The primary mission of the Office of the City Clerk is to provide the taxpayers of West Haven with the following services:

• Handles all birth, marriage and death certificates recorded by the city clerk.
• Issues licenses for dogs, hunting/fishing, liquor, marriage and trade names.
• Maintains maps of land records.
• Records all land records (15,000 for the year).
• Records notary public certificates.
• Provides free Valentine’s Day weddings.
  
  See the Fee Increase Summary (Effective July 1, 2018).