits and trade name certificates
• Selling maps and regulations
• Acting as notary public
• Recording and certifying the appointments of other notaries

The Town Clerk also serves as Registrar of Vital Statistics and as Clerk of the Town Council.

The Connecticut General Statutes set the fees for Town Clerk services, and the revenue received is deposited in the General Fund of the town, or remitted to the State when applicable.

The Town Clerk’s Office performs several additional duties for the Town, including coordinating referenda, primaries and elections; registering voters; conducting the absentee ballot program; and updating the Code of Ordinances.

The Assistant Town Clerk serves as Clerk of the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) and processes minutes, applications, legal notices and decisions of the Board.

Publications for Sale in the Town Clerk's office

• Mansfield Historical Society (various publications)
• Grist Mill cards
• Joshua's Trust Walk Book
• Birding in Storrs
• The Garden Gate Resources Handbook by Sandra Edens (published by Mansfield's Garden Gate Club)