A municipality may store any original document off-site, provided the information contained in the document is available on demand on-site by electronic means and the town clerk can provide and certify a copy of the required document.
(P.A. 03-139, S. 1.)
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
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 7-25a. - 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 7-33. - Lists of transfers of taxable property.
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.