Hartford, Connecticut town records

Q: How do I look up who owns a property in Hartford?

Use the property search of the Office of the Tax Assessor: https://gis.hartford.gov/Html5Viewer/index.html?viewer=PropertyViewer

In Hartford, deeds are recorded by the Town and City Clerk; property values come from the Office of the Tax Assessor; court files are split between the Connecticut Superior Court, Judicial District of Hartford and the Hartford Probate Court.

Last checked against official sources on November 4, 2026.

On this page

Where to get each record
Deeds and land records
Property values, owners and tax bills
Court records: which clerk keeps which case
Marriage records
Divorce records
Birth certificates
Death certificates
Probate records and wills
Business names (DBA)
Voter records
Historical records
Good to know about Hartford records
Office addresses, phones and hours
Records that are not online: public records requests
Questions people ask
Official copies vs look-alike sites
Sources

Where to get each record

Record	Office	Search online	Fee
Deeds and land records	Town and City Clerk¹	Search deeds¹	$1 per page, in any format²
Property values and owners	Office of the Tax Assessor¹	Property search³	—
Property tax bills	Office Of The Tax Collector¹	Tax bill search⁴	—
Court cases	Connecticut Superior Court, Judicial District of Hartford⁵ Hartford Probate Court⁶	—	Clerk copy fee $1 per page; certifying under seal $2; exemplification $20; copy of a judgment file $25 certified / $15 uncertified (copy and certification fees included). Civil entry fee $360 (Superior Court); small claims $95.⁷
Marriage records	Registrar of vital statistics (vital records office) of the town where the marriage took place⁹	—	Certified copy fee: $20 per certified copy (town or state)⁸
Divorce records	Clerk of the Superior Court where the divorce (dissolution) was granted¹⁰	—	—
Birth certificates	Town registrar of vital statistics (usually the town clerk, at the town vital records office) and the State Vital Records Office (DPH)¹¹	—	Town fee: $20 from the town¹¹
Death certificates	Town vital records office where the death occurred (or where the decedent lived) and the State Vital Records Office¹²	—	$20 per certified copy (town or state)¹²
Probate and wills	Hartford Probate Court⁶	—	Fees are set by statute and the same statewide. Copies: $5 per document up to 5 pages + $1 per extra page. Certified copies: $5 per document for the first 2 pages + $2 per extra page. Recording: $3 per page after the first 5.¹³
Business names (DBA)	Statewide: Trade names (DBAs) are filed with the town clerk of the town where the business is mainly carried on, not with the Secretary of the State¹⁴	—	—

Deeds and land records

Deeds, mortgages and other land documents for property in Hartford are recorded by the Town and City Clerk.¹

Online search: searchiqs.com/CTHAR/SearchAdvancedMP.aspx¹

Copy fee: $1 per page, in any format²
Certified copy fee: $2 to certify a copy (plus $1/page copy fee); maps: actual cost of copy + $2 to certify²
Recording fee: $70 for the first page ($10 base + $10 historic-documents preservation fee under 7-34a(d) + $50 under 7-34a(e)), plus $5 per additional page; extras: $2 for documents that need OPM data (sec. 10-261b), $5 if the deed omits the grantee's mailing address, $1 if signer names are not typed under signatures. Nominee-of-mortgagee (MERS) filings: $116 first page + $5 per additional page under 7-34a(a)(2)(A); assignments or releases by the nominee: $160 flat under (a)(2)(B) ("No other fees shall be collected from the nominee for such recording"). The $40->$50 increase in 7-34a(e) took effect July 1, 2025 (P.A. 25-168).²
How to order: Search land records online through SearchIQS (linked by the Town and City Clerk); if a document has no image, call 860-757-9749 to arrange a mail-in request with payment to the Town Clerk's office¹

How deeds work in Connecticut

Property values, owners and tax bills

The Office of the Tax Assessor sets property values¹; the Office Of The Tax Collector bills and collects the tax¹.

