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Ulster County Clerk's Office

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The Ulster County Clerk's Office acts as Custodian of the records for the County. Open 9:00-4:45 Monday through Friday. Open 8:00-4:45 Monday through Friday.

We oversee records dating back to 1683 including deeds, mortgages, judgments, liens, maps, civil and criminal actions. Yearly, hundreds of people search, file and record land records, legal documents and court papers in the office. If you are interested in becoming a notary or obtaining a United States passport, applications and permits are available through the County Clerk's Office. Drivers licenses, registrations for automobiles and other motor vehicle transactions can be done on a daily basis. Motor Vehicle services are available in the County Office Building, Monday through Friday, or from our mobile bus that travels to five towns in Ulster County each week. The Records Management Program, located at 300 Foxhall Avenue, Kingston, is operated under the auspices of the County Clerk and provides the county with a state-of-the-art records storage facility, as well as a Micrographics production laboratory. Services provided by the program include archival assessment, processing and storage, retrieval and refile of records, full micrographic services, records management consultation, general records storage and disaster planning. These services are available to all Ulster County departments and New York State Local Governments. Open 9:00-5:00 Monday through Friday by appointment only.

10/30/2026

The DMV Bus will not be in Wallkill today, Friday, October 30, 2026. We apologize for any inconvenience.

10/26/2026

🎃 Ulster County DMV Pumpkin Decorating Contest! Vote Now! 🎃

The Ulster County DMV staff have been getting into the Halloween spirit with a pumpkin decorating contest, and now it’s your turn to pick a favorite!

Cast your vote! Check out this year’s creative pumpkin submissions and vote for your favorite using the link below:

🔗 https://surveymars.com/q/mYmPBAABb

Prizes will be awarded, so be sure to participate!

The DMV staff created these entries on their own time, and all of the pumpkins can be viewed in person at the Ulster County DMV office, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, NY.

Voting closes Friday, November 6, at 5:00 p.m.

Which pumpkin will take home the prize? Vote today!

10/23/2026

The DMV Bus will not be in Wallkill today, Friday, October 23, 2026, due to no available internet connection. We apologize for any inconvenience.

10/07/2026

The County Clerk's Office, DMV Office, and DMV Bus will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2026 in observance of Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day.

09/28/2026

On September 28, 1976 the last train serving the Catskill Mountains left Kingston bound west over the old tracks of the Ulster & Delaware Railroad. The Conrail locomotive that pulled the train bore a sign commemorating the event that had been painted by Daily Freeman photographer Bob Haines and his daughters, making for a striking photo op that Bob's friend, local historian and documentary photographer Gene Dauner, captured at several scenic points along the route. Historians have debated the significance of this event over the fifty years that have elapsed since that day, often emphasizing the story as one of loss and bureaucratic failings that remain a disservice to the rural communities and industry that relied on rail infrastructure. In the clerk's office, some of the trappings from this day also share a different story, and it is one of community mindedness and the importance of the preservationist spirit. The photos that accompany this post showing that day in 1976 represent a very small part of a 19,000-image collection presented to us by Gene Dauner, who spent much of his life capturing scenes of change and transformation throughout the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains. In much the same spirit of preservation that drove Gene to capture these photos during the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, he approached the clerk's office in 2024 looking to make his life's work part of the public record. These photos now reside in the care of the Clerk's archives, enshrined as part of a repository of over 340 years of our region's history thanks to one person's spirit of public mindedness. Appropriately, on a nearby shelf, the "Last Train" sign sits awaiting conservation thanks to the same spirit of public generosity by the family of the late Bob Haines. Today is just another day in the long march of history, but its as good a day as any to celebrate the study of the past, those who help preserve it, and to consider the ways you might work towards preserving some of the stories of your own family or community.

09/22/2026

Good afternoon, all! Some of our Municipal Historian friends asked if we could follow up on our recent history post with the rest of the images from Deed Book EE showing brands applied to barrels of flour by local merchants between 1751 and roughly 1795. Here are all the pages, the citation being "Ulster County Book of Deeds EE, pages IX-XVI." These pages follow the indexes at the front of the book but appear before the regularly numbered deed entries.

09/21/2026

The DMV Bus will not be in Marlboro today, Monday, September 21, 2026.

09/15/2026

A fun find from our archives this afternoon is this page from Deed Book EE recording brands applied to barrels of flour by local merchants starting in 1751. Following a law passed by the General Assembly of the Province of New York in 1750 all merchants were required to brand their flour casks to prevent fraud and create greater accountability for products exported from the colony. These hand-drawn renditions were recorded by the clerks and deputy clerks of Ulster until the eve of the Revolutionary War.

09/11/2026

**UPDATE**

The DMV Bus will not be in Shawangunk today, 9/11.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

09/02/2026

The Ulster County Clerk's Office, DMV Office and DMV Bus will be closed on Monday, September 7, 2026 in observance of Labor Day.

Address

244 Fair Street
Kingston, NY
12401

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4:45pm
Tuesday	9am - 4:45pm
Wednesday	9am - 4:45pm
Thursday	9am - 4:45pm
Friday	9am - 4:45pm

Telephone

+18453403288

Website

http://ulstercountyny.gov/countyclerk

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