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Town of Winthrop
The Town of Winthrop site: the town clerk, the police department, the assessors, the tax collector, building permits and public records requests.
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Where Winthrop's records are kept. The Town of Winthrop has its own town government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Winthrop's own offices, along with the Suffolk 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 of Winthrop site: the town clerk, the police department, the assessors, the tax collector, building permits and public records requests.
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The Suffolk County Probate and Family Court in Boston: divorce, custody and child support, probate of estates, guardianships, name changes and adoptions, with case records on masscourts.org.
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The Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Boston: recorded deeds, mortgages, liens and plans for Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop, searched free on masslandrecords.com, with recording fees and certified copies.
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The Suffolk County Sheriff's Department in Boston: the Nashua Street Jail and the House of Correction, inmate records and visits, and the civil process division.
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The Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston: felony criminal cases, civil actions over $50,000 and medical malpractice tribunals, with case records on masscourts.org and at the clerk's office.
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Chelsea District Court in Suffolk County: criminal complaints, misdemeanors, civil cases up to $50,000, small claims, evictions and restraining orders for Chelsea and Revere, with records on masscourts.org.
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The District Court divisions in Suffolk County: criminal complaints and arraignments, misdemeanors and some felonies, civil cases up to $50,000, small claims, evictions and restraining orders, with each courthouse's address and case records on masscourts.org.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Secretary of the Commonwealth corporations database: Massachusetts corporations, LLCs, LLPs and foreign entities by name or ID number, with filings and annual reports.
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Find Mass Money, the state Treasury unclaimed property search: dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, stock and insurance proceeds, claimed online by name.
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The Town of Winthrop, a place of 19,316 people, is in Suffolk County, whose county seat is Boston. Deeds are recorded at the registry of deeds that serves Suffolk County, the clerk of the town where Winthrop Town lies keeps copies of birth and death certificates, and court cases go through the Massachusetts Trial Court. Winthrop's own offices are in the cards above, and our Suffolk County page lists each county office.
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Deeds for property in Winthrop are recorded by the registry of deeds that serves Suffolk County, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Suffolk 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.
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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.