New York, Westchester County
Where Bedford's records are kept. The Town of Bedford has its own town government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Bedford's own offices, along with the Westchester County and State of New York offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property records
The Westchester County Clerk in White Plains: recorded deeds, mortgages and liens searched online, court records as clerk of the Supreme and County Courts, business certificates, notary commissions, passport applications and UCC filings.
Open official site Westchester County ClerkCity records
The Town of Bedford site: the town clerk, the police department, building permits, town board agendas and minutes, zoning and the town budgets.
Open official site Town of BedfordCounty court
Westchester County Supreme Court in White Plains: civil actions, matrimonial cases and felony trials, with case records through the County Clerk and eCourts.
Open official site Westchester County Supreme CourtPolice & jail
The Westchester County Department of Public Safety, the county police: parkway and county property patrols, investigations, warrants, and records requests for its reports.
Open official site Westchester County Department of Public SafetyVital records
New York death certificates from the State Department of Health for deaths outside New York City: certified copies ordered online or by mail, with the fees, who may obtain them and genealogy copies.
Open official site New York State death certificates (Department of Health)County court
The domestic violence and integrated domestic violence courts of the Fourth Judicial District, which includes Warren, Saratoga, Essex, St. Lawrence and the other northern counties: orders of protection and criminal domestic violence cases heard in one court, with locations and clerks.
Open official site Westchester County Domestic violence courts of the Fourth Judicial DistrictPolice & jail
New York State DOCCS maximum security prison for women at 247 Harris Road, Bedford Hills, (914) 241-3100, with daily visiting hours and weekend visit rules.
Open official site Bedford Hills Correctional FacilityVital records
New York birth certificates from the State Department of Health for births outside New York City: certified copies ordered online, by mail or in person, with the fees and who may obtain them.
Open official site New York State birth certificates (Department of Health)State records
The New York State Sex Offender Registry from the Division of Criminal Justice Services: Level 2 and Level 3 offenders searched by name, county or zip code, with a telephone line for Level 1 information.
Open official site New York sex offender registryState records
The DOCCS incarcerated lookup: people in New York state prisons, by name or DIN, with the facility and release dates.
Open official site New York corrections offender searchPolice & jail
Personal record review from the Division of Criminal Justice Services: how to request your own New York criminal history record by fingerprint. Statewide criminal history searches on other people go through the state court system.
Open official site New York criminal history record checkState courts
New York eCourts WebCivil Supreme: civil cases in the Supreme Court of every county by party name, index number or attorney, with the other eCourts case search tools for local civil, criminal and family courts.
Open official site New York court recordsVital records
New York State Department of Health vital records: birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates for events outside New York City, from 1881 on, with genealogy copies of older records.
Open official site New York vital recordsState records
The Department of State corporation and business entity database: New York corporations, LLCs and limited partnerships by name, with filing dates, status and the registered agent.
Open official site New York business entity searchProperty records
The Office of the State Comptroller unclaimed funds search: dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, insurance proceeds and other funds, claimed online by name.
Open official site New York unclaimed property searchEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
The Town of Bedford is in Westchester County, whose county seat is White Plains. Court and property records sit with Westchester County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of New York. Bedford's own offices are in the cards above, and our Westchester County page lists each county office.
Straight answers
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Deeds for property in Bedford are recorded by the Westchester County Clerk, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Westchester County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in New York come from the state vital records office, New York State Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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.