Massachusetts, Middlesex County
Where Arlington's records are kept. The Town of Arlington has its own town government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Arlington's own offices, along with the Middlesex County and State of Massachusetts offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Arlington town government with public records requests, birth, death and marriage record requests, building permits, cemetery search, town bylaws, Select Board agendas and town meeting.
Open official site Town of ArlingtonCourt records
DCJIS runs the state criminal offender record information (CORI) system and the Firearms Records Bureau, and takes public records requests and offender information registrations.
Open official site Massachusetts Department of Criminal Justice Information ServicesState records
The Massachusetts Attorney General is the state's chief lawyer and law enforcement officer, taking consumer, workplace and civil rights complaints. Court records come from the Massachusetts Trial Court and its clerks' offices.
Open official site Massachusetts Attorney GeneralState records
Buy a Massachusetts fishing or hunting license and find freshwater and saltwater fishing information from the Department of Fish and Game, which oversees MassWildlife and Marine Fisheries.
Open official site Massachusetts Department of Fish and GameState records
Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the state treasurer.
Open official site Massachusetts Unclaimed PropertyPolice & jail
Search the Massachusetts Public Safety Sex Offender Registry Board for registered offenders by name or location.
Open official site Massachusetts Sex OffendersPolice & jail
Middlesex County Sheriff's Office, the elected law enforcement office for Arlington Town, Massachusetts, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
Open official site Middlesex County Sheriff's OfficePolice & jail
Search the most wanted fugitives and absconders in the State of Massachusetts.
Open official site Massachusetts Most WantedPolice & jail
Find the location and release information of individuals incarcerated with the Massachusetts Dept of Corrections.
Open official site Massachusetts Inmates and Offender SearchPolice & jail
Find Massachusetts State Police headquarters, barracks and phone listings, and read news and information about its statewide patrol, investigative, tactical and support units.
Open official site Massachusetts State PolicePolice & jail
Find out which forms to file to seal a Massachusetts criminal record, including juvenile records, and whether to send them to the Commissioner of Probation or the court where the case started.
Open official site Request to Seal Your Criminal Record in MassachusettsPolice & jail
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security oversees the State Police, Department of Correction, Sex Offender Registry Board and other agencies, and links to inmate and sex offender searches.
Open official site Massachusetts Department of Public SafetyEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Local profile
The Town of Arlington is in Middlesex County, whose county seat is Cambridge. Deeds are recorded at the registry of deeds that serves Middlesex County, The Town of Arlington's town clerk keeps copies of birth and death certificates, and court cases go through the Massachusetts Trial Court. Arlington's own offices are in the cards above, and our Middlesex County page lists each county office.
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Deeds for property in Arlington are recorded by the registry of deeds that serves Middlesex County, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Middlesex County page lists the county offices.
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.
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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.