Thai Wristband

What’s New About Public Records In Vermont?

Published on June 21st, 2009.

Even if in Vermont, the same as in other states, there is no one central repository of public records, and many of the public records are stored by different public agencies, boards, bodies and organizations, like courts, Governor’s Office, public schools etc., quite a number of them are being stored since 2008 both electronically and in form of paper documents by the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration (VSARA).

VSARA was created by Act 96 of 2008, which mandated merging of the Vermont State Archives and Division of Public Records, Department of Buildings and General background screening Services, into a single division now called Vermont State Archives and Records Administration.

It is currently located at the address Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, 26 Terrace Street, Montpelier, VT 05609-1101. There’s also an office in Middlesex (State Records Center). This is the place where you can find and access vital records, such as birth, death, marriage, civil union, divorce/dissolution records (which are not divorce decrees that may be only issued by court).

Should citizen need a certified copy of a vital public record, it may be requested online or by ordinary mail. Other major repositories of public records in this state are town clerks’ offices – these are if you are interested in older vital records, for example, for genealogy research purposes.

Important information about local records: to dispose of public records, all public agencies in Vermont require authorization from the State Archivist. Working towards bigger extent of transparency in public matters, the secretary of the state’s office maintains also the searchable index of the state’s public records laws that provide for public record access in this jurisdiction.

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