Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 92 - Town Clerks
Section 7-33a. - Issuance of certificates of authority of justices of peace, notaries and Superior Court commissioners.

The town clerk of a town wherein a justice of the peace, notary public or commissioner of the Superior Court resides or is employed is authorized to issue certificates of the authority of such person.

(1971, P.A. 387, S. 1; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 81-34, S. 1, 9.)
History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”; P.A. 81-34 eliminated the requirement that town clerks shall be deputized by the clerk of the superior court to issue certificates of authority, effective July 1, 1982.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 7 - Municipalities

Chapter 92 - Town Clerks

Section 7-16. - Bond.

Section 7-16a. - Notice to Secretary of the State of appointment of town clerk, vacancy in appointed office of town clerk.

Section 7-17. - Oath of town clerks.

Section 7-18. - Neglect of duty.

Section 7-19. - Assistant town clerks. Notice to Secretary of the State of appointment, vacancy.

Section 7-20. - Acting town clerk.

Section 7-21. - Town clerk pro tempore.

Section 7-22. - Removal of town clerks.

Section 7-22a. - Certification program for town clerks.

Section 7-23. - Records and copies.

Section 7-24. - Recording of instruments; safekeeping of records; recording of illegible instruments; form of instruments.

Section 7-25. - Index.

Section 7-25a. - Electronic indexing system.

Section 7-26. - Errors to be corrected.

Section 7-26a. - Indemnification of clerk with respect to claims arising out of land record errors.

Section 7-27. - Municipal records to be kept in fire-resistive vaults or safes.

Section 7-27a. - Destruction of original land records or instruments.

Section 7-27b. - Removal of Social Security number from document prior to recording on land records.

Section 7-28. - Indexing of mechanic's lien.

Section 7-29. - Release or assignment of mortgage or lien. Recording of assignment of mortgage.

Section 7-30. - Attachment of real estate.

Section 7-31. - Maps of surveys and plots, filing requirements, copies.

Section 7-32. - Index of surveys and maps.

Section 7-32k. - Property upon which hunting or shooting sports regularly take place. Placement of property location on list maintained by town clerk. Notice. Liability not imposed by section.

Section 7-33. - Lists of transfers of taxable property.

Section 7-33a. - Issuance of certificates of authority of justices of peace, notaries and Superior Court commissioners.

Section 7-34. - Fees.

Section 7-34a. - Fees.

Section 7-34b. - Accounting of fees required. Salary in lieu of fees.

Section 7-35. - Preservation by town clerks of statutes, special acts and Register and Manual.

Section 7-35a. - Off-site storage of original documents. Requirements.