Town Clerk's Office

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The office of the Town Clerk is the hub around which Town business revolves. The Town Clerk, elected every four years, is the Records Management Officer of the Town. Custodian of all the records, the Clerk is responsible for active files, disposition of inactive records and protection of the archives. As Secretary to the Town Board, the Clerk is responsible for preparing and maintaining the minutes of Town Board meetings. Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests pertaining to vital documents are administered by the Town Attorney's Office. 

The Town Clerk issues New York State licenses such as marriage, hunting and fishing, going out of business sale, games of chance, dog, bingo and raffles. The Clerk issues Town licenses including taxi, towing, peddlers and solid waste collection. 

The Town Clerk also offers passport processing by appointment.

The Town Clerk is a designated Marriage Officer, and as Registrar of Vital Statistics, issues and maintains all birth and death certificates and records in the Town.   

Registrar's Office: 

The Office of the Registrar handles vital records, including births, deaths, and marriages in the Town of North Hempstead.  
Effective January 2020, the Town of North Hempstead started processing vital records for NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island (previously Winthrop Hospital) which were originally handled by the Village of Mineola.  

Office Hours:
9:00am-4:15pm Monday-Friday (appointment recommended)*

Copies of Birth, Death and Marriage records will be available. Note: The Registrar's Office will no longer accept same day requests for corrections to vital records. 

For more information, call (516) 869-6311 or, for Town of North Hempstead residents, dial 311.