Property search: GIS Data property viewer: gis.hartford.gov/Html5Viewer/index.html; Historic Assessment Documents viewer; 2024 Grand List Real Estate Assessments (PDF street book)³
Tax bill search: mytaxbill.org/inet/bill/home.do (City of Hartford Tax Bills Search & Pay; the Tax Collector page labels it www.hartfordct.gov/tax)⁴
Parcel map (GIS): gis.hartford.gov/Html5Viewer/index.html (GIS Data, linked by the Assessor)³
Appealing a value: Appeal to the town Board of Assessment Appeals, in writing or by e-mail, on or before February 20; then to Superior Court within two months of the board's notice¹⁵
Statewide parcels: Statewide parcel + CAMA (assessment) layer built from town data collected by the Councils of Governments; also on data.ct.gov and an online Parcel Viewer¹⁶

How property tax works in Connecticut

Court records: which clerk keeps which case

Court	Cases	Records kept by	Case search
Connecticut Superior Court, Judicial District of Hartford	Civil, criminal, family (divorce), housing, small claims, juvenile (Superior Court is Connecticut's sole trial court of general jurisdiction)	Connecticut Superior Court, Judicial District of Hartford	Judicial Branch Case Look-up: Superior Court civil/family/housing/small claims (civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov), criminal/motor vehicle (pending cases, daily dockets, convictions), and Supreme/Appellate (appellateinquiry.jud.ct.gov)¹⁷
Hartford Probate Court (Probate District PD-01; serves Hartford)	Wills, decedents' estates, trusts, conservatorships, guardianships, adoptions, name changes	Hartford Probate Court (Probate District PD-01; serves Hartford)	Probate Case Lookup: decedent estates and trusts from Jan. 5, 2011 (incomplete before then)¹⁸

Court system: Unified state court system: the Superior Court is the sole trial court of general jurisdiction (civil, criminal, family, housing, small claims, juvenile), organized by judicial district and geographical area. Probate is a separate system of 54 Probate Courts.¹⁹
Fees: Clerk copy fee $1 per page; certifying under seal $2; exemplification $20; copy of a judgment file $25 certified / $15 uncertified (copy and certification fees included). Civil entry fee $360 (Superior Court); small claims $95.⁷

Criminal records and background checks

Convictions online: Online conviction search shows convictions for generally no more than 10 years after sentencing; youthful offender, juvenile, infraction and violation convictions are not shown²⁰
State repository: DESPP, State Police Bureau of Identification (SPBI), 1111 Country Club Road, Middletown, CT 06457; phone (860) 685-8480²¹
Fee: Name/DOB search (yes/no only): $36. Full CT criminal history record search (name or fingerprint): $75. Personal record search: $75. Letter of Good Conduct: $75. Fingerprinting at a State Police location: $15. FBI federal check: $15 from Oct. 1, 2026 ($13 volunteers), only where a law authorizes it.²²

How Connecticut courts keep their files

Marriage records

Registrar of vital statistics (vital records office) of the town where the marriage took place; also the state Vital Records Office (DPH). Copies are also available from the town(s) where the parties lived at the time of the marriage.⁹

Marriage license fee: $50 ($15 license fee + $35 surcharge for domestic-violence shelters and rape crisis services)⁹
Waiting period: 48 hours (new as of October 1, 2026): the town cannot issue the license until at least 48 hours after the second applicant signs²³
Certified copy fee: $20 per certified copy (town or state)⁸
Local office: Hartford Vital Records (Town and City Clerk)²⁴

Connecticut marriage records, statewide

Divorce records

Clerk of the Superior Court where the divorce (dissolution) was granted; DPH Vital Records does not keep divorce decrees¹⁰

Older records: Historical Hartford County Superior Court divorce records 1864-1953 (digital microfilm) and earlier divorce papers are held by the State Archives; indexed 1864-1929, scanned indexes for 1929-1953²⁵

Connecticut divorce records: decree or state record

Birth certificates

Town registrar of vital statistics (usually the town clerk, at the town vital records office) and the State Vital Records Office (DPH). Births since Jan. 1, 2003: any town or the state can issue copies. Earlier births: only the town of birth, the town where the mother lived at the time, or the state.¹¹

Restrictions: Birth records are confidential except those at least 100 years old¹¹
Town fee: $20 from the town¹¹
State fee: $30 from the State Vital Records Office¹¹
Local office: Hartford Vital Records (Town and City Clerk)²⁴

Ordering a Connecticut birth certificate

Death certificates

Town vital records office where the death occurred (or where the decedent lived) and the State Vital Records Office¹²

Fee: $20 per certified copy (town or state)¹²
Who may: Anyone 18 or older; the decedent's SSN only for the spouse or next of kin²⁶

