Topsfield Town Clerk

 

Staff:

• Paula M. Burke, Town Clerk
• Jack M. Armitage, Assistant Town Clerk
• Mary Elizabeth Willis, Associate Town Clerk

Contact Information:

Topsfield Town Hall
8 West Common Street
Topsfield, MA 01983

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  Phone: (978) 887-1505
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  Fax: (978) 887-1502
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  Email address: clerk@topsfield-ma.gov

Office Hours:

• Monday - Thursday:  8 AM - 4 PM
  Friday:                         8 AM - 12 PM
  

Description:

The Town Clerk is an elected official who is the custodian of most official and non-financial records. These include all vital statistics, vital records, and minutes of all regular and special town meetings. The Town Clerk organizes, supervises, and reports all elections, registers voters, and maintains the lists of voters and residents. Marriage and dog licenses are issued from this office. Decisions of the Planning and Appeals boards, deeds of the town, and other official documents are recorded here.

Elections and Voter Registration Information:

To register to vote, you must:

• Be a U.S. Citizen
• Be a Massachusetts resident
• Be at least 18 years old on or before the next electionAnnouncementofOpenOffices2012

Go to the Secretary of the Commonwealth to:

• Learn how to Register to Vote
• Obtain a Voter Registration Form
• Apply for an Absentee Ballot

Polling Site:

All elections are held at St. Rose Church Hall 12 Park St. 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M.  The Annual Town Election is held on the Thursday after the first Tuesday of May.

Town Meeting

Topsfield holds all town meetings at the Proctor School, Woodbury Auditorium. The Annual Town Meeting is held on the first Tuesday of May at 7:30P.M.

All Town election and Town Meeting records are available through the Office of Town Clerk.

General Information:

Candidate Information:

• Nomination papers for the Annual Town Election will be available on February 1st.
• Offices open for election in 2012
• Town Meeting & Town Election Calendar
• Topsfield's Campaign Sign Guidelines
• Campaign Finance information can be found at the following site: Office of Campaign and Political Finance
• Campaign Finance Reports posted in accordance with M.G.L. Chap. 55 Sec. 26 can be found here.

  

Vital Records:

• • Births
  • Deaths
  • Marriages
• Forms & Applications:
  • Dog License (pdf)
  • Business Certificate Application (pdf)
  • NEW Raffle & Bazaar Permit
  • To RENEW a Raffle & Bazaar Permit
  • Town Events Sign Application
  • Town By-Laws
  • Public Records
  • Town Clerk's Fee Schedule (pdf)

Calendar updates to: cable@topsfield-ma.gov
All other comments and suggestions to: webmaster@topsfield-ma.gov