Town Clerk's Office

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• The Town Clerk's office is available 8:30am-4:30pm Monday-Friday.

• Our phone number is (585) 289-3010 ext. 2
• Our email is clerks@townofmanchesterny.gov
• Our fax number is 585-286-2017
• Our address is 1272 County Road 7, Clifton Springs, NY 14432

• It is New York State law that everyone must have a license for all puppies older than 4 months AND for all dogs older than 4 months that live on your property for more than 10 days.
• In order to get your dog licensed, we must see the following: (1) Current Rabies certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian or clinic. We are not able to look up the information with a tag, so we must see the certificate. (2) Spay/Neuter certificate (if applicable). Sometimes the rabies certificate will indicate that your dog is spayed/neutered, and that is acceptable too. (3) $20 licensing fee for fixed; $29 licensing fee for unfixed dog.

• If you were born at the Clifton Springs Hospital or at home within the Village of Clifton Springs, please contact the Village of Clifton Springs. Their phone number is 315-462-5151.
• If you were born at home in the Village of Shortsville, please contact the Village of Shortsville at 585-289-6104.
• If you were born at home in the Village of Manchester, please contact the Village of Manchester at 585-289-4340.
• If you were born at home in the Town of Manchester (not village), then you can get a copy from us! Our address is 1272 Co Rd 7, Clifton Springs NY.

There's no easy answer to this question. A marriage license can originally be obtained from any town or city clerk's office in New York State (Villages do not issue marriage licenses). This means that when you want an additional copy of your marriage certificate later, you must go back to that same town or city hall where you originally obtained the license. Your marriage license and certificate are not necessarily held in the same place where the ceremony was performed. For example, if your marriage ceremony took place in Buffalo, NY, and you originally got your marriage license from the Syracuse City Clerk's Office, then the City of Syracuse would be where you would need to return in order to obtain an additional copy of your marriage record. In this scenario, there would be no record of your marriage in any Buffalo municipality. The only place you can get a copy of your marriage record is at the original municipality or through New York State.

More information about ordering a copy through New York State can be found here: https://www.health.ny.gov/vital_records/marriage.htm