Hamden Recording Information

Land records in Hamden are recorded by the Town Clerk. The office is held by Karimah Mickens.

StatewideEach town provides public access to an electronic indexing system that combines the grantor index and the grantee index of the town's land records (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-25a).

The land records index also includes no town tax or sewer use liens.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: Chapter 92 - Town Clerks, General Statutes of Connecticut · Staff Directory • Town Clerk · Land Records | Hamden, CT

These government fees are separate from any Deeds.com service fees. Confirm current charges with the recorder's office.

Added at recording

Other charges

Fee schedule effective July 1, 2025.

StatewideFor each assignment of mortgage, subsequent to the first two assignments, two dollars. Section 7-34a(a)(2) sets separate recording fees for documents recorded by a nominee of a mortgagee. Any town clerk who receives a fee pursuant to section 7-34a may permit the payment of such fee on an Internet web site designated by the clerk, in a manner prescribed by the clerk.

For use of cell phone or handheld scanner $20.00 per occasion.

Paying the office

StatewideThe town clerk is not required to receive any instrument for record unless the fee for recording it is paid to the town clerk in advance, except instruments received from the state or any political subdivision thereof.

Transfer tax

Real estate conveyance tax. State portion: three-quarters of one per cent of the consideration; one and one-quarter per cent where the property is used for a purpose other than residential use, except unimproved land; for a residential estate with consideration of $800,000 or more, three-quarters of one per cent up to $800,000, one and one-quarter per cent on the portion over $800,000 up to $2,500,000, and two and one-quarter per cent on the portion over $2,500,000. The tax is collected when the document is recorded. (statewide, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-494)

StatewideA municipal portion of the conveyance tax is imposed at the rate of one-fourth of one per cent of the consideration and becomes part of the general revenue of the municipality (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-494(a)(2)). Any targeted investment community, as defined in section 32-222, or any municipality in which properties designated as manufacturing plants under section 32-75c are located may impose an additional tax at a rate of up to one-fourth of one per cent of the consideration (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-494(c)). Land classified as farm, forest, open space or maritime heritage land that is sold or transferred within ten years of classification is subject to an additional conveyance tax on the total sales price, at ten per cent in the first year following classification, declining by one percentage point each year to one per cent in the tenth year (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-504a). No deed, instrument or writing subject to the tax is recorded unless the return prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner of Revenue Services has been filed with the town clerk and the tax reported to be due has been paid (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-497).

Hamden municipal conveyance tax rate: $0.0050 (on all sales transactions over $2,000). Hamden is one of the 18 target towns that allow the $0.0050 municipal rate (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-494(a)(2) and (c)).

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: Chapter 92 - Town Clerks, General Statutes of Connecticut · Chapter 92 - Town Clerks (2026 Supplement) · Chapter 223 - Real Estate Conveyance Tax · Basic Fee Schedule (Fees rev. April 2026) · Land Records | Hamden, CT

Confirm current requirements with the recorder's office before submitting documents.

StatewideThe blank margin of not less than three-fourths of an inch in width surrounds each page of the instrument.

StatewideThe town clerk shall not refuse to receive an instrument for record that does not conform to the margin and return address requirements of section 7-24(f), and the fact that a nonconforming instrument is recorded does not affect its priority or validity. If the town clerk receives an instrument deemed illegible, the clerk records it, writes thereon that it is being recorded as an illegible instrument and, if a return address appears, notifies the return addressee that a legible instrument should be submitted for rerecording (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-24(e)). On and after October 1, 2012, any document being recorded shall contain not more than twenty assignments of a mortgage (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-29(b)).

All legal documents recorded in Connecticut must have original signatures, be witnessed by two individuals, and be notarized with original seals.

Forms filed along with a transfer

• Form OP-236, Connecticut Real Estate Conveyance Tax Return Statewide Connecticut Department of Revenue Services
  Filed with the town clerk for a deed, instrument or writing subject to the real estate conveyance tax; the return can only be used for conveyance dates on or after 7/1/2020

Submitting documents

StatewideAll instruments required by law to be recorded shall be recorded at length by the town clerk within thirty days from the time they are left for record (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-24(b)).

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: Chapter 92 - Town Clerks, General Statutes of Connecticut · Chapter 92 - Town Clerks (2026 Supplement) · Real Estate Conveyance Tax Forms - CT Department of Revenue Services · Staff Directory • Town Clerk · Land Records | Hamden, CT