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Find the right office in Litchfield County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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Search Connecticut criminal and motor vehicle convictions from the past 10 years, pending cases and daily dockets by defendant name or docket number, and find court phone numbers.
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Search property and claim status from the office of the state treasurer.
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Find the location and release information of individuals incarcerated with the Connecticut Dept of Corrections.
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Get Connecticut fishing and hunting licenses, find state parks, forests and boating information, look up DEEP permits and public notices, and check state swimming water quality reports.
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The FBI New Haven Field Office covers Connecticut, investigating federal crimes and taking tips from the public. It posts wanted persons; an Identity History Summary comes from FBI CJIS at edo.cjis.gov.
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Search for criminal convictions information by defendant.
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Connecticut's public safety page links to the State Police, the sex offender registry, the prison inmate search, pistol permit applications, crime victim services and firearms rules.
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Find active or inactive corporations and search business entity by name from the Connecticut Secretary of State.
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The Connecticut Attorney General represents the state and enforces consumer protection and price gouging laws, taking complaints from residents. Court case records are kept by the Connecticut Judicial Branch.
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The Connecticut POST Council trains, certifies and decertifies police officers and sets accreditation standards for local police departments. The page explains basic training at the Police Academy and certification.
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License verification for banking, insurance, and health providers professional license status with the state of Connecticut.
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Direct access to Connecticut courts online; from district and county to Supreme courts. Find court records.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Litchfield County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Litchfield County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Litchfield County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Litchfield County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments such as the Torrington Police Department, New Milford Police Department, and Watertown Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Inmate lookups for Connecticut facilities can be conducted through the DOC online Inmate Information Search at ctinmateinfo.state.ct.us. Arrest records are public records in Connecticut under the Freedom of Information Act (Connecticut General Statutes § 1-200 et seq.).
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
• Phone: (860) 567-8596
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 196 named mine sites inside the county, 168 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 99 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are dimension stone; Iron; construction sand and gravel.
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.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
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.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the state police or a town or city police department. Ask that agency for its record.
The Connecticut criminal history record comes from the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, State Police Bureau of Identification. Request by U.S. mail only with form DPS-846-C to State Police Bureau of Identification, 1111 Country Club Road, Middletown, CT 06457, searched by name and date of birth or by fingerprints. Fee: $75 for a state criminal history check; $15 fingerprinting fee at a State Police location.
Search the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry (DESPP), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the town Registrars of Voters (Connecticut has no county election offices) or through the Connecticut Secretary of the State. You can also register online with the state online registration. The mail in registration deadline is 18 days before an election; Same Day Registration is available at a designated location in each town during Early Voting and on Election Day.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Litchfield County are kept by the town clerk. Property values are set by the town assessor, and tax bills come from the town tax collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Connecticut come from the Connecticut Department of Public Health, State Vital Records Office. The vital records office of the town where the event occurred, or where the certificate holder lived at the time of the event, issues certified copies; Connecticut has no county vital records offices. In person or by mail at the town vital records office, by mail to the State Vital Records Office, 410 Capitol Avenue, MS#11VRS, Hartford, CT 06106, or online and by phone through VitalChek, the only third party vendor the Department approves. Fee: Town issued birth, death, marriage and civil union certificates are $20 per copy; state issued birth certificates are $30 per copy and state death, marriage and civil union certificates $20 per copy.
Business entity filings are searched with the Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services. A business using a name other than its registered name files a trade name certificate with the town clerk; licenses for regulated trades come from state agencies such as the Department of Consumer Protection.
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