Massachusetts, Middlesex County
Where Wakefield's records are kept. The Town of Wakefield has its own clerk's office, police department and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Wakefield's own offices, along with the Middlesex County and State of Massachusetts offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The Town Clerk at 1 Lafayette Street is the official record keeper for the Town of Wakefield, holding birth, marriage and death records, business certificates and zoning and planning board decisions.
Open official site Wakefield Town ClerkPolice & jail
Wakefield Police Department at 1 Union Street, led by Chief Steven A. Skory, is a certified department serving about 26,000 residents, with alarm registration and a Records Division.
Open official site Wakefield Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The police Records Division handles public records requests by phone, email or in person, plus gun licensing, solicitor registration, civil fingerprinting, court files and sex offender registration.
Open official site Wakefield Police Records DivisionCity records
The Building Inspector enforces the state building code and town zoning, issuing permits for construction, alteration, repair and demolition, with online permit applications and inspection requests.
Open official site Wakefield Inspectional Services and ZoningCounty court
The Middlesex County Superior Court, with courthouses in Woburn and Lowell: felony criminal cases, civil actions over $50,000 and medical malpractice tribunals, with case records on masscourts.org and at the clerk's office.
Open official site Middlesex County Superior CourtProperty records
The Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Cambridge, for the Middlesex County towns outside the Lowell district: deeds, mortgages, liens and plans searched online, e-recording, the recording fee schedule and homestead declarations.
Open official site Middlesex South Registry of Deeds (Cambridge)City records
Town of Wakefield site with town news, state election sample ballots and early voting hours, Health Department flu clinics, trash and recycling schedules and the Town Administrator's office hours.
Open official site Town of WakefieldCounty court
The Middlesex County Probate and Family Court, with courthouses in Woburn and Lowell: divorce, custody and child support, probate of estates, guardianships, name changes and adoptions, with case records on masscourts.org.
Open official site Middlesex County Probate and Family CourtCounty court
The Middlesex County Juvenile Court in Cambridge, Lowell, Framingham and Waltham: delinquency, youthful offender, care and protection and CHINS cases, with records restricted by law.
Open official site Middlesex County Juvenile CourtPolice & jail
The Sex Offender Registry Board public search: Level 2 and Level 3 offenders listed for public access in Massachusetts, by name, city or zip code, with photos and offense information.
Open official site Massachusetts sex offender registryPolice & jail
How to locate a person held in a Massachusetts Department of Correction prison, including the VINE search by name, from the state corrections department.
Open official site Massachusetts corrections offender searchPolice & jail
CORI, the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information system: how to request a person's state criminal record through iCORI from the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services, including the public access request.
Open official site Massachusetts criminal history record checkState courts
Massachusetts Trial Court eAccess: case search for the Superior, District, Boston Municipal, Housing and Land Court departments by name, case number or ticket number, from the Massachusetts court system.
Open official site Massachusetts court recordsVital records
The Registry of Vital Records and Statistics: Massachusetts birth, death and marriage certificates from 1931 on, ordered online, by mail or in person, with directions to the State Archives for earlier records.
Open official site Massachusetts vital recordsProperty records
Find Mass Money, the state Treasury unclaimed property search: dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, stock and insurance proceeds, claimed online by name.
Open official site Massachusetts unclaimed property searchEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
The Town of Wakefield is in Middlesex County, whose county seat is Cambridge. Deeds are recorded at the registry of deeds that serves Middlesex County, The Town of Wakefield's town clerk keeps copies of birth and death certificates, and court cases go through the Massachusetts Trial Court. Wakefield's own offices are in the cards above, and our Middlesex County page lists each county office.
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Deeds for property in Wakefield are recorded by the registry of deeds that serves Middlesex County, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Middlesex County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Massachusetts come from the state vital records office, Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, and the town or city clerk can also issue copies. The state office's site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Wakefield register with the Massachusetts Corporations Division, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Wakefield requires one, comes from the town or Middlesex County.
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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.