Vital Records - Births / Marriages / Deaths

Marriage license

Marriage licenses must be obtained in the town where the marriage ceremony is taking place. There are no premarital blood tests required.

Marriage licenses will be issued Monday through Thursday, and Friday by appointment.

View the Marriage License Worksheet (PDF).

View the Listing of Local Justice of the Peace (PDF).

At the Town Clerk's Office, the bride and groom must appear together. The license will be prepared while the applicants wait and they will leave with their marriage license. (Allow up to 30 minutes to process the license.) The license is valid for 65 days from the date they come in to apply.

A "Marriage License Worksheet" (general information about each person, including their parents' names/maiden names of their mothers, and the state or country of parents' birth) will be filled out. It can also be brought in already completed.

A valid, government-issued photographic identification (with date of birth, signature, and expiration date) is required.

The license fee is $50 (cash). If a certified copy is requested, it is an additional $20.

Copies

Certified copies of marriage certificates are available at the Town Clerk's office in the town of occurrence, and in the towns, the bride and groom resided in on the day of the marriage (Connecticut residents only).

The fee is $20 per copy. A valid, government-issued photographic identification (with the date of birth, signature, and expiration date) is also required.

If a request is made by mail, please enclose the form to "Request a Marriage Certificate", a copy of the applicant's valid government-issued photographic identification, and payment in the form of a money order. Copies are usually mailed out the next day after receipt.

View the Form to Request a Marriage Certificate (PDF).

Birth Certificates

Birth Certificates are available for anyone whose mother was residing in Middlefield at the time of the birth. They are also available at the Town Clerk's office in the town where the birth took place. Births in or after 2003 can be obtained from any Connecticut Town Clerk's office.

Copies

You may request a birth certificate for yourself, your child, grandchild, parent, grandparent or spouse.

The fee is $20 per copy. A valid, government-issued photographic identification (with date of birth, signature, and expiration date) is also required.

If the request is made by mail, please enclose the form to "Request a Birth Certificate", a copy of the applicant's valid government-issued photographic identification and payment in the form of a money order. Copies are usually mailed out the next day after receipt.

View the Form to Request a Birth Certificate (PDF).

Death Certificates

Death Certificates are available for anyone who died in the Town of Middlefield, or who died in another Connecticut town, but was a resident of Middlefield at the time of their death.

Burial Permits are available to funeral homes for a fee of $5; Cremation Permits fee are $3. Sub-registrars are Biega Funeral Home and D'Angelo Funeral Home in Middletown.

Copies

The fee is $20 per copy. A valid, government-issued photographic identification (with the date of birth, signature, and expiration date) is also required.

If the request is made by mail, please enclose the form to "Request a Death Certificate", a copy of the applicant's valid government-issued photographic identification and payment in the form of a money order. Copies are usually mailed out the next day after receipt.

View the Form to Request a Death Certificate (PDF).