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Email the Tompkins County Clerk

Helpful hints to ensure an expedition response:

• The County Clerk's Office does NOT handle Marriage Licenses - those are applied for and kept at the Town Clerk's Office. Phone Numbers for City, Town and Village Clerks
• Birth and Death Certificates are filed at Vital Records located at the Health Department  (607-274-6642)
• Parking Tickets are handled through the Ithaca City Traffic Violation Bureau.
• Traffic Violations are handled through the City and Town Courts.  Please refer to your ticket or if you know what town you were pulled over in, contact that City of Town Court.
• Clerk Certificate Request - if you need to send a document to the State for an Apostille but need a clerk certificate before that, please use the link above for the form with the information you need.
  
• To request a judgment of divorce or something from a divorce file, please use this form:  https://www2.tompkinscountyny.gov/files2/cclerk/pdfs/final%20divorce%20request%202.pdf

If you are requesting a copy of an document filed in our office, please be specific in your request.  Include names, dates, addresses, and what kind of information you are looking for.

We now offer free public access to our records:

https://countyfusion3.kofiletech.us/countyweb/login.do?countyname=Tompkins

Please note that if you are inquiring about a confidential document or case (such as a divorce), we will be unable to fill your request.  We will need a notarized statement proving that you are one of the parties in the action.