Massachusetts, Berkshire County
Where Adams's records are kept. The Town of Adams has its own assessor's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Adams's own offices, along with the Berkshire County and State of Massachusetts offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property records
The Board of Assessors at Adams Town Hall: property values and assessments for every parcel in town, abatement and exemption applications, and the property record cards.
Open official site Adams Board of AssessorsPolice & jail
The Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board: Level 2 and Level 3 offender searches by name, city or zip code, classification levels and how to request information from a local police department.
Open official site Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry BoardVital records
The Berkshire County Probate and Family Court in Pittsfield: divorce, custody and child support, probate of estates, guardianships, name changes and adoptions, with case records on masscourts.org.
Open official site Berkshire County Probate and Family CourtPolice & jail
The sheriff's office at 467 Cheshire Road in Pittsfield runs the county jail and house of correction, with inmate visits and video visitation, bail posting, civil process and records requests.
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The Berkshire County Superior Court in Pittsfield: felony criminal cases, civil actions over $50,000 and medical malpractice tribunals, with case records on masscourts.org and at the clerk's office.
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The Berkshire County Juvenile Court in Pittsfield and Great Barrington: delinquency, youthful offender, care and protection and CHINS cases, with records restricted by law.
Open official site Berkshire County Juvenile CourtCounty court
The Supreme Judicial Court, the highest court of Massachusetts: opinions, oral argument calendars, the SJC and Appeals Court docket search and the single justice sessions.
Open official site Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsPolice & jail
The Sex Offender Registry Board public search: Level 2 and Level 3 offenders listed for public access in Massachusetts, by name, city or zip code, with photos and offense information.
Open official site Massachusetts sex offender registryPolice & jail
How to locate a person held in a Massachusetts Department of Correction prison, including the VINE search by name, from the state corrections department.
Open official site Massachusetts corrections offender searchPolice & jail
CORI, the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information system: how to request a person's state criminal record through iCORI from the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services, including the public access request.
Open official site Massachusetts criminal history record checkState courts
Massachusetts Trial Court eAccess: case search for the Superior, District, Boston Municipal, Housing and Land Court departments by name, case number or ticket number, from the Massachusetts court system.
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The Registry of Vital Records and Statistics: Massachusetts birth, death and marriage certificates from 1931 on, ordered online, by mail or in person, with directions to the State Archives for earlier records.
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Find Mass Money, the state Treasury unclaimed property search: dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, stock and insurance proceeds, claimed online by name.
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Local record guide
Local profile
The Town of Adams is in Berkshire County, whose county seat is Pittsfield. Deeds are recorded at the registry of deeds that serves Berkshire County, The Town of Adams's town clerk keeps copies of birth and death certificates, and court cases go through the Massachusetts Trial Court. Adams's own offices are in the cards above, and our Berkshire County page lists each county office.
Straight answers
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Certified birth and death certificates for events in Massachusetts come from the state vital records office, Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, and the town or city clerk can also issue copies. The state office's site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Adams register with the Massachusetts Corporations Division, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Adams requires one, comes from the town or Berkshire County.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.