New York, Putnam County
Where Carmel's records are kept. The Town of Carmel has its own town government, police department and municipal court; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Carmel's own offices, along with the Putnam County and State of New York offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The Carmel Police Department: incident and accident reports, records requests and pistol permit paperwork for the town; the county jail is with the Putnam County Sheriff in Carmel.
Open official site Carmel Police DepartmentProperty records
The Putnam County Clerk in Carmel: recorded deeds, mortgages and liens searched online, court records as clerk of the Supreme and County Courts, business certificates, notary commissions and passport applications.
Open official site Putnam County ClerkCourt records
The Carmel Town Court: vehicle and traffic tickets, misdemeanors and violations, small claims, civil cases and evictions, with fines paid online.
Open official site Carmel Town CourtCity records
The Town of Carmel site: the police department, the town court, building permits, public records requests under FOIL, town board agendas and minutes and zoning.
Open official site Town of CarmelProperty records
The Putnam County Real Property Tax Service in Carmel: the parcel search and tax maps, assessment rolls, exemptions, tax rates and bills and the tax foreclosure sales.
Open official site Putnam County Real Property Tax ServicePolice & jail
The Putnam County Sheriff's Office in Carmel: the county jail and inmate visitation, warrants, civil process, pistol permits, the county sex offender list, the daily arrest log, records requests and investigations.
Open official site Putnam County Sheriff's OfficeVital 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)Police & jail
The DOCCS facility finder: every New York State prison by name or county with address, security level and visiting hours; people in county jails are found through the county sheriff.
Open official site New York State correctional facility finder (DOCCS)Vital 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)County court
The Appellate Division, Second Department, in Brooklyn: appeals from the trial courts of Putnam, Orange, Westchester and the other counties of the Second, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, with decisions, calendars and the appellate docket.
Open official site Putnam County Appellate Division, Second DepartmentPolice & jail
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 registryPolice & jail
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 searchState 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
Local profile
The Town of Carmel is in Putnam County, whose county seat is Carmel. Court and property records sit with Putnam County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of New York. Carmel's own offices are in the cards above, and our Putnam County page lists each county office.
Straight answers
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Deeds for property in Carmel are recorded by the Putnam County Clerk, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Putnam 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.