New York, Chautauqua County
Where Dunkirk's records are kept. Dunkirk has its own city government, clerk's office and assessor's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Dunkirk's own offices, along with State of New York offices; the Chautauqua County offices are on our Chautauqua County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property records
The state Tax Department's real property pages cover STAR credits with a property tax credit lookup, help for assessors, the RP-5217 transfer report and Sales Web, a searchable database of property sales.
Open official site New York State Tax Department Real PropertyCity records
The State Archives keeps executive, legislative and judicial records of New York government, with online finding aids, name indexes and digital collections, and provides copies to researchers who cannot visit in person.
Open official site New York State ArchivesCounty court
Serves 17 western New York counties, from Erie and Monroe to Chautauqua and Yates, through offices in Buffalo and Rochester; it publishes calendars, opinions, monthly caseload data and unclaimed funds information.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New YorkVital records
The state health department takes orders for birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates; New York City records come from the city, except divorce certificates, which the state holds for both.
Open official site New York State Department of Health Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Run by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, the clearinghouse aids police with missing children, college students and vulnerable adults, posts active alerts and unsolved cases, and takes tips by form or hotline.
Open official site DCJS Missing Persons ClearinghousePolice & jail
FBI Buffalo Field Office postings of fugitives wanted for violent and nonviolent crimes, terrorism suspects, kidnapping and missing person cases, and appeals for information from the public.
Open official site FBI Buffalo Wanted and Missing PersonsPolice & jail
Kept by the Division of Criminal Justice Services; Level 2 and Level 3 offenders appear in the online directory, and Level 1 details are given by toll free phone with a name and one identifier.
Open official site New York State DCJS Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
DCJS, the only source of official New York criminal history records, mails your own record in three to four weeks after fingerprinting; the fee is $17.50 in New York, and requests on others are refused.
Open official site Request Your New York State Criminal HistoryCity records
Dunkirk City Hall at 342 Central Avenue, with the Mayor's Office, planning board, zoning board of appeals, youth bureau and recreation, the Dunkirk Local Development Corporation, city departments and news.
Open official site City of DunkirkVital records
City Clerk and Treasurer on the first floor of City Hall, 342 Central Ave., processing birth, death and marriage certificates, dog, hunting and fishing licenses, taxi and electrician licenses, and genealogy requests.
Open official site Dunkirk City ClerkProperty records
Obtain real estate documents and contact the Dunkirk assessor.
Open official site Dunkirk AssessorProperty records
Contact the Dunkirk treasurer or fiscal affairs office for property tax issues.
Open official site Dunkirk Finance and TreasuryEverything else, organized
16 more Dunkirk sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Dunkirk, a place of 12,743 people, is in Chautauqua County, whose county seat is Mayville. Court and property records sit with Chautauqua County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of New York. Dunkirk's own offices are in the cards above, and our Chautauqua County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 named mine site inside the city or town limits, 0 of them worked out or abandoned.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. New York has no coal AML program; the DEC database covers permitted mines, not historic underground workings.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in New York is run by the New York State Board of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Dunkirk.
Deeds for property in Dunkirk are recorded by the Chautauqua County Clerk, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Chautauqua 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.