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| Office
Location: |
TOWN CLERK Room 102
1st fl., take left hallway to 2nd door on right. |
| Office
Hours: |
Monday,
Tues., Wed., Friday 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Thursday 8:30 am - 7:00 pm |
| Phone: |
(203)
854-7746 |
| Mailing
Address: |
Town Clerk, 125 East Avenue, Norwalk
CT 06851 |
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All
transactions involving land situated in Norwalk must be recorded
in the Office of the Town Clerk. This includes, but is
not limited to: deeds, mortgages, attachments, liens, judgments,
tax liens, assessments, conveyances, maps, planning & zoning,
and other miscellaneous legal documents pertaining to land use.
The Town Clerk records
and keeps permanent documentation and indexing of all transactions.
These Land Records are open for public inspection during normal
business hours (see above). Additionally the Land Records my
be viewed online by clicking below.
Recordings
will not be taken after 4:15 PM, Monday - Friday.
The Basic fee
schedule for Land Recording and Copies is as follows:
| Recording Documents: |
$43.00
First Page (as of 10/1/2005)*
$5.00 each subsequent page or portion |
| Copy of Document |
$ 1.00
per page |
| For Certifying Documents |
$ 1.00
per page / $ 2.00 to certify copy |
| Copies of Maps, surveys |
Cost
of reproduction $5.00 Self Print
$7.00 engineering |
| For Certifying Maps |
$ 2.00
each and cost of copying |
| Filing Fees: |
| Any
Map |
$10.00 each |
| Maps
of subdivisions of three or more parcels
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$20.00 |
CONNECTICUT REAL
ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX CHANGES
From July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2007, the amendment increases
the municipal portions of the real estate conveyance tax.
It increases the municipal tax to 0.5% ($5.00 per $1,000.00).
And increases the state tax to 0.5% ($5.00 per $1,000.00) up
to $800,000 with and additional 1.0% ($10.00 per $1000.00) over
$800,000.
Note that
Local and State Conveyance Taxes are due and payable when recording
transfers of property.
AS of May 15, 2005 all real estate conveyances must be filed
with the newly revised real estate conveyance tax return form
"OP-236 Rev. 05/05" and if there are more than two
Grantor/Sellers, you must use the additional form "OP-236
Schedule A"
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