New York, Dutchess County
Where Red Hook's records are kept. The Town of Red Hook has its own town government, municipal court and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Red Hook's own offices, along with the Dutchess County and State of New York offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The Town of Red Hook site: the town court, the assessor, building permits, town board agendas and minutes, zoning and the town budgets; the town clerk keeps the vital records and answers FOIL requests.
Open official site Town of Red HookCounty court
The Dutchess County Clerk in Poughkeepsie, clerk of the Supreme and County Courts: court records and e-filing, recorded land records, business certificates, notary commissions and passport applications.
Open official site Dutchess County Clerk (court and land records)County records
The County Clerk runs DMV offices in Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Millbrook and Wappingers Falls for licenses, permits, vehicle registrations and titles, with reservations and learner permit tests.
Open official site Dutchess County Clerk Department of Motor VehiclesPolice & jail
The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office in Poughkeepsie: the county jail and its inmates, warrants, civil process, pistol permits, the county sex offender list, records requests and crime tips.
Open official site Dutchess County Sheriff's OfficeVital records
Vital records held by the Dutchess County Clerk in Poughkeepsie: older marriage records and divorce decrees on file with the clerk, genealogy requests and the application forms and fees; current birth and death certificates come from the town, city or village registrar where the event happened and the state Department of Health.
Open official site Dutchess County Clerk vital recordsCounty court
The Dutchess County Clerk online document search: recorded deeds, mortgages and liens, court filings, business names and other records on file with the clerk in Poughkeepsie, searched by name or document number.
Open official site Dutchess County Clerk document searchProperty records
The Dutchess County Clerk online searches: land records back to 1759, court records, business names and the historical record indexes, with the fee schedule for copies.
Open official site Dutchess County Clerk online document searchesPolice & 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 Red Hook, a place of 9,953 people, is in Dutchess County, whose county seat is Poughkeepsie. Court and property records sit with Dutchess County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of New York. Red Hook's own offices are in the cards above, and our Dutchess County page lists each county office.
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Deeds for property in Red Hook are recorded by the Dutchess County Clerk, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Dutchess 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.