Ordering a Connecticut death certificate

Probate records and wills

Kept by the Hartford Probate Court (Probate District PD-01; serves Hartford), whose cases include “Wills”.⁶

Which court: Hartford Probate Court, PD-01; serves Hartford⁶
Fees: Fees are set by statute and the same statewide. Copies: $5 per document up to 5 pages + $1 per extra page. Certified copies: $5 per document for the first 2 pages + $2 per extra page. Recording: $3 per page after the first 5.¹³
Online index: Probate Case Lookup: decedent estates and trusts from Jan. 5, 2011 (incomplete before then)¹⁸

Finding a will or probate case in Connecticut

Business names (DBA)

Where Connecticut keeps it: Trade names (DBAs) are filed with the town clerk of the town where the business is mainly carried on, not with the Secretary of the State.¹⁴

Trade names: Trade names (DBAs) are filed with the town clerk of the town where the business is mainly carried on, not with the Secretary of the State. Filing fee is $20, and the certificate is good for 5 years.²⁷

Voter records

Public or restricted: Voter registration lists are kept in the statewide Centralized Voter Registration System and maintained locally by each town's Registrars of Voters (at least two per town, one from each major party). The list is available for limited uses only.²⁸

Historical records

Divorce: Historical Hartford County Superior Court divorce records 1864-1953 (digital microfilm) and earlier divorce papers are held by the State Archives; indexed 1864-1929, scanned indexes for 1929-1953²⁵
State archives: Connecticut State Library / State Archives, 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford (History & Genealogy Unit, 860-757-6580)²⁹

Good to know about Hartford records

Historical Hartford County Superior Court civil case files 1899-1945 are at the State Archives²⁵
The State Vital Records Office (DPH) is in Hartford, at 410 Capitol Avenue²⁴
The Hartford Town Clerk is appointed (not elected), per the Secretary of the State list³⁰

Office addresses, phones and hours

Town and City Clerk

Address: Hartford City Hall, 550 Main Street, 1st Floor, Suite 104, Hartford, CT 06103¹
Phone: (860) 757-9750; alternate (860) 757-9311 (Hartford 311); land-record mail requests 860-757-9749¹
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:15 AM-4:30 PM; Friday 8:15 AM-3:00 PM; closed Saturday-Sunday; last recording at 3:00 PM¹
Website: hartfordct.gov/…¹

Hartford Vital Records (Town and City Clerk)

Address: 550 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103²⁴
Phone: (860) 757-9690²⁴
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.²⁴
Website: hartfordct.gov/…²⁴

Office of the Tax Assessor

Address: Hartford City Hall, 550 Main St, Room 108, Hartford, CT 06103³
Phone: 860-757-9640; fax 860-722-6142³
Email: [email protected]³
Hours: Monday-Wednesday 8:15 AM-2:00 PM; Thursday 8:15 AM-7:00 PM; Friday 8:15 AM-2:30 PM; closed Saturday-Sunday³
Website: hartfordct.gov/…¹

Office Of The Tax Collector

Address: Hartford City Hall, 550 Main Street, 1st Floor, Room 106, Hartford, CT 06103⁴
Mail: Semi-annual tax payments with bills: City of Hartford, P.O. Box 412834, Boston, MA 02241-2834⁴
Phone: 860-757-9630; fax 860-722-6085⁴
Email: [email protected]⁴
Hours: Monday-Wednesday 8:15 AM-2:00 PM; Thursday 8:15 AM-7:00 PM; Friday 8:15 AM-2:30 PM⁴
Website: hartfordct.gov/Government/Departments/Tax¹

Hartford Probate Court (Probate District PD-01; serves Hartford)

Address: 250 Constitution Plaza, 3rd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103-2814⁶
Phone: (860) 757-9150; fax (860) 724-1503⁶
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-4:30⁶
Website: ctprobate.gov/…⁶

Connecticut Superior Court, Judicial District of Hartford

Address: 95 Washington Street, Hartford, CT 06106⁵
Phone: (860) 548-2700 (Clerk's Office public information line)⁵
Website: jud.ct.gov/directory/JudDir.pdf⁵

Connecticut Superior Court, Geographical Area No. 14 at Hartford

Address: 101 Lafayette Street, Hartford, CT 06106⁵
Phone: (860) 566-1630 (Clerk's Office public information line)⁵
Website: jud.ct.gov/directory/JudDir.pdf⁵

Records that are not online: public records requests

Law: Connecticut FOIA, CGS 1-200 et seq.; copies max $0.50/page from towns unless another statute sets a fee³¹

How to write a public records request

Questions people ask

How do I get a copy of a deed in Hartford?

The Town and City Clerk keeps deed records. To order copies: Search land records online through SearchIQS (linked by the Town and City Clerk); if a document has no image, call 860-757-9749 to arrange a mail-in request with payment to the Town Clerk's office. Plain copies: $1 per page, in any format. Certified copies: $2 to certify a copy (plus $1/page copy fee); maps: actual cost of copy + $2 to certify.¹²

Where do I get a divorce decree in Hartford?

Clerk of the Superior Court where the divorce (dissolution) was granted; DPH Vital Records does not keep divorce decrees.¹⁰

How much does a marriage license cost in Hartford?

$50 ($15 license fee + $35 surcharge for domestic-violence shelters and rape crisis services).⁹

How do I look up who owns a property in Hartford?

Use the property search of the Office of the Tax Assessor: gis.hartford.gov/Html5Viewer/index.html³

Official copies vs look-alike sites

A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any Hartford office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.

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Sources

Every fact above links to the official page it comes from; all 32 sources were checked on November 4, 2026. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.

Town and City ClerkCity of Hartford
2026 Supplement, Chapter 92 - Town Clerks (sec. 7-34a as amended by P.A. 25-168)Connecticut General Assembly (Legislative Commissioners' Office)
Office of the Tax AssessorCity of Hartford
Office Of The Tax CollectorCity of Hartford
Connecticut Judicial Branch Directory (JudDir.pdf)Connecticut Judicial Branch
Hartford Probate Court (PD-01)Connecticut Probate Courts
Conn. Gen. Stat. Chapter 901 - Costs (sec. 52-259 court fees)Connecticut General Assembly (Legislative Commissioners' Office)
Conn. Gen. Stat. Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics (secs. 7-36 to 7-74)Connecticut General Assembly (Legislative Commissioners' Office)
Marriage and Civil Union CertificatesConnecticut Department of Public Health, State Vital Records Office
DivorceConnecticut Department of Public Health, State Vital Records Office
Birth CertificatesConnecticut Department of Public Health, State Vital Records Office
How to Obtain a RecordConnecticut Department of Public Health, State Vital Records Office
Conn. Gen. Stat. Chapter 801b - Probate Court fees and procedure (secs. 45a-105 to 45a-112 etc.)Connecticut General Assembly (Legislative Commissioners' Office)
Trade Names (Business.CT.gov knowledge base)Business.CT.gov (State of Connecticut / Secretary of the State)
Conn. Gen. Stat. Chapter 203 - Property Tax AssessmentConnecticut General Assembly (Legislative Commissioners' Office)
Statewide Parcel and CAMAConnecticut Office of Policy and Management, GIS Office
Case Look-up (jud2.htm)State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
Case LookupConnecticut Probate Courts (Office of the Probate Court Administrator)
Conn. Gen. Stat. Chapter 882 - Superior Court (sec. 51-164s)Connecticut General Assembly (Legislative Commissioners' Office)
Criminal / Motor Vehicle Case Look-up (crim.htm)State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
State Police Bureau of IdentificationConnecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (State Police)
Rate Change Effective October 1, 2026 (SPBI fee notice)Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (State Police)
License to Get MarriedConnecticut Department of Public Health, State Vital Records Office
Contact Us (State Vital Records Office and town vital records directory)Connecticut Department of Public Health, State Vital Records Office
Divorce Records for Genealogy Research: Hartford CountyConnecticut State Library
Death CertificatesConnecticut Department of Public Health, State Vital Records Office
Trade Names (Business.CT.gov knowledge base)Business.CT.gov (State of Connecticut / Secretary of the State)
Connecticut's Voter RollsConnecticut Secretary of the State
Divorce Records for Genealogy ResearchConnecticut State Library / State Archives
Town Clerks List (generated Tuesday, September 22, 2026)Connecticut Secretary of the State
Conn. Gen. Stat. Chapter 14 - Freedom of Information Act (secs. 1-200 to 1-259)Connecticut General Assembly (Legislative Commissioners' Office)
County population totals: Vintage 2025 (July 1, 2025)US Census Bureau