New York, Rensselaer County
Where Troy's records are kept. Troy has its own city government, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Troy's own offices, along with State of New York offices; the Rensselaer County offices are on our Rensselaer County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City Clerk in Troy City Hall, 433 River Street, keeps the records of the City Council and the City Code Book and issues dog, fishing, film shoot and electrician licenses and permits.
Open official site Troy City ClerkPolice & jail
Troy Police Department, with its Central Station at 55 State Street, takes online crime tips and compliments, runs the Troy Police Cadet Post and links to records requests.
Open official site Troy Police DepartmentPolice & jail
Troy police reports, criminal records and police clearance letters are released with a valid photo ID, while records about anyone else require a FOIL request to the city.
Open official site Troy Police Records RequestsCity records
The City of Troy takes Freedom of Information Law requests through its online Open Records Portal, where the public submits, tracks and retrieves records. Appeals are due within 30 days.
Open official site Troy FOIL RequestsVital records
The Vital Records office files every birth and death in the City of Troy and issues certified copies to qualified applicants, plus uncertified older certificates for genealogy research.
Open official site Troy Vital RecordsPolice & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & 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 ClearinghouseVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseProperty 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
Northern New York's bankruptcy court keeps offices in Albany, Utica and Syracuse and posts court and 341 meeting calendars, motion dates, and its loss mitigation and mediation programs.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of New YorkEverything else, organized
16 more Troy sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Troy, a place of 51,401 people, is the seat of Rensselaer County. Court and property records sit with Rensselaer County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of New York. Troy's own offices are in the cards above, and our Rensselaer 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 3 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 0 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 6 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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.
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.
New York abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
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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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 Troy.
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.
Businesses that operate in Troy register with the New York Division of Corporations, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Troy requires one, comes from the town or Rensselaer County.
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.