FAQ
Town Clerk
Marriage Licenses are valid for 60 days. The marriage must take place within 60 days of its issuance and is not valid for the first 24 hours after issuance. Both parties must appear together at the Town Clerk’s office to complete paperwork for the Marriage License.
Cost: $40.00
Documents needed: Drivers License, Passport; birth certificate; and if there were any prior marriages, you must have certified divorce papers with you.
All dogs over the age of 4 months must be licensed. To be licensed, all dogs must have a rabies vaccination certificate that does not expire within 30 days.
Please bring in proof of Spayed/Neutered if applicable, as well as, proof of current rabies shot, when licensing or renewing a license.
Spayed/Neutered Fee- $8.00 per year
Non-Spayed/ Non-Neutered Fee- $20.00 per year
Handicapped Parking Permits are issued in the Town Clerk’s Office at the locality where you reside.
A Doctor’s note must be provided with the patients name and address which states if the disability is temporary or permanent.
A temporary permit is issued for a period of 6 months and if there is need to renew an additional doctor’s note must be presented.
A permanent handicapped permit is issued for a 5 year period. A renewal can be issued without another doctors note at the Town Clerk’s Office.
The permits can be used in any vehicle the disabled person is a passenger.
Tax Collector
In addition, neither the Receiver of Taxes nor any other official have legal authority to waive statutory penalty charges. These are fixed by the Real Property Tax Law.
‘Payment of taxes by mail, when enclosed in a postpaid envelope properly addressed to the appropriate collecting officer and is deposited in a post office or official depository under the exclusive care and custody of the United States Post Office shall, upon delivery, be deemed to have been made to such officer on the date of the United States Postmark on such wrapper. The provision of this section shall not apply in the case of postmarks not made by the United States Post Office. A postage meter postmark is not a postmark made by the United States Post Office, and therefore, is not within in the provisions of Real Property Tax Law section 925. Payments cannot be deemed timely because of a postage meter postmark date on an envelope containing a tax payment (Op. New York State Comp. 69-170).
If taxes are not received until after the due date, they are not paid until after the due date unless they fall squarely within the provisions of section 925 of the Real Property Tax Law, and the penalty must be added and collected. No Town official or employee can waive the penalty(Op.State Compt. 68-626).
“Extension of time for collection, not withstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, or any general, special or local law, code or charter, if the final date for collection of taxes, or for the collection of taxes without penalty, or for the collection of taxes at a lesser prescribed penalty interest rate shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, an extension for the collection of taxes shall automatically be in effect until the first business day following such date and the date for paying over taxes shall be extended to the following day.”
In connection with tax payments, the State Comptroller has held that if a tax due date falls on a Saturday, or on a Sunday or on a public holiday, payments may be made on the following business day without additional charge(See Op.State Compt. 67-